What kind of plants can prevent mosquitoes?

Planting plants such as mosquito repellent, mint and jasmine can prevent mosquitoes.

1, mosquito repellent

It contains medicinal ingredients such as citronellal, which emits lemon fragrance all the year round, not only can repel mosquitoes, but also can purify the air.

2, mint

It contains menthol, menthone and other medicinal ingredients, and has a special fragrance, which makes mosquitoes dizzy.

3.jasmine

It contains medicinal ingredients such as jasmonic acid and mannitol, and has a strong fragrance. It can repel mosquitoes indoors in summer.

4.geranium

Contains effective components such as citronellol and citral, and has the efficacy of sterilization and insect repellent. It tastes slightly like a rose, and mosquitoes and flies flee when they smell it. Pregnant women are forbidden.

5. lavender

It contains effective ingredients such as linalyl acetate and linalool, and is called "after vanilla". Open a kind of blue-purple floret, the faint fragrance can repel insects and have the effect of calming the nerves.

6, cordate telosma

Containing aromatic alcohol and other medicinal ingredients, clusters of yellow-green bell-shaped flowers will bloom in summer and autumn, with strong fragrance. This fragrance will scare mosquitoes and is a good mosquito repellent, but it should not be kept indoors for a long time.

7. Qilixiang

It contains medicinal ingredients such as linalool, and its leaves are bright and shiny. There are many white flowers on the leaves, and the leaves will emit a thick sweet fragrance to repel mosquitoes. The ancients used it to collect books to avoid insects and put them under mats to drive away fleas and lice.

8. Cordyceps sinensis

Compositae herb, one plant has hundreds of small yellow flowers, and there is mucus around each flower head. When the mosquito landed on it, it was stuck. Put a pot at home to catch mosquitoes and vacuum.

9.Nepenthes

Insect-eating plants have strange leaves and a rectangular "insect-catching bottle" hanging at the top. The bottle has a lid that can be opened and closed to catch insects.

Extended data

1, garlic

People will secrete a smell after eating garlic, and mosquitoes will hide. Before eating garlic, it is best to cut it into thin slices and leave it for 15 minutes, which will have better mosquito repellent effect. You can also slice garlic, put it by the window or smear it on the screen window to prevent mosquitoes from entering the room.

You can also plant garlic around the flowerpot to make its special spicy taste faint, and the fierce mosquitoes will disappear immediately on weekdays.

2. Soybean oil

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the mosquito repellent made of soybean oil is as effective as the common mosquito repellent containing chemical mosquito repellent ingredients. Soybean oil is low in cost and common, so it is the best choice to repel mosquitoes. In addition, soybean oil has excellent moisturizing effect. Apply a small amount to exposed parts of the body to protect the skin and prevent mosquito bites.

3. black pepper

The above study also found that black pepper also has obvious mosquito repellent effect. Can be sprinkled on windows, doorways or the edge of flowerpots to prevent mosquito breeding and invasion.

4. Lotus plants

A new study published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine found that lotus and other lotus plants are effective mosquito repellents and can also kill mosquito larvae. Therefore, it is advisable to keep some small lotus at home in summer.

5, catnip (also known as Cinnamomum camphora)

A study by Ohio State University found that catnip can make mosquitoes "afraid", and the mosquito repellent effect of its essential oil is 10 times that of mosquito repellent dew.

References:

People's Network -9 kinds of mosquito repellent plants make you sleep comfortably.