Homeopathic mosquito repellent

JoeBentley said:
Damn Homeopaths. They can't even be wrong right.
Click to expand...


I dont know about that product but.......


If I recall from my Eagle Scout days 30 something years ago.. crushed mint leaves are a natural mosquito deterrent ?

Also.. poison ivy leaves which are to be applied aka. rubbed... liberally to all uncovered skin areas of the body.

But. like I said that was a long time ago ?

Edit: It just struck me. Whatever you do please for your own health do not ingest the poison ivy !! It might cause a rare negative health reaction in some people. Just wanted to add that...
 
Last edited:
I'm sure it works great; unfortunately in these parts we have allopathic mosquitoes.
 
JeanFromBNA said:
The homeopathic claim is bunk, because what "similar" thing are they using? Mosquitos don't keep other mosquitos away.

The idea of an effective, ingestible bug repellant has some possibilities. I give my outdoor cats a generic form of Capstar (nitenpyram), and they suffer less from fleas when they eat it.

And before anybody flames me, yes, I know homeopathy itself is bunk. This particular claim is double bunk.
Click to expand...

Speaking of mosquitos, if you have outdoor cats, you might want to switch to something that protects them from heartworm. Selamectin (Revolution/Stronghold), the usual heartworm preventive for cats, is expensive though.
 
JeanFromBNA said:
The homeopathic claim is bunk, because what "similar" thing are they using? Mosquitos don't keep other mosquitos away.
Click to expand...

But the idea with homeopathy is that the more that you dilute it, the stronger the opposite effect occurs. So it would be like an anti-mosquito.
 
AttorneyTom said:
I dont know about that product but.......


If I recall from my Eagle Scout days 30 something years ago.. crushed mint leaves are a natural mosquito deterrent ?

Also.. poison ivy leaves which are to be applied aka. rubbed... liberally to all uncovered skin areas of the body.

But. like I said that was a long time ago ?

Edit: It just struck me. Whatever you do please for your own health do not ingest the poison ivy !! It might cause a rare negative health reaction in some people. Just wanted to add that...
Click to expand...

Yeah, I don't see anyone ingesting poison ivy. I would go further to say no one else in this forum would rub it liberally all over their body. Did they really teach you that in scouts?
 
100 said:
But the idea with homeopathy is that the more that you dilute it, the stronger the opposite effect occurs. So it would be like an anti-mosquito.
Click to expand...

It is like putting a skull in front of your cave to keep others out. Minuscule bits of mosquitoes on the skin would scare away others.
 
Careyp74 said:
Yeah, I don't see anyone ingesting poison ivy. I would go further to say no one else in this forum would rub it liberally all over their body. Did they really teach you that in scouts?
Click to expand...

Just an aside, but with my son in scouting, let me say that their standards for determining who can teach a particular topic are less than focused on capability. They basically took my word for it that I was qualified to teach the ReadyMan (first aid) and Science chapters (which I am, but still, there was no checking...I could have taught them anything).
 
The people who sell that stuff should be tackled and put into a tent filled with parasite-laden mosquitoes.


After they take their pills, of course.
 
Careyp74 said:
So the laws of similar. I guess they took a mosquito and diluted it to thousandths of a part per million?
Click to expand...
I was thinking the same thing, since the website doesn't even hint as to what's in it (or more precisely, what used to be in it).
 
Psi Baba said:
I was thinking the same thing, since the website doesn't even hint as to what's in it (or more precisely, what used to be in it).
Click to expand...

Isn't there a requirement now that even at homeopathic levels, they still need to include on the label what is (was) in it?

Perhaps only for items with medical uses.
 
Careyp74 said:
Isn't there a requirement now that even at homeopathic levels, they still need to include on the label what is (was) in it?

Perhaps only for items with medical uses.
Click to expand...

Thjis brings up an interesting thought. My suspicion is that insect repellants and similar thigns are not covered by the same regulations as medical treatments....might moving to this type of area be a way for them to avoid even more oversight or legislative restrictions?

Such as your point about ingredients. I'd also bet that the restrictions on the claims that can be made are much looser if it's not classed as being for any sort of treatment or suppliment or whatever. Dunno, someone with more law/pharmacuetical experience would have to answer that, I think.
 
Well where's the geneal-purpose fraud department then? :(
 
Hellbound said:
No, see, you all misunderstand.

It isn't a homeopathic pill that repels mosquitos...

It's a pill that repels homeopathic mosquitos!
Click to expand...

:eek: Soon we'll have a pill that repels homeopaths in general!

"And the children dance!!!"
 
100 said:
But the idea with homeopathy is that the more that you dilute it, the stronger the opposite effect occurs. So it would be like an anti-mosquito.
Click to expand...

So if I wear nothing, mosquitoes will actively avoid me!

(uh....let me rephrase that.... "If I do not put any products on my skin except water, mosquitoes will actively avoid me.")
 
Hmm, I was all set to point out that a homeopathic mosquito repellent could work, in theory, if you had enough of it. For example, if you had a swimming-pool full, and kept yourself completely submerged.

Unfortunately, this turns out to be a pill, rather than something you apply to your skin, and I can't think of any way to make water in a pill repel mosquitos, except, as someone suggested, by applying it directly to a mosquito.

I have, however, come up with a sure-fire money-making idea: a homeopathic thirst quencher. Containing zero ppm of salt, a full bottle of this is guaranteed to put a dent in your thirst, if not quench it completely. I expect to be a millionaire by this time next year. :)
 
Careyp74 said:
Yeah, I don't see anyone ingesting poison ivy. I would go further to say no one else in this forum would rub it liberally all over their body. Did they really teach you that in scouts?
Click to expand...

Of course not !

Just kidding on the Poison Ivy..

Mint leaves or the oil from them does seem to be a deterrent.. and also if you live in the south.. oils from citrus fruits help out. In the Scouts I was always taught that wild mint, and pine pitch on the skin helps if you are in the north woods.

In real life if you expell carbon dioxide and/or have a body heat image nothing is totally effective. Just my experience. Well.. other than mosquito netting !:)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top Bottom