Freshens and promotes cleanliness on shopping cart and door handles, restroom toilets, sinks, countertops and so on. It is also used as an air freshener.
8. DIY Plague Defense Spray: 2oz glass spray bottle with 1 tsp witch hazel, 15-20 drops Plague Defense, distilled water to fill bottle. I also added a few drops of lemon. Good for general disinfectant purposes and hopefully effective against the bugs if necessary! - Jeannie 9. I planted some cabbages and broccoli this fall. I wanted to make sure that the bugs stayed away from my little plants, so I experimented with essential oils. I took 5ml of Plague Defense Spray (that was what I had around) and filled the rest of my 1oz spray bottle with water. I shook it up and spritzed all around my plants and keyhole garden area. I did this 4x in probably a 3-month period. Even through the rain, I still I have not seen bugs at all on my plants. Just recently I noticed a few holes in my vegetable leaves, so I sprayed around them again. That is pretty amazing bug control! My plants are big and beautiful! As a side note, we had big black water bugs coming into our house, so I experimented again with a small amount of essential oil (I don’t remember what it was) and water. I spritzed it all around my room. It has been weeks and I haven’t seen one water bug since. My roommates think I'm crazy, but they can’t deny that we have beautiful cabbages and our bug problem has been solved. - Lindsay
10. I make an incredible Sore Throat Spray that EVERYBODY loves.
10. I had an ant problem in my home, and the only spray I could get quickly was Plague Defense. I sprayed them, and they died instantly. The next day they were back with more small groups of many ants in several places. One place was behind kitchen sink faucet where it joins to outside wall and plumbing comes into house. I sprayed that too, and I haven't seen one since! - Maggie
Avoid contact with the eyes and other sensitive areas. Essential oils are both lipophilic and hydrophobic. Lipophilic means they are attracted to fat— like the membranes of your eyes and skin. They are also hydrophobic, meaning they do not like water. Applying a carrier oil will create another fat for the essential oil to be attracted to other than the membranes of the eyes or skin. Tisserand suggests: "With essential oils, fatty oil has been suggested as an appropriate first aid treatment, though the advantage of saline [eyewash] is that the eyes can be continually flushed, and this is less easy with fatty oil.” We are not aware of a case where essential oil in the eyes caused permanent injury or long-term discomfort, but if you feel concerned, please call your health care provider.