Natural Remedies for Fleas
and other Critters

You will have plenty of natural remedies for fleas and flying objects in the house with these essential oils in your arsenal:


To repel fleas and insects you can use the following oils in a spritzer or diffuse them around the house. For specific areas put some drops on a cotton ball and leave in place. Or add essential oils to cedar chips or closet balls and hangers.

  • Fleas - Lemongrass, Tansy. Add five drops of one of these oils to one cup of baking soda and blend well. Rub or sprinkle the baking soda on your dog or cat and let sit as long as possible. Do this all outside, the fleas will want to scramble!. Repeat several times until fleas are gone. Sprinkle on carpets too, let sit and vacuum.

  • Mosquitos - Lemon, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Citronella, Tansy

  • Ants - Peppermint, Spearmint. Sprinkle directly where the ants are coming in the house

  • Flies, Horse Fly - Peppermint, Tansy

  • Moths - Patchouli, Spearmint, Peppermint, Hyssop

  • Aphids - Mix 2 quarts of salt water with 10 drops Orange and 10 drops Spearmint, shake and spray on plants. Peppermint, Hyssop

  • Woolly aphids - Patchouly, Pine, Sandalwood

  • Cockroaches - Mix 1/2 cup of salt water with 10 drops Peppermint and 5 drops of Cypress. Spray on trouble areas.

  • Ticks - Lemongrass, Thyme, Sage

  • Snails and Slugs - Pine, Hyssop, Patchouly

  • Gnats - Patchouly, Spearmint

  • Lice and Plant Lice - Spearmint, Peppermint

  • Silverfish - Eucalyptus radiata

  • Caterpillars - Spearmint, Peppermint

  • Weevils - Patchouly, Sandalwood

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