It is that time of the year when
these little nasty fellows make you go crazy I am talking about the MOSQUITOES.
Not even half an inch in size they can get you down and out in no time. I got
even more worried about them when one of my colleague got diagnosed with dengue
and was admitted in the ICU for a very long time. His blood platelet count went
down as low as 11k which is like really really bad. But thankfully, he is okay
now with the timely treatment and is back to work after 3 weeks.
Bangalore is specially bad with
regard to mosquitoes. I really don’t know why. Weather over is never damp and
moist nor does it have that swamp sort of areas. Now all my life I knew
mosquitoes being the tiny little monsters can’t fly high up. So if you were
staying on ground floor level or near a water body you can encounter them. You
won’t believe me if I tell you I stay on the 12th floor and still I
get a good number of them visiting my place if I keep my windows open in the
evening. Sometimes I fail to understand how. I have noticed the traveling in
lifts also. Now don’t laugh at me. I have found mosquitoes inside and around
lift, I always take care to get rid of mosquitoes while opening my front door.
Now why am I writing this post
exactly? Is it a rant? Is t my agony and pain? No. I have been searching
natural methods to keep these monstrous things away from my house. And I
thought it’s only good if I share them with you all here.
Now everyone uses some sort a
mosquito repellant in India – either the vaporizer, or mat, or coil, or card
you even have apps now-a-days. Yeah really when I was using my Android device
earlier I downloaded an app called mosquito replant or bug replant. It gives of
some sort of a sound signal which supposedly keeps the mosquito at bay. But it didn’t
work. Sometimes these vaporizers also don’t have any effect on the mosquitoes. And
the coils make me crazy. I might faint with that smell, but don’t know about
the mosquitoes though!
You could make your own natural
mosquito repellents.
Lime & Clove
Lime and clove are known not only
to have medicinal benefits they also work well to keep mosquitoes and flies
away. Cut a lime in halve and insert cloves in it. Place it on a plate and keep
it near your balcony, window or any place where mosquitoes may enter.
Check out the you tube video.
Garlic Plant in your terrace
This one works wonders. Wrap some
cloves of garlic in a moist cloth including the outer skin. You’ll see it
sprout in two days. Plant this in a tub with manure. This garlic plant will
keep flies and mosquitoes at bay.
Garlic Spray
You could also make a garlic
spray. Make some garlic juice in your juicer and put it in a spray bottle. Add
water in the spray bottle and shake. Spray in the balcony and terraces. You
could soak some muslin cloth in this spray and keep that in the room.
Tulsi or Basil Plant
Generally Indian households have
a tulsi plant and I recently got one. It is said to keep the mosquitoes away.
What do you do to keep the mosquitoes at bay?
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