Does Jasmine Repel Mosquitoes?

Introduction

As people have started looking for natural alternatives for chemical based mosquito repellents, in such a situation jasmine has emerged as a promising option. Jasmine is known for its pleasant fragrance and aesthetics with soothing and calming benefits, but people wants to know, does jasmine repel mosquitoes. We will discuss the possibility of this beautiful flower’s ability and effectiveness in repelling mosquitoes, in section given below.

Can Jasmine repel mosquitoes?

As jasmine flowers have a strong pleasant scent, which can mask the body odor released from human bodies that attracts mosquitoes. As most of the natural repellents works by interfering with the senses of mosquitoes and their ability to find and locate humans and animals, through their strong scents and odor. This makes jasmine an eligible candidate to be used as a natural mosquito repellent.

The reality of jasmine flower mosquito repellent is not well documented but it is believed that it has a mild mosquito deterring effect due to its fragrance.

Jasmine essential oil extracted from jasmine flowers contains many active compounds which are responsible for its unique smell. And this strong fragrance could potentially confuse mosquitoes to detect carbon dioxide and body odors, thus making it difficult for them to locate hosts.

While jasmine may not be that powerful to use against mosquitoes, but it can be used in combination with other effective natural repellents.

One of the research study have proved the use of jasmine essential oil, along with wormwood essential oil, lavender essential oil, peppermint oil and bitter orange leaf, without using any chemicals. It is safe, environmental friendly and pollution free along with a good mosquito repelling effect. It does not irritate skin and has a remarkable repelling action against mosquitoes.

The combination of jasmine oil with other given oils is calming and soothing for nerves, soothing moods and helps in sleep. In this combination, the low efficiency and low fragrance of single plant has been overcome, and the resulting combination gives a synergistic effect with appreciable effectiveness as mosquito repellent.

Also, the strong fragrance, high volatility and short term effect has been compensated by using sodium alginate and Arabic gum which micro encapsulates the essential oil giving long lasting effect.

The above combination is an experiment conducted successfully, but we can use jasmine oil directly as a mosquito repellent plant which can be grown in our garden and lawn, or we can use jasmine essential oil sprays which provides soothing and calming benefits with improved sleep quality.

So, does jasmine repel mosquitoes? Yes it actually does.

How to use Jasmine as a natural mosquito repellent

1. Grow jasmine plants in your garden or lawn

Jasmin flowers has a mild mosquito repelling action. Its a natural mosquito repellent plant that can be grown in outdoor sitting areas, in garden, in doorways which improves the look and feel with its flowers and gives a soothing fragrance with improved aesthetic and ambience.

2. Use Jasmine essential oil

Jasmine essential oil extracted from jasmine flowers can be used in diffusers. This will provide soothing and relaxation while sleeping indoors and even outdoors. The diffuser will continuously release jasmine fragrant that will be long lasting.

We can also use it as a lotion by mixing jasmine oil with any carrier oil like coconut or olive oil.

3. DIY Jasmine mosquito repellent

For making Jasmine mosquito repellent at home, take jasmine essential oil and mix it water and witch hazel or spirit to get a spray solution. Mix well and transfer this spray solution in a spray bottle. Use this spray on skin, clothing, in bedrooms, or around home to keep mosquitoes away.

As already said, the combined use of multiple essential oils can give more strong and effective repelling action against mosquitoes due to a synergistic effect. Thus you can combined jasmine essential oil with, lavender oil, citronella oil, eucalyptus oil, peppermint oil, etc.

Use of Jasmine with other mosquito repellents

Jasmine alone may not give the required effectiveness as a mosquito repellent. Thus we can plant jasmine along with other natural mosquito repellent plants like lemongrass, eucalyptus, lavender, peppermint, etc. that will give a multi layered protection against mosquitoes. The garden consisting of above flowers can give an aesthetic and pleasant ambience which is not attractive to mosquitoes.

Similarly, while using jasmine oil in a diffuser or spray we can mix other effective natural repellents like citronella oil, eucalyptus oil, etc. to increase the overall effectiveness.

Conclusion

Jasmine with its natural strong fragrance along with beautiful white flowers give a natural option for those looking for natural mosquito repellent plants. It improves the ambience and aesthetics of your outdoor sitting areas. Relieves you from constant bother from the mosquitoes. Improves quality of life and outdoor play time with your kids and pets.

May not be completely reliable but it can reduce your efforts while fighting against mosquitoes. Use it in a combination and it will give better results, as it improves the sleep and

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