Repel mosquitoes for children with… safe foods

Mothers can apply some safe and effective ways to repel mosquitoes for children using common foods.

Mosquitoes are always a nightmare for Vietnamese people in all regions of the country. In the North, the season of xoan flowers is understood as the season of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes are the cause of many dangerous diseases, so the prevention and control of mosquitoes in our country every year becomes more urgent and costs a lot of money and effort.

Mosquito bites can affect children's health

Especially for infants and young children, mosquitoes are a huge danger. Therefore, parents can apply some simple mosquito repelling methods below to protect their children:

Orange peel

Use orange, tangerine or lemon peels to burn in the room to repel mosquitoes or other insects. When burning, you can close the door, the insects will suffocate and fall to the floor or when burning, open the door to let the mosquitoes fly out of the room.

Lavender essential oil

Adding lavender essential oil to the bed sheet is also a method used by many mothers. However, the effect of this method does not last long, usually only from 1 to 3 hours.

Garlic

Many insects such as cockroaches and mosquitoes are afraid of the smell of garlic. Garlic also kills mosquito larvae (wrigglers) at very low doses of 25ppm for extracts or 2ppm for garlic oil. So if you keep fresh garlic in your pantry, cockroaches will not get in.

You will avoid more mosquitoes if you use garlic as a mosquito repellent during the day. To repel mosquitoes at night, place garlic cloves where mosquitoes are, or apply a little garlic juice to exposed skin.

Or you can crush garlic and put it in a bowl, place the bowl in the corner of the room or where mosquitoes often fly. The essential oil in garlic makes mosquitoes uncomfortable and will keep them away.

Safe way to repel mosquitoes for children with garlic

Beer

Put 5-10 ml of beer or sugar water in the bottle, shake it vigorously and place it in a place with a lot of mosquitoes. You can also use essential oils to repel mosquitoes from the room.

Sugar water

Use a little sugar water, put it in a small bowl, shake it a few times to let the sugar stick to the bowl. Place the bowl near the mosquito's nest, smell the sugar, they will fly in and fall into the trap in the bowl.

Soap

If you have a garden, mix a little soap in a basin of water and place it nearby. Mosquitoes will fly in and lay eggs and be killed by the soap solution.

According to Alobacsi.vn