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| Essential Aroma-Traveling | Also it is recommended basil, bergamot, cedarwood, and a blend of clove, lemon and orange as other insect-repelling oils.
Ants
For keeping ants out of your house is to place peppermint oil at places where ants are coming into your house, or spraying peppermint oil where the ants walk. Or else try mint oils. These are effective for repelling ants.
Mosquitoes
Basil, cedarwood, citronella, geranium, juniper, and rosemary can all be effective for keeping mosquitoes away.
Poisonous Plants
Accidentally running into poison oak or poison ivy while outdoors is not very fun. It is recommended lavender, Roman chamomile, rose, rosewood, and palmarosa oils for helping to deal with the after-effects of poison ivy if you do run into it.
Essential Oil Travel Kit
While there are a multitude of items that you could consider adding to an essential oil travel kit, below are a few items to help get you started.
• Essential Oils:
- Peppermint (cooling, indigestion, motion sickness)
- Lavender (sunburn, calming, insect repellant, the "all-purpose" oil)
- Lemon (disinfecting, purifying, uplifting)
- Citronella or Lemongrass (bug repellant)
- Eucalyptus (cooling, good for respiratory problems)
- Thieves or a similar anti-microbial oil or blend (for disinfecting surfaces or the air)
• Carrier Oil (a vegetable or nut oil for diluting essential oils, or for making massage oils)
• Wipes (use commercially available or make your own natural essential oil wipes for disinfecting surfaces, cleaning messes, or to cool and refresh the skin)
• Tissues, Inhalers, or Pendants (for carrying different scents of oils with you to inhale)
• Small Spray Bottles (containing water mixed with essential oils for disinfecting, air freshening, or insect repellants)
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