TRADITIONAL REMEDIES TO WARD OFF DENGUE THREAT DISCUSSED

A SEMINAR ON DENGUE CONTROL,UNDER CHIEF MINISTER'S ANTI DENGUE CAMPAIGN 2012, WAS HELD AT NEW CAMPUS M.Sc.PHYSICS BLOCK OF GOVT T.I.COLLEGE CHENABNAGAR THE OTHER DAY.PROF WAQAR HUSSAIN DELIVERED A LECTURE ON CONTROL OF DENGUE BY KILLING MOSQUITO WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY.HE SAID MOST POPULATION RESIDES IN RURAL AREA WITH LOW INCOME.AND ALL THE MEASURES TO CONTAIN MOSQUITO REQUIRE MONEY .PROF WAQAR HUSSAIN STATED THAT EUCALYPTUS LEAVES HAVE MOSQUITO REPELLENT INGREDIENTS SO VILLAGER CAN RUB TWO OR THREE LEAVES ON EXPOSED PARTS OF THEIR BODIES KEEPING EYES SAFE.SECONDLY, HE SAID THAT ALL KINDS OF"SMOKES" WARD OFF MOSQUITO.PATHIAN, COWS DUNG ACCUMULATED AND DRIED IN CAKE FORMS, BURN AND PRODUCE SMOKE WHICH IRRITATE MOSQUITO TO AN EXTENT  COMPELLING THEM TO FLEE .THIS ANTI MOSQUITO  REMEDY WAS PRACTICED DURING REIGN OF JAHANGIR WHEN DENGUE TYPE EPIDEMIC SPREAD IN 1616. IF GUGAL,HERMAL,LUBAN OR AJWAIN(ALL AVAILABLE ON GROCERY SHOPS )ARE SPRINKLED ON SEMI BURNING PATHIES,THE SMELL OF SMOKES BECOME OBNOXIOUS FOR MOSQUITO.THIRDLY,HE ADVISED TO TAKE BATH AFTER SWEATING WORK AS MOSQUITO ARE GIFTED WITH SPECIAL OLFACTORY SYSTEM FOR SNIFFING OUT BLOOD SOURCES.OF 72 OF ODOR RECEPTOR ON ITS ANTENNAE,AT LEAST 27 ARE TUNED TO DETECT CHEMICALS FOUND IN PERSPIRATION.SO, SWEAT LESS  BODIES ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOSQUITO ATTACK. 

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