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Neem oil works 100% (and is a single-source natural plant oil), but it's a smelly oil (strong nutty smell) and, being oil, means you have to get all slicky in o
by mindfulhack 7y ago
Neem oil works 100% (and is a single-source natural plant oil), but it's a smelly oil (strong nutty smell) and, being oil, means you have to get all slicky in order to be effective.
With neem, they may fly around you, but they never land on you. They hate its smell, and also, the oil's compound kills them / makes them and all other small insects sterile.
So yeah if you're wearing clothes then they have to be ones you're prepared to get oil on and then wash it out using hot water and baking soda or whatever.
- ignoramous 7y agoBurning neem-tree [0] leaves is in regular practice in most non-urban Indian neighborhoods, to stave off insects and flies, including mosquitoes. Not sure how effective it is, though. I must point out that Wikipedia has a page on neem oil and warns of toxicity if consumed raw [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azadirachta_indica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azadirachta_indica [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_oil