Tick Repellant

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Hey all,

 

The only thing worse than having a child with Lyme is

having it yourself. I've had it, as well as both of

my dogs and (probably) my boyfriend. I say probably

because he never got tested, but has shown all the

symptoms for some time.

 

Ticks *HATE* roses. In fact, they hate anything that

even resembles rose scent, even artificial rose! I

put rose geranium eo and rose hydrosol into my insect

repellant, and it works pretty well. Nothing's 100%

of course, but I've had wonderful responses from my

clients who use it.

 

There are also some herbal treatments and potential

preventatives for Lyme that you can use. I highly

recommend the book Healing Lyme by Stephen Buhner. I

attended a workshop of his on the protocol outlined in

the book, and the information he gave on it was out of

this world. This is not a fluffy, completely esoteric

account of how to deal with the disease. It is based

on hard science. I can not say enough good about it!

You can find it at amazon; just type " Healing Lyme "

into the search box. It says that it isn't available

yet, but I already have the book (bought it at IHS

last weekend) so it should be available shortly.

 

Hope that helps!

Green Blessings,

Rebecca Jones

Kestrel Crossings

Concord, NH

www.kestrelcrossings.com

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Rebecca and to all of you have responded to my request for

info. I will start experimenting right away with the rose geranium.

 

Be well,

Mary Alana

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During height of tick season to deter them getting on me after my shower I take

a couple drops Rose Geranium and add my unscented moisturizer and use it all

over my body. I also take a drop RG and rub into ends of my hair. For my dog I

take a couple drops RG in wet hands and then rub it around his face/ears/neck

where I can't get to with a spray. I mix up approx 50 drops in 8oz spray

container and add 1 tsp vodka, 1 tsp veg glycerin, add 7oz distilled water and

use that as a spray for dog/myself etc. Great article on ticks/rose geranium at

www.ladybarbara.net under Lyme disease

anne

 

 

Thanks Rebecca and to all of you have responded to my request for

info. I will start experimenting right away with the rose geranium.

 

Be well,

Mary Alana

 

 

 

 

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Tick

Repellant

 

by Annie Berthold-Bond

I dug deep in my herbal formula books for this recipe out of

desperation, given that I live in the epicenter of the tick-generated

Lyme disease epidemic. I tested the essential oil that is recommended

for ticks, Rose Geranium, by putting a few drops—no more!— on our

dogs' collars, to see if it would repel ticks. Lo and behold, we went

from 20 ticks a day on each dog, to none. The second best essential

oil for repelling ticks is American Pennyroyal (also called tickweed).

 

 

 

SIMPLE SOLUTION:

2 tablespoons vegetable or nut oil (almond oil contains sulfur, a

repellent in its own right)

10 to 25 drops Rose Geranium essential oil

Combine the ingredients in a glass jar; shake to blend.

Makes: 2 tablespoons

Shelf Life: 6 months

 

Dab a few drops on your skin or clothing, making sure to avoid eyes.

 

Caution

Skip the Pennyroyal if there is anyone pregnant (including pets) in

the home, as it can induce miscarriage. And as always, use essential

oils with caution as they can burn the skin and harm eyes. Don't use

these essential oils around cats.

 

HELPFUL HINTS:

Palmerosa is a sister essential oil to Rose Geranium, and also repels

ticks. It is cheaper, and sometimes easier to find than Rose Geranium.

Another good repellent that also worked on our dogs, is to eat garlic

pills (but don't give garlic to cats). A number of people have

written me to say that they have had good luck with their dogs and

themselves, by keeping to the garlic pill eating regimen every day.

The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)

reported in their winter of 1996 Journal of Pesticide Reform that

nymphal ticks are reduced from 72.7 to 100 percent when dead leaves

are removed from the forest areas surrounding residential areas.

 

source:http://www.care2.com/greenliving/tick-repellant.html

 

 

 

 

 

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