A wonderful time has come - the season of summer vacations, sun and heat. Children spend a lot of time on the street, and summer residents are busy working on their sites. Many go fishing and hunting, and just for a picnic with friends. However, not everything is so beautiful and joyful in nature, especially not far from water bodies, because there insidious creatures await us - midges and mosquitoes. Going on a summer walk, do not forget to use funds from midges, otherwise itching on the site of bites and constant nervous go-ahead from these small insects are provided to you!
All gardeners, especially those living in the southern regions located on the banks of the rivers, know that if you do not protect yourself from mosquitoes and midges, it will be simply impossible to work on the site - annoying small insects will fall into your eyes, ears and mouth. In this regard, the first protection against midges that you can take is to wear trousers, closed shoes, long-sleeved clothing. And the face should be covered with a mosquito net, which hangs from the fields of the hat. However, such remedies for midges in the heat, although effective, are not entirely comfortable - they are hot.
How to be? Let's see if there is an effective and suitable folk remedy for mosquitoes and midges.
- The easiest and cheapest option is a baby cream with vanillin. The sweet smell pleasant for the person for some reason repels these bloodthirsty insects. This option is also suitable for protecting children, because it is completely safe.
- Put a few drops of clove oil on a regular incandescent lamp or in an aroma lamp, and mosquitoes and midges will leave your house. You can also pour 10 cloves with boiling water and boil a little. Cold infusion lubricate exposed areas of the body when going out. As an option - you can spray clothes. These remedies for midges are also absolutely safe for children.
- Eucalyptus oil can be applied to exposed areas of the body and dripped into a bonfire or pan. The smell of freshness will fill your home, and flying vampires will leave it for a long time.
- If bites do occur, tea tree oil will help - there will be no itching and swelling.
- With strong bites of mosquitoes and midges, it would be nice to make lotions from soda solution - 2 tsp. soda in a glass of water.
- At the cottage, the best remedies for midges are tomatoes and basil planted next to the house, as well as wheat grass weed. Dig it with the root, chop, pour water and boil several times. Moisten the skin with a decoction, and then the mosquitoes will not touch you.
- Pine cones or juniper branches thrown into a bonfire - a guarantee of guitar songs without distractions to mosquito squeaks.
As you can see, all folk remedies are very simple and affordable!
Now the market is replete with chemicals for blood-sucking insects: various creams, gels and lotions, aerosols and fumigants. What to use - folk remedies or products of the chemical industry - you decide, however, remember a few rules:
- Turn on the fumigator for no more than two hours. If you need to leave it working all night, then open the windows.
- Remember that creams are quickly washed off with sweat during physical labor. This is a plus - they are more harmless to humans, as they are not absorbed into the skin and usually do not cause allergic reactions.