Birch tar from mosquitoes

Tar from mosquitoes and midges is used by residents of the marshland, where a huge number of blood-sucking insects are found. This confirms that the tool is not just effective, but extremely effective. Tar is used according to special rules, there are several recipes for homemade drugs.

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The product of dry distillation, obtained from birch resin, contains phenols, resinous substances, and aromatic carbohydrates. Thanks to these components, birch tar has a sharp, persistent odor. Mosquitoes they feel it from a distance of more than 1 m, try to hide away from the source of "stench".

Birch tar from mosquitoes is used in several types:

1. Fatty. The raw material for the preparation is birch bark. It is used for agricultural needs, treatment of animals, protection against mosquitoes, other blood-sucking insects. The drug has a greasy consistency, long-lasting odor. However, when applied to human skin, it causes clogging of pores. To remove it from the epidermis, you need to take a bath for an hour, wash with soap or steam in a bath.
2. Heavy tar. Produced from birch resin. A dark oily product with a specific pungent odor suitable for protect dogs from mosquitoes.
3. Special tar is extracted from different tree species, but the main material is birch bark. The drug is sold in a pharmacy and is used to treat skin diseases and colds. It is this tool that is often used to protect a person from mosquitoes. Compared to other types of product, the repellent property is weaker, the smell disappears faster. To prolong the effectiveness, come up with different recipes.

Interesting!

Raw materials for the production of the product are extracted from old birch stumps, which are about 9 years old. Collected after the resin acts on them. Stumps located on a hill are much more valuable than those located in the lowlands.

Using

You can use tar from mosquitoes and midges undiluted, but in this case, the protection lasts about 2 hours. The recipe for preparing a repellent agent is extremely simple:

1. Dissolve 2.5 ml of pharmacy birch tar in 1 liter of water at room temperature.
2. Stir, process the body.
3. After 2 hours, you can repeat the procedure. However, a new solution will have to be prepared.

How to use the drug so that the effect lasts for a long time is also known. Melt 100 g butter in a water bath. Introduce 1 ml of birch tar, stir. When the mass has cooled slightly, it is applied pointwise on the wrist, calves of the legs, neck, all places unprotected by clothing. The oil base does not allow the aroma to quickly evaporate, the protective properties last for 6 hours or more.

Birch tar from mosquitoes is mixed with sunflower oil, olive. Rub into the skin pointwise. Folk remedy protects from insects, helps to cope with bites faster.

On a note!

Tar against mosquitoes can be cooked independently at home. Birch bark is harvested in early summer. For distillation use a bucket, a steel plate with holes. Cover the container with a plate, cover the edges with clay, turn it upside down. They are installed on hot bricks, the distillation time is 2 hours. To obtain tar water, the resulting product is mixed with a liquid in a ratio of 1: 2.

Reviews of residents of wetlands, where in the warm season there is no end of mosquitoes, say that the remedy works better insecticidal drugs. It does not harm health, has a therapeutic effect when applied to the skin. Medical tar is used to treat dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis.

Reviews

My experiments began with a trip to the veterinary clinic. When the dog was bitten by mosquitoes, carried there her pet. The veterinarian prescribed treatment and advised to use tar for ticks, fleas, and other bloodsuckers. Followed the advice, began to spray animal hair. The smell is still there, it remains for three days. But the effect is amazing. I began to add the product to the shampoo - the hair became shiny, smooth. I decided to protect myself from mosquitoes, other nasty things. The experiments with the application did not end there. Made soap. The skin became incredibly smooth, inflammation, pimples, mosquitoes scattered, but not as much as we would like. From ticks acts better.

Irina, Voronezh

We gathered in the village for berries. When asked by her grandmother, does she have a good repellentShe shook her head in the affirmative. She brought oil with tar, began to rub our hands, neck. Then she sprayed clothes from a spray bottle. The smell is terrible, but nowhere to go. Berries were collected quietly in the forest, insects buzzed over their heads, but not a single one mosquito bite not found.

Olga, Moscow

Good wildlife insect repellentI cook it myself. I often go hunting, treat my pet and myself with water. Mosquitoes do not climb, did not drag a single tick with them.

Maxim, Tver

To enhance the properties of a homemade birch repellent, it is allowed to add mosquito essential oils: geraniums carnationslavender citronella. To scare off the drug will be longer.