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13th May 2005, 09:31 PM
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Mosquito Repellent and antidoting
Could anyone suggest a decent mosquito repellent that will not antidote homeopathic remedies?
It's that time of year again! Thanks. 
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14th May 2005, 01:22 AM
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hello
When i head off to the tropics (indonesia) I eat lots of garlic in my food daily,this prevents the mossies from biting me,does not interrupt the homeopathics (have done this many many many times,everyone that comes with me and does not eat garlic gets bit badly).I do not use any pest control,it has the toxic chemical DEET.......verry TOXIC!!!!!! Gina Tyler
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14th May 2005, 12:01 PM
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Gina,
Thanks. When you ingest this garlic do you eat it raw, in capsule form or just in cooking (or all of the above)? Can you recommend any way to get it into children? I do not want to put DEET on them, as you can well imagine, and as we live in the SE US the mosquitos are just about as rampant as Indonesia, I can imagine. As an aside, I cut my hand while crushing up garlic with the back of a chef's knife yesterday (hand slipped) and I immediately rubbed it with the garlic and the wound looks like it is already closing up. Amazing. Didn't use that piece of garlic in the dish, though. Appreciate it!
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14th May 2005, 01:00 PM
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Hello reardonsgirl,
Do Google search....type in searchbox : natural mosquito repellent In the first post you`ll find a list of safe natural possibilities ! Wim/William
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8th June 2005, 09:26 AM
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mossies and more mossies !!!!
hi reardonsgirl,
hi gina, I am deeply interested in this. well - gina's garlic idea is no doubt great. I respect garlic because of it wonderful medicinal properties. ayurveda sings praises for garlic. however, garlic may be very repulsive to many people for it's strong smell. many don't like eating it as the whole body - sweat, urine...everything becomes garlicky! garlic will sure repel mosquitoes. I have no doubt about that. there is a ready made garlic product for this. check: http://www.mosquitobarrier.com/ however, I have my reservations about using garlic all over my body and being in a public place. some homeopaths consider garlic to be an antidote for homeo remedies and this is sure too much garlic. deborah taylor-hough says "Some folks claim that garlic is an effective insect repellent, but I think it works best for repelling friends (and maybe a vampire or two)." the quote comes from this webpage:- http://www.betterbudgeting.com/artic...albugspray.htm 'buzz away' is another famous natural (herbal) mosquito repellent. however, I do not consider the strong formula with peppermint oil, clove oil, citronella oil, eucalyptus oil etc to be homeopathically safe. buzz away products may be seen at:- http://www.quantumhealth.com/product...chandbite.html the chemical based products (eg. DEET) are toxic and harmful and have side effects. the mats and vaporizers contain pyrethroid which is neurotoxic. I will be happy to know a natural, safe, homeopathically compatible mosquito repellent. till now, I have not found it. things that have worked are :- mosquito nets, 'don't venture out after dark', 'wear long sleeves', fumigate the room with neem leaves on burning charcoal and then leave windows open (screened windows), mosquito screens on windows and the doors are to be closed before sunset so that no mosquito enters the room. some suggest B6. the idea to take mega doses of B6 vitamin does not appeal to me. I am more homeopathic minded. this heavy doses of B6 on daily basis will sure have it's own repercussion. will be happy to know and discuss more. dr manish agarwala
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8th June 2005, 03:00 PM
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I've posted about this before -- but while on a trip to Africa - we were being eaten alive by mossies. My brother in law gave me some liquid sublingual Vit B6 drops to put under our tongues. It appears that people deficient in Vit B6 are tasty to mossies -- and once we 'topped up' with B6 we were not bitten anymore! Not one bite.
The other thing I did with my children (we lived in a malarial area) was put citronella (one or two drops neat) into their baths each night. I alternated this with lavendar. So, lavendar for two weeks - then switched to citronella for two weeks - then back to lavendar, and so on. This seems to work fairly well. However, I have to say - the Vit B6 worked BETTER! Best wishes, Lisa
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8th June 2005, 04:14 PM
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Dear dr. Agarwala
thanks for the post,regards homeopathy use for mossies,yes that is the big question . The only homeopathic i use is AFTER the fact,not prior,and i'm sure you know the remedies for this already. Regards the use of garlic,from trying different methods (eating in food,supplements,garlic oil...etc)I found that taking a few capsulls daily is enough,it really works! And it's not enough to effect others around you only the mossies,and another thing is eat no sugar this also helps. Gina Tyler
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