How to Treat Bedbugs: Using Home Remedies

Bedbugs are small insects, but they present large problems and are troublesome. Bedbugs can be the carriers of diseases such as kala-azar and tularemia. Kala-azar is a parasitic disease that causes fever, anemia, an enlargement in the spleen and liver, and can cause swelling (edema).

The plague which killed millions of people in Asia and Europe were because of bedbugs. Known as the plague or black death in the middle ages caused high fevers, chills, headaches, vomiting, swollen lymph glands, and spots covering the entire body known as hemorrhaging spots. It is stated by experts that a plague such as this could happen again if pests, including bedbugs are not controlled.

What should you do if you have bedbugs? There are steps you can take to eradicate them or keep infestations from occurring if you don't already have them. The first thing to do is thoroughly clean all of the bed linens regularly. Next address the curtains and carpets. And you can and should vacuum the mattress itself on a regular basis.

Is there another way to treat bedbugs? Yes! If you find that you have bedbugs, then your the very first step is to wash your bedding and clothes in extremely hot water. Also make sure that you go through your house and wash any furniture or other clothing that may have also been infested. These items could have been infested especially if you have been traveling so washing is the best prevention. If you have a very severe case the best course of action would be to just throw your mattress away and begin new.

How can using herbs help to treat bed bugs? Here is a list of herbs which will help in treating bed bugs: Lavender, Mint, Cayenne, Cilantro, Black Walnut, Garlic, Red Pepper, Black Pepper, Rosemary, Thyme, and Clove. You can use these herbs in a perfumed clothing bag, spread over the infested areas, or to fill into a spray form and applied that way. There are a lot of blends and mixtures that are on the market today and are ready to be used. Search online and get more information on how you should use these herbs to treat bed bugs.

Home pest control is a 50/50 thing, but so is getting rid of bedbugs, this is because bedbugs are very rare. You can find homemade recipes for spraying in the areas that the bugs will hide, places like baseboards, carpet, underneath dressers and in between mattresses and box springs. While you are making effort to destroy these pest, you should also take other precautions with the bed. Put the legs of the bed inside dishes of water, also grease the legs with petroleum jelly. Bedbugs are unable to jump or fly, which leaves their only way up your bed is by climbing.