HERB - herbal bug spray

[Lynette]

Just a guess, but maybe you need to change the recipe.  Maybe the bugs in
your area have grown accustomed to you spray, thus developing a tolerance
from over exposure.  The recipe sounds fine to me.   There is something I
used effectively years ago.  Trouble is I can't remember exactly which B
vitamin it was.  The trick was to essentially overdose on one of the B
vitamins then you sweat it through you skin which the bugs hate.  B vitamins
are water soluble so they don't build up a toxic level without being
excreted.  Many people unwittingly overdose on these without knowing it.
The key it to take a mega dose.  Sorry, I don't know which one it was.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Jackson" <ladydagmar at hotmail.com>
To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 6:44 AM
Subject: HERB - herbal bug spray


> Dear list,
>
> I am having a problem with my herbal bug spray.  It is a recipe I have
been
> using for several years with great success, however, it is just not
working.
>   Some of the other people who are using it are having the same problem.
I
> did not mix up this batch.  I was sharing the ingredients with a couple of
> other people since it has to be made up every couple of weeks.  We bought
> all new bottles of essential oils, so I am pretty sure that they were not
> expired.  The spray recipe calls for one cup witch hazel, 1 cup distilled
> water, and 30 drops each of eucalyptus, pennyroyal, peppermint,
citronella,
> and lavender.  Does anyone know what the problem might be?  Have the bugs
> just become stronger?
>
>
> Dagmar
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