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Neem Natural Mosquito Repellent
Is neem oil really 100% effective as a natural mosquito repellant?
Neem's natural mosquito repellent properties are an important weapon in the fight
against malaria in third world countries.
Malaria is a big problem in tropical regions, and that is where neem grows best.
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Neem is widely established so it is easily available and—most importantly—it works.
You have two main options for using neem oil to repel mosquitoes naturally:
You can use neem in a personal mosquito repellant on the skin, or you can burn it,
for example as incense, or by adding neem oil to citronella flares or kerosene lamps.
Research on neem as a natural mosquito repellant plant
Here are results of some of the field studies that were done on the natural mosquito
repelling action of neem oil:
In 1994 the the Malaria Research Centre of Delhi, India, tested whether
kerosene lamps with 1% neem oil can protect people from mosquito bites. For
that test they burned the lamps in living rooms, and from 6 pm to 6 am caught the
mosquitoes sitting on the walls and those attracted to human bait (i.e. volunteers).
Neem oil clearly reduced the number of bites on the volunteers and also
the number of mosquitoes caught. The protection was greater against
anopheles species (the ones that transmit malaria) than against culex.
A 1995 study at a field station the Malaria Research Centre in Ranipur, Hardwar,
India, tested a mix of 2% neem oil mixed in coconut oil.
They showed that applying that mixture to the skin provided significant
protection from various mosquitoes. It worked best against anophelines, offering
96-100% protection! (The malaria transmitting anopheles mosquitoes fall into this
group). The numbers for other species were 85% for Aedes (carries dengue
fever), 61-94% for Culex spp. (can carry West Nile virus) and 35% for Armigeres.
In 1996 the Malaria Research Centre of Delhi, India did another field trial with
kerosene lamps in an Indian village. Kerosene lamps with 1% neem oil were
kept burning from dusk to dawn in living rooms.
They found that the lamps kept the mosquitoes out of the living rooms and that
the malaria incidents of the population dropped dramatically (from about ten cases
per thousand people to only one in thousand). Once the lamps were removed, the
mosquitoes returned and so did the malaria.
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(As for the safety of this method, another 1996 study by the Malaria Research Centre
in Delhi, India tested the effects of kerosene lamps with 1% neem oil. Clinical
examination of 156 adults and 110 children did not reveal any major adverse effects
after one year of exposure to 1% neem oil.)
What does it all mean? Is neem oil an effective natural mosquito
repellent?
Well, it depends what species of mosquito you are dealing with. For malaria protection
neem oil is fantastic. If you combine the 96-100% protection rate of the home
made mosquito repellent with burning some neem oil when sitting outside and
wearing sensible clothing, you are well protected indeed.
But take for example the common house mosquitoes in northern America. They are a
culex species, and neem's effectiveness against culex varies. The number of bites will
be greatly reduced, but you probably still get bitten.
So to make an educated guess how effective neem oil will be, it helps to know what
mosquito species are common in your area or in the area you want to visit. There are
many different kinds of mosquitoes and they are specific to different regions.
Another way to determine how well neem oil works for you as a natural mosquito
repellent is to simply try it out.
And now to one important caveat. The only studies that showed significant protection
from mosquito bites through neem oil, were those that used the neem oil in coconut oil
mix. Rubbing pure oil on your skin is not the most pleasant sensation in hot an humid
climates where mosquitoes are most active. Oh, and neem oil does not smell of roses!
Several companies offer personal neem outdoor sprays. They may not necessarily
use neem oil, as neem leaf extract has similar properties though it is not as powerful
as the oil. Those outdoor sprays do offer some protection against biting insects in
general. The neem leaf is also wonderfully soothing for skin that is irritated from the
heat and insects.
But realistically these sprays do not offer the protection that you would get from a
neem oil/coconut oil mix. In fact, those neem sprays are in my experience little more
effective than other natural mosquito repellents and you most certainly can not expect
them to perform like a DEET containing mosquito repellent. Also, just like other natural
repellents those neem sprays need to be applied very frequently, whereas DEET lasts
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for many hours.
Natural mosquito repellents do work. I use only natural mosquito repellent, sometimes
neem, sometimes others. For most of the year and around my house the amount of
protection those natural mosquito repellents offer is good enough. But there are times
of the year where the mosquitoes are so thick that neem spray seems to do nothing. (I
live in a tropical area.) During those times I make sure I also cover up from head to
toe, avoid the wettest and most overgrown areas in the garden and avoid being
outside at dusk and dawn. I will still not put any DEET on my skin. That stuff is way too
toxic for my liking to use it regularly.
Don't count on neem natural mosquito repellent to perform a miracle. It won't. But if you
use it right (i.e. using the coconut oil/neem oil mix and also burning neem in a lamp,
candle or flare) and combine that with other common sense measures, like covering up
and using mosquito netting, then there really is no need to put DEET on your skin.
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