Now it's getting hotter and hotter in summer, and the mosquitoes we hate most in summer are becoming more and more active. Especially when we are sleeping, we are constantly harassed. If we are bitten, our skin feels particularly itchy.
Although there are toilet water or other things to relieve itching and electric mosquito swatter to repel mosquitoes, they can easily kill mosquitoes, but what did they use to repel mosquitoes in ancient summer when there were many mosquitoes? Here's an explanation.
In ancient times, there was one thing that had a good anti-mosquito effect and was always available in every household, that is, mosquito nets. We all know that mosquito nets can keep the annoying mosquitoes out, so they have a good anti-counterfeiting effect to a certain extent, and they are also very convenient to make. Mosquito nets still appear in our lives until now.
But only mosquito nets can't play a very good anti-mosquito effect. Although there are mosquito nets that can keep mosquitoes out, it is impossible to hang mosquito nets on yourself all the time. So the ancients invented a trick, which is the predecessor of our mosquito-repellent incense.
In ancient times, mosquito-repellent incense was made from the kind of wormwood leaves used in the Dragon Boat Festival. After drying the wormwood leaves, they were lit. Smoke mosquitoes away with the dust of burning mugwort leaves. In fact, we hang mugwort leaves or bathe mugwort leaves in water on the Dragon Boat Festival, which also has a strong mosquito repellent effect.
With the development of time, the ancients also upgraded mosquito-repellent incense, poking the two things together and turning them into a shape like a straw rope. Then light the straw rope with fire, the grass will emit a lot of smoke, and it can also smoke away the annoying mosquitoes, thus achieving the effect of mosquito prevention. In fact, these wonderful tricks of our ancients to repel insects and mosquitoes are still in use until now.