While mosquitoes are one of the scourges that nature has in store for us every summer and for more and more days throughout the year, nature itself offers us plenty of remedies to keep them away. Among the most powerful elements we have at our disposal are undoubtedly anti-mosquito essential oils, which concentrate the scents and many properties of the plants from which they are extracted, including those with naturai anti-mosquito properties. Among natural mosquito remedies, a spray made at home with essential oils can be more than enough to avoid being stung, especially if other precautions are also used.
Why use an essential oil as a mosquito repellent?
Essential oil is a 100% natural repellent made from the distillation of certain plants, which saves us from using chemicals on the skin, and then they are fragrant essences. Just a few drops sprinkled on curtains, bed sheets, or used with a room diffuser are enough to spread pleasant, fresh and relaxing fragrances around the house. But what are the best anti-mosquito essential oils? Among the most effective in warding off these pesky insects are: lavender, geranium, eucalyptus, citronella, basil, thyme, mint, and clove.
How to use essential oils?
Since they are very concentrated substances, it is always a good idea to use them diluted; to make a spray just dilute a few drops of your essential oil in water, or create a lotion by diluting it in other oils, such as almond, jojoba or olive oil, to make it less aggressive on the skin. You can also mix different essential oils together , creating the mix of scents you prefer and increasing the repellency power, so you can create your own mosquito-repellent essential oils as you like.
In the home they can also be used in fragrance diffusers, again diluted in water, and in this case the aroma will gradually spread through the environment scenting furniture, bedding, curtains, pillows, creating a mosquito-unfriendly environment throughout the house; usually one drop of essential oil, to be diluted, per square meter is calculated.