Anyone know any plant that can used as insect repellent, antiseptics or antibiotics?

Question

Be specific about the plant please!!! ( Name, Habitat, Appearence, etc.)

Answer 1

The aloe plant(it's green).

It also has thick 'leaves' with small thorn-like edges.

It's what we use to make 'Aloe Vera'

I have one, it works great on burns.

Answer 2

Not necessarily an insect repellent, antiseptic or antibiotic, but it is an unusual medical use. I have heard that the native American Indians used to use Poison Ivy (very common 3 leaved plant that grows as a herb or as a vine throughout North America) as a form of birth control!

Before you get any nasty ideas - here's how they supposedly did it - the leaves have a chemical that interferes with fertilization of the egg. I've read that the women used to make a tea from the leaves and douche with it (before or after intercourse I don't know).

Because this plant is known for it's nasty interaction with bare skin - causing a severe itchy rash that can last for weeks, I am not recommending anyone try this EVER.

The book below also has many other human / economic uses listed for several plants commonly found in and around wetlands. I just thought the excerpt about Poison Ivy interesting - a who'd a thunk it.

Answer 3

Tea Tree Oil - I know it has origins in Australia, I'm not sure about anymore specifics as far as how it looks, etc.
Used in shampoos for dandruff, used in cleaners, used for antiseptics and I believe also as antibiotics on the skin. It is definitely a bug repellent. I'm assuming it comes from a tea tree - but I could be wrong.

Answer 4

I believe Eucalyptus. There are several varieties. I don't know all the places they grow, but there are lots of them in southern cali. You can string the pods that fall off the tree together and they repel fleas from pets, boil the leaves and collect the oil off the top of the water and use it in handmade soap, it does have medicinal properties, but I'm not sure if it's antibiotic, it could be antifungal or something else.

Answer 5

Here's a recipe as I can recall it. You get about a gallon of water. To that, you add basil (sweet basil is what I used) leaves and stems (clippings), sage leaves and stems, and rosemary leaves and stems. Let the "herbal mix" stand in the sun for about a week or so. Then strain out the solids, and fill a spray bottle with the herb water. Use it to spray on your plants to protect them against aphids and such.

I got the recipe from a little gardening book called "Trowel and Error," by Sharon Lovejoy. It's full of all kinds of nice, proven by me to work, organic gardening ideas. Good luck!

Answer 6

citrus repels flying insects, mint repels crawling insects and the aloe plant is good to treat cuts burns and some bug bites.

Answer 7

Aloe Vera, Cannabis, and the Venus Fly Trap

Answer 8

not basically the mattress, the closet too. ;-; If I dropped one among my filled animals off of the mattress on a similar time as i became attempting to sleep, and the room became dark, i could permit it stay there through fact i presumed some thing could grab my arm from decrease than the mattress as i attempted to p.c.. it up. :3 i've got not got faith that stuff anymore nevertheless. I nonetheless get spooked with the help of the closet if I watch an exceptionally frightening horror action picture nevertheless. >->

Answer 9

eat lots of garlic. the insects are supposed to leave you be a little bit more. garlic can also be used topically as a kind of "antibiotic" - i know people who crush it raw between their teeth and then let it drain down their throats for ear aches and sore throats - and rub it on fungal infections!

Answer 10

Lavender.