CDC Recommends Eucalyptus Oil as Mosquito Repellent
Isn’t this encouraging?
Mosquito bites are a summer bummer. But what is worse is what that bite can bring? The threat of West Nile Virus is still very alive. West Nile Virus is carried by mosquitos and affects humans, horses, and birds.
One bite from a mosquito carrying WNV is all it takes to become infected. An infected individual or animal can range from having no symptoms to brain swelling and even death.
The Center for Disease Control has many recommendations on how to prevent mosquito bites and contracting West Nile Virus. One of the recommendations is the application of lemon eucalyptus oil.
Here is how it is described from an article on their website:
“Oil of lemon eucalyptus [p-menthane 3,8-diol (PMD)], a plant based repellent, is also registered with EPA. In two recent scientific publications, when oil of lemon eucalyptus was tested against mosquitoes found in the US it provided protection similar to repellents with low concentrations of DEET.”
The other CDC recommendations, DEET and Picaridin, are chemically based and can be very toxic to the body (the CDC and the EPA say they are safe but “not to be used directly on the skin”).
In our Young Living arsenal the two favorite essential oil blends for protection against mosquitos and other buggers are direct applications of Purification and RC.
To read more about mosquito protection from the CDC, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/l2nnx
To learn more about Young Living essential oil blends and to order contact your Young Living distributor or go to: http://tinyurl.com/aenfp