HOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT
from: The Idealist
HOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENT (ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS)
(Free from chemicals that poison the body)
Ingredients:…
– 100 gram of whole cloves
– 100 ml of baby oil or similar (almond, sesame, chamomile, lavender, fennel etc)
– 1/2 litre of alcohol (i know, i know)
Preparation:
– Leave cloves to marinate in alcohol four days
– Stir every morning and evening
– After 4 days add the oil
– It’s now ready to use.
How to use:
– Gently rub a few drops into the skin of the arms and legs.
– Observe the mosquitoes fleeing the room.
– Repels fleas on pets too.
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This is a very interesting and simple tips for making homemade mosquito repellent. Something which everyone can DIY at home. Thank you very much Rinpoche and blog team for this great sharing!????
Interesting ……first time coming across this home made mosquito repellent recipe. Due to the tropical climate, in many urban and rural places there’s many cases of mosquitos that are harmful. To have this remedies will be wonderful as a protection. No harm trying this mosquito repellent after all. People have been looking for alternatives to synthetic mosquito repellents may find that this home made repellents effective in protecting them from bites. Mosquito bites often result in a small bump that can be itchy ,uncomfortable and can be deadly at times.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.
Has anyone actually made and used- does it work?
Did any of you try it?
Wow! Thank you for this excellent recipe for a chemical free repellent that is suitable for living near the forest! I would certainly try my hands on making it! Thank you for sharing.
sounds good
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this home made mosquito repellent recipe, this sound simple to make and I’m sure it comes in handy when we are going to KFR. I’m surprised this could repels fleas on pets too, this is a better option than feeding pets to take in chemical to repel fleas.
我曾经试过另一个防蚊的方法，那就是在身上抹一点麻油。你就会发现蚊子不敢接近你。这方法不错，而且很环保，只是身上有麻油味而已。。。。嘻嘻
Very nice, there will always be natural ingredients that can help us to make our samsara that much more bearable.
Look at this photo, it really effective to avoid mosquitoes bitten. This information is good, free from any chemical that will harm our body and we can make it ourselves . Thank you Rinpoche for sharing .
This is so nice, that now I knows how to keep away from Mosquito bite me already. Will try to make this mosquito repellent, see whether it’s work or not.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this post to us.
Cool, this is very interesting few basic ingredients proven so effective to repel mosquitos haha, i never really trusted the repellents sold off the rack in pharmacies i still gotten bitten but less frequent haha. Funn though I wonder what sort of alcohol can be used to make this. Thanks for sharing this remedy Rinpoche, it is very informative and may prove useful in the future.
Wow! simple and yet very effective.Thank you very much for the sharing,will try to make it and try it out the next time I go to KFR.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Just how well it will work for cats and dogs. Would love to put it to the test, just wondering what alcohol to use- surgical spirits? Anyone tried making this yet?
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this useful information. This can save ourselves from being bitten and avoid from killing the insects. Will try out and share with friends.
Wow! this is very useful information! Much better than using all that synthetic mosquito repellent which is very bad for the skin especially if used daily. Thank you for sharing!
Interesting way to avoid being bitten by these little bloodsuckers. The hand covered with mosquitoes does make my stomach feel a little queasy. It’s good to repel them without harming these little fellas. After all, we don’t want to be making hundreds of causes (by swatting mosquitoes) to be reborn as one of them. I think it is also a lot more environmentally friendly as well. It’s great to go green these days.
Dear Rinpoche,
What a great and ideal recipe to make a mosquitoes, fleas and ants.
It’s amazing how simply it is to make and i would love to try it one day especially in Kechara Forest Retreat as sometimes I tend to get a lot of bites from mosquitoes and the bites get itchy and if i just scratch the bites it gets worse.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this great article!
Rest Well.
Love
Jutika
Wah, cheap, good and effective and non toxic. Even better than the citronella (lemon grass) patch i have used. Will certainly try this. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.
Oh wow. Such a simple way to make our very own repellent! It is important that we repel them instead of killing them as we will not create anymore negative Karmas for ourselves..
Not only is it easy to make, it is safe for us to use as it contains no chemicals that would irritate our skin.
Rinpoche’s blog is so diverse and educational in so many ways that there are hardly any(if not none) dull moment when visiting the blog.. =)
Thank you very much for sharing, Rinpoche!
Thankyou for telling us thai useful recipe for mosquito repellant mabe i can make now and use it in future when i go to KFR i heard this from my friends before too they said it is also environmentally friendly. It does not contributes to the water pollution. YAY!
Dear Rinpoche thank you for sharing this formula with us. This is a good way to prevent ourselves to attack by mosquito as a Buddhist we are not suppose to kill I think this is the best way is to prevent.
This home made repellent is safe and easy to prepare. It does not harm us nor kill the insects.
Thank you, Rinpoche, for providing this recipe. It will be good to use this in KFR
thank you for the information Rinpoche, i will try to use this recipe and share with friends next time at KFR. i am sure it will make us feel better. i am sure this will come in handy.
hope it work for fly too! i had big problem with fly when working outside my house, just one or two landed on my leg and i’ll fell itchy the whole day!
Dear Rinpoche, thank you so much for sharing this useful information about natural mosquito repellents. I personally made a homemade remedy for mosquitoes. GARLIC! What I do is I grind the garlic juice into a container and rub it all over my body. It works wonders.
I want to try this one day but it will take awhile. .. Thanks for sharing!
Hmmmm I’m coming down to KL tomorrow (to get my hair cut heehee). I’m going to go and get the ingredients to try this…I hope it works!
Dear Rinpoche, thank you Rinpoche for sharing this kind of healthy home made mosquito repellent that will not poison our body. Last year before I go to Outward Bound School, my mother also made a home made mosquito repellent but without alcohol.
Non harmful mosquito repellant! I like! I am not so afraid of mosquitos, I am more afraid of sand flies. Haha…But its really wonderful that people do research and help so many people with this wonderful concoction. Thank you Rinpoche for a wonderful share that can help many!
Simple preparation and safe to use, worth trying thanks for sharing.
Everyone should use repellent rather than insect spray which kills insects since they are all sentient beings. This natural insect repellent sounds easy to make and will hopefully be effective so we save money, save ourselves from being bitten and save the insects from being killed! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Thank You for the information Rinpoche! It’s very easy to do it at home, I have a lot of mosquitoes flying around the house which is very irritating, with this homemade repellent, I can finally get rid of the mosquitoes. Some repellents sold in shops are very bad for our skin, but we do not have to worry about this one!
Thank You for sharing Rinpoche.
Thank you for the useful information Rinpoche. I not know how to make my own mosquito repellent. I hope this information comes in handy to many people, especially when they are visiting out KFR land.