Camphor Camphor - The effective & healthy mosquito repellent. Malaria and Dengue are on a steep rise. Most often people use liquid or the old blue tablet type of mosquito repellents sold under various names. Despite their use, it is common to see mosquitoes hovering around with the best of repellents in action. Secondly, we cannot use these mosquito repellents whole day - are they being of any brand. Thirdly, many people land up with allergies due to them. In the past, a person would light diyas and burn camphor on a regular basis as a part of daily puja. These helped to purify the air and keep harmful bacteria, viruses, and mosquitoes away! We can definitely have a better and healthy environment with the use of camphor. Camphor or Karpur is a waxy, white, or transparent substance extracted from the wood of the Camphor Laurel tree found in Asia. Camphor has many known medicinal uses. It relieves nasal congestion and cough when rubbed on the chest as oil. Camphor is used as an ingredient in throat lozenges and cough syrups and in Vicks. Camphor is also used in some anti-itch ointments, creams and cooling gels because it can be absorbed through skin and is effective for treating pain locally. It has an analgesic effect which makes it a favorite oil to be used in pain relieving massage blends for sore muscles and arthritic pain. Camphor is known to improve the quality of air making it better for our lungs and heart. Many people are not aware of the Mosquito repellent power of Camphor - a simple solution without side effects and very cost effective. Camphor is a natural mosquito repellent effective round the clock! You do not need to burn it for that. There are three easy ways to do it. Put 2 tablets of commercially available camphor on any warm surface (like the device for mosquito mats). Plug it for an hour and see the results! You can do it twice a day - in the morning and at night as well! Place 2 tablets of camphor on different corners of the room or at places where mosquitoes seem to love to stay! Leave them there and they will evaporate in a day or so keeping the air purer and mosquito free. Take a shallow vessel or bowl and fill with water. Drop 2 tablets of Camphor into the water. Keep the vessel with water and camphor in your sleeping room. The quantity of water and camphor may differ from room size. Water evaporates at normal temperature. Camphor slowly starts dissolving in water. The water evaporates with the smell of Camphor. Adding little bit hot water gives instant action. You will be amazed at the results! Do experience it and DO HELP SPREAD THIS USE OF CAMPHOR TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN!
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:11:47 +0000
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