How to get rid of bed bugs using wormwood
Among the safe folk remedies that help fight home bugs on your own, wormwood is popular. Effective disposal of bloodsuckers, including fleas, cannot be achieved forever, but you can scare them away.
The sharp bitter smell of the grass helps in the fight here. For this reason, the main condition for successful disposal is the use of only fresh wormwood. It should be placed in an infected sofa or bed. After drying, the grass will no longer be so effective and will not be able to protect a person from bites.
You won’t be able to fight home bugs with wormwood alone: as soon as they get very hungry, the smell will no longer be a hindrance. The plant is best used as a prevention of infection.
How to detect bedbugs?
Some people are very suspicious; when they notice an insect crawling on the floor, they immediately think that it is a bug. Although in fact it could be a cockroach or a fly, which does not pose such a threat as a bedbug infestation.
To understand whether there really are bedbugs in the room, pay attention to possible signs of their presence, such as:
- Small spots on the wall, on bedding and other places with a light shade, where they can be easily seen due to the color contrast. Small dots are insect excrement, which clearly indicates the presence of bedbugs in the house.
- Red bloody marks on the mattress. Most people don't wake up at night from bedbug bites. The insect, having had its fill of blood, becomes slow and clumsy. Being in an unconscious state, a sleeping person can often crush an arthropod. As a result, only a trace that is difficult to wash off remains from the parasite.
- Red dots on the skin. They can go in a chain in a row or be grouped with each other. For some, the bites are small, for others they swell large (due to the characteristics of the body).
- A specific smell reminiscent of rotten wild berries.
The detection of one of the signs does not necessarily indicate an infected room; it may be a coincidence.
But when more than two or three characteristic traces of insects are found, then you definitely have bedbugs.
Bed bugs in an apartment are very unpleasant, but by and large there is no reason to panic, because... With the right and timely approach, you can get rid of any insects quickly enough.
True, you will have to come to terms with the fact that a decent amount of effort, money and nerves will be spent on this.
How to get rid of bed bugs using tansy
Tansy is another plant that occupies not the last place among folk remedies against blood-sucking domestic parasites. Although tansy is extremely poisonous to many insects, it does not cause any obvious harm to bed bugs. And you won’t be able to completely get rid of them with just this flower.
Tansy, like wormwood, has repellent properties and can only repel, but not destroy, insects. The condition for effective use is that the grass must be fresh.
Measures to protect against bedbugs
Insecticides, especially professional grade ones, are highly effective and bedbugs quickly die from them, but how to get rid of insects forever? Is it possible? additional measures along with the chemicals
for protection against bedbugs.
- If there are cracks in the walls and ceilings, the wallpaper has peeled off in places, and the door frames and baseboards barely stay in place, make repairs.
- Clean the ventilation in your apartment and cover it with a fine mesh that can trap insects.
- In summer, place mosquito nets in windows that are opened wide.
- From time to time, do general cleaning in the house and, for prevention, inspect places where parasites may be found
. - Wash bedding on the highest temperature setting for each fabric type and iron it once dry.
Most of these measures are relevant when fighting any type of insects in the house, therefore, by using them against bedbugs, you will additionally protect your home from other pests.
Fighting bed bugs with folk remedies - marsh wild rosemary
The next plant that will help, if not destroy and get rid of parasites completely, then at least scare them away, is marsh wild rosemary. This is an herb with an active scent that is provided by a combination of essential oils.
In the fight against domestic bloodsuckers, marsh wild rosemary is used in the form of:
- decoctions. The herb is brewed in boiling water and infused. Then they are used to treat (spray) the habitats of bloodsuckers, in particular, sofas;
- powdered dry parts of the plant. You can remove parasites by using it as a dust. You just need to sprinkle the powder around the room, not forgetting about the cracks behind the baseboards;
- smoke. Fumigation of houses and apartments with wild rosemary smoke will be effective.
Third stage: prevention of occurrence
The most effective remedy for bedbugs is preventive measures. Compliance with them just requires a certain amount of caution and order on your part. Minimum costs plus cleanliness in the house and complete safety for health:
Do not buy used furniture, interior items and bedding. If it is impossible to avoid this, before bringing such items into the house, however, just like new ones after purchasing in a store, you need to inspect them very carefully (and wash things and laundry); close all ventilation holes with fine mesh; do not keep stale items in closets unnecessary things, clean out wardrobes and chests of drawers; when traveling in overnight accommodations, before going to bed, check whether the beds are infested with insects; try under no circumstances to place luggage on the ground or floor, even if it seems ideal clean.
Branches of tansy, lavender and wormwood will help protect the house from bedbugs, bouquets of which should be placed throughout the house and periodically replaced with fresh ones.
Getting rid of bed bugs with chamomile
In the folk fight against bed bloodsuckers, a plant such as Dalmatian chamomile is also used, but it is also possible to use a regular pharmacy one. It contains a natural insecticide that can independently destroy domestic bloodsuckers completely and forever.
To prepare a powder that will help get rid of parasites, you need to do the following:
- collect recently blossomed inflorescences (this is an important condition) and dry well;
- then grind into powder using a blender or coffee grinder or grind thoroughly by hand.
The resulting powder is used as a regular chemical dust. It is used to treat any places where house bugs may live.
How to get rid of bed bugs using turpentine
Turpentine is a fairly common component of folk recipes that can be used to remove bed bugs. There are several recipes for killing parasites:
- boiling water (100 ml), turpentine (10 ml), kerosene (15 ml), green soap (42 g);
- turpentine (100 ml), kerosene (100 ml), naphthalene (25 g);
- aspirin (5 g); phenol (40 g), turpentine (40 ml);
- kerosene (250 ml), turpentine (500 ml), alcohol (100 ml), water (100 ml), naphthalene (50 g);
- ammonia (50 g), turpentine (150 ml), laundry soap (50 g).
To eradicate a colony, you need to do the following:
- prepare a solution according to one of the recipes. The main condition is strict adherence to proportions;
- then treat potentially contaminated areas throughout the house or apartment.
Turpentine has a persistent odor, so during the treatment of the room it is necessary to protect the respiratory tract (wear a respirator), as well as hands and eyes.
After completion, you need to leave the house/apartment for a day - this is a mandatory condition. It is advisable to leave the windows open so that the smell can dissipate. To carry out a total destruction of parasites and remove them completely, re-treatment is carried out after 5 days.
Using these folk recipes, it is also good to poison cockroaches.
Fighting bedbugs with vinegar
The next folk remedy that allows you to remove house bugs yourself is acetic acid. The product has a persistent and rather pungent odor. This is precisely what people's defense is based on.
To get rid of bedbugs, you need to treat the headboards of beds, upholstery of upholstered furniture and wash the floors with an aqueous solution of vinegar. The treatment solution is prepared from vinegar and water in a ratio of 1:2. The result will be, but short-lived, since the smell disappears quite quickly. To prolong the effect, it is recommended to pour vinegar from a saucer and place it under the bed or sofa.
It will not be possible to completely remove domestic bloodsuckers with vinegar, but protecting your sleep is a real task. The strong smell prevents them from climbing onto a sofa or bed and biting a sleeping person.
Denatured alcohol - folk fight against bedbugs
Denatured alcohol is another folk remedy that helps get rid of and destroy blood-sucking parasites. The drug is industrial alcohol and initially contains methanol, kerosene and isopranol.
For this reason, denatured alcohol is a strong poison with an extremely unpleasant odor and should be used independently with extreme caution. The product can cause severe irritation to the respiratory tract, so during the treatment of a house or apartment you need to wear a respirator and safety glasses.
It will not be possible to completely remove and destroy bloodsuckers using this folk remedy. After processing the found nest, they will freeze, but will not die. They will remain in this state for at least four days, and then they will start biting again and the bedbugs will have to be poisoned again.
In order to destroy biting aggressors, only hard surfaces are allowed to be treated with denatured alcohol, since irremovable stains remain on the fabrics and upholstery of the sofa. After completing the treatment, the house or apartment must be thoroughly ventilated - this is one of the most important conditions for the home fight against blood-sucking parasites. Denatured alcohol also helps poison cockroaches.
To remove bedbugs, you can use either a pure product or mix it with other components. For example, mix industrial alcohol (150 ml) with naphthalene (7 g). It must be remembered that the mixture does not affect eggs.
It is not recommended to exterminate bedbugs or fleas using this folk method in a residential area, since the aggressive odor in the house or apartment will persist for a very long time.
Extermination of bedbugs: choosing the appropriate method
There are many methods that have their own characteristics and give different results. In advanced situations, when nothing helps, it is advisable to turn to professional exterminators. They treat the room with cold or hot mist that kills parasites.
The services of pest control specialists are not cheap, so people choose other options that also help clean the room from bedbugs. This:
- sprays, aerosols;
- powders, dusts;
- chemicals for wet processing;
- folk remedies - mixtures based on vinegar, turpentine, kerosene.
Sprays and aerosols are very convenient to use. They have a local effect on bedbug nests and the parasites themselves. These drugs affect the nervous system of the insect, causing paralysis, which causes rapid death. They usually treat carpets, rugs, and upholstered furniture. Some sprays have additional nozzles that help penetrate the most difficult to reach places.
Dusts, powders or crayons cannot be called effective. To activate them, direct contact with the bug is necessary, so simultaneous destruction of the entire population is impossible. It is best to use them as preventive agents - for example, to prevent the appearance of new pests after treatment.
The most popular drugs from the group of dusts include:
- "Phenaxin";
- "Clean house";
- "Face double";
- chalk "Mashenka".
For self-removal of bedbugs, chemical agents that are used for wet treatment are also good. Thus, the active substance that is part of such a drug gets into the most inaccessible places. They are sold as concentrates or dry. The most common include:
- "Foresight";
- "Executioner";
- "Cucaracha";
- "Karbofos";
- "Get."
You need to use insecticides very carefully, as they are very poisonous and harmful to people and animals. When working with household chemicals, it is recommended to wear rubber gloves, protective suits, and respirators.
After treating the room with such preparations, you need to close the windows and leave the apartment for several hours. Wet cleaning should not be carried out for 3-5 days after the procedure. Most insecticides do not destroy oviposition, so you will have to re-treat them in about a week or two, when the young individuals hatch.
