Anti Mosquito and Wetland Plants

No wonder, since the first case found in Surabaya in 1969 until now, never seemed to DB diseases can be minimized. Similarly, the number of victims.

Along with the outbreak of the DB, usually people choose a practical way, namely using drugs antinyamuk liquid or gas.

Although quite effective, this type of drug antinyamuk risky because the chemical content.
Therefore, it could not hurt us to choose more environmentally friendly way, ie using mosquito repellent plants. Plant life is the type of mosquito repellent plants in living conditions could banish the mosquito.

The ability of this plant as a mosquito repellent can be considered special. The reason is the strong scent of this plant, which allegedly does not like insects.

Use of this plant is easy enough, that is simply placed indoors or planted in the yard of the house. There also are used as raw materials for ointments and liquids antinyamuk.

Some types of mosquito repellent plants among fragrant lemon grass, vetiver, zodia, geranium, and lavender.

Serai Wangi
Although the more popular herbs used for cooking and medicinal ingredients, stems and leaves of Citronella oil can be used as a mosquito repellent. These plants contain substances geraniol, metilheptenon, Terpen, Terpen-alcohol, organic acids, and particularly citronellal. Citronellal these substances have toxic properties of contacts (for flavor). As a contact poison, it can cause death in mosquitoes because of the loss of fluid continuously.

Vetiver
Based on this research, the use of extracts of vetiver oil proved effective in controlling the mosquito Aedes aegypti and Anopheles aconitus. Toksitas test shows, the fragrant root extract with 0.20 and 0.25 per cent concentration able to kill larvae of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti within approximately two hours.

Zodia
Papuan people used to rub the skin with certain leaves before entering the forest. This means that they are protected from attacks by insects, particularly mosquitoes. The leaves are derived from a plant called zodia (Evodia suaveolens). In recent years, zodia popular as an ornamental plant as well as mosquito repellent.

Why be afraid of mosquitoes zodia? Zodia including families Rutaceae plants, which contain substances evodiamine and rutaecarpine. According to the Research Institute for Spice and Medicinal Plants (IMACRI), oil is distilled from the leaves contains linalool zodia apinene 46 per cent and 13.26 per cent. Linalool is what serves as a mosquito repellent. Zodia able to banish from the leaf of mosquitoes for six hours, with power protection for more than 70 percent.

Zodia naturally will issue a scent when the leaves rub against each other. Place plants around the window or door where the wind can enter the room. Can also be placed in the corner, then blow a fan. Quite fragrant scent will come out. Nevertheless, we must be vigilant, when plants zodia placed in a small room with little air circulation, can-can people who are in it too dizzy or drunk.

Geranium
Studies on extracts of Geranium radula thrust against the mosquito Aedes aegypti causes of laboratory tests conducted at DB Insecticides Reservoir Disease Vector Research Institute of Salatiga, Central Java. To see how effective concentration of the extract of Geranium radula, observed number of mosquitoes that landed on the top of the fist that is not and has been smeared by the plant extract.

Eksrak Geranium radula used does not cause irritation to the skin after tested to five people. During the test run is also measured abiotic factors such as body temperature, air temperature, and humidity. The collected data were processed using Two Ways ANOVA test followed by Tukey's test. Results showed that the effective concentration of Aedes aegypti refuse is 80 percent.

Lavender
From his appearance, lavender is very interesting. Purple flower is small, and issued a fragrant aroma. This flower is often rubbed into the body-rub to avoid mosquito bites. Not surprisingly, some topical drug products utilizing antinyamuk lavender as one of the material.

Lavender essential oil content in also often used for aroma therapy