Natural Mozzie repelent

Jul 31st, 2002, 07:36

Hi
Any one come up with a good natural mozzie repelent?

I have read some where that is Peppermint Oil is good?

Any other ideas?

Barry · Jul 31st, 2002, 14:40

Tea tree oil is quite good.
Some people swear by Cironella, I find it attracts some insects.

I cover up as much as possible and use the chemicals, along mozzie coils where practical.

IVAN · Jul 31st, 2002, 15:08

look in my homepage under travel, a few links on the subject.

edwardseco · Jul 31st, 2002, 20:33

Have reviewed the literature and recently used such. Catnip oil, lemon grass oil and a number of other items show promise but a recent study ranked them below old fashioned DEET. This may be because lemon grass shows a rapid expiration period (a day or 2 after it is made). I used Burt's Bees brand (also contains Citronella, etc.) and it seemed to work but it was so oily that it was impractical for sustained use and I back to Odomos..

IVAN · Aug 29th, 2002, 20:13

It should actually be surprising that the New England Journal of Medicine study recieved any significant press at all.

It is well known that when DEET was developped for the US military, a few decades ago, it was very extensively tested against a wide sample of other substances including the active ingredients present in the products tested in the NEJM study. So, the superiority of DEET over citronella and stuff is really old news indeed.

However, it would have been interesting if geraniol and catnip oil products were tested, but it seems that they weren't if we exclude one product containing among other substances 0.05 % of geranium oil, which is close to nothing and quite irrelevant.
To my knowledge, there is one commercial geraniol based product available to date, but no catnip oil one yet.

abracax · Aug 29th, 2002, 21:12

I find that rubbing oneself with citrosa leaves works fairly well, but I haven't tried it on Indian mosquitos. Of course you need to have a citrosa plant, but they are easy to grow indoors and outside in the summer. Nice smell, too.

Jul 31st, 2002, 07:36	#1
Travelmore Posts: n/a	Natural Mozzie repelent Hi Any one come up with a good natural mozzie repelent? I have read some where that is Peppermint Oil is good? Any other ideas?

Jul 31st, 2002, 15:08	#3
IVAN status unknown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Croatia Posts: 685	repellents look in my homepage under travel, a few links on the subject. __________________ Humor is Freedom Check my Links -> http://www14.brinkster.com/jnana/links.htm cum grano salis

Aug 29th, 2002, 20:13	#5
IVAN status unknown Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Croatia Posts: 685	That "recent study" It should actually be surprising that the New England Journal of Medicine study recieved any significant press at all. It is well known that when DEET was developped for the US military, a few decades ago, it was very extensively tested against a wide sample of other substances including the active ingredients present in the products tested in the NEJM study. So, the superiority of DEET over citronella and stuff is really old news indeed. However, it would have been interesting if geraniol and catnip oil products were tested, but it seems that they weren't if we exclude one product containing among other substances 0.05 % of geranium oil, which is close to nothing and quite irrelevant. To my knowledge, there is one commercial geraniol based product available to date, but no catnip oil one yet.

Aug 29th, 2002, 21:12	#6
abracax Mahaguru Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 435	I find that rubbing oneself with citrosa leaves works fairly well, but I haven't tried it on Indian mosquitos. Of course you need to have a citrosa plant, but they are easy to grow indoors and outside in the summer. Nice smell, too. __________________ He travels fastest who pays for a cab.

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Jul 31st, 2002, 14:40	#2
Barry Lost Sole Join Date: May 2002 Location: In a shed. Posts: 26	Tea tree oil is quite good. Some people swear by Cironella, I find it attracts some insects. I cover up as much as possible and use the chemicals, along mozzie coils where practical.

Jul 31st, 2002, 20:33	#4
edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 4,142	Have reviewed the literature and recently used such. Catnip oil, lemon grass oil and a number of other items show promise but a recent study ranked them below old fashioned DEET. This may be because lemon grass shows a rapid expiration period (a day or 2 after it is made). I used Burt's Bees brand (also contains Citronella, etc.) and it seemed to work but it was so oily that it was impractical for sustained use and I back to Odomos..

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