VIDEO: Using clove oil correctly against mosquitoes

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Basically, for cloves, the buds of the clove tree (Syzyium aromaticum) - in some places also called "Nägeli": they contain approx. 15% essential oil, the main ingredient is the flavor carrier eugenol, which amounts to around 85%. Clove oil has a very intensely aromatic, sweet scent. The taste of the oil is very burning.

Use clove oil against mosquitoes

  • If you have the Mosquitoes on balcony or terrace If you want to deter, you can simply put the opened clove oil bottle in a suitable place, the mosquitoes will be driven away by the smell.
  • If you are celebrating a garden party, you can also soak small cotton balls in clove oil (if you have sensitive skin, use tweezers) and place them in small bowls. You can then distribute these decoratively on the terrace or in the garden - your guests will be spared the little pests.
  • Add 5 - 8 drops of clove oil to your fragrance lamp in the living room so that you can spend a quiet evening with the window open.
  • If you find pure clove oil from the pharmacy too "aggressive" for your home because you have small children it makes sense to cut 1 orange or lemon in half and add plenty of cloves to it peck. You can distribute the fruit halves in all rooms without hesitation - the mosquitoes stay away, which is particularly pleasant in bedrooms. The disadvantage of this method, however, is that you have to repeat the procedure at least once a week, as the fruit does not keep for a long time.
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  • Did you know: the clove is an old home remedy - its essential oils have an anti-inflammatory and numbing effect - that's why you can use it with acute Toothache chew a clove or apply clove oil with a cotton swab so that the pain is relieved until the dentist's appointment will. Modern dentistry is also used to treat periodontitis (treatment of the gums) and to prevent pulpitis (inflammation of the tooth pulp) Eugenol (the main aromatic carrier of cloves) and even in the manufacture of synthetic vanillin, mouthwashes and cosmetic products, eugenol is used Mission. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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