ForceX Natural Alternative Botanical Insect Repellent and Skin Elixir
Skin Care Breakthrough: Creating Our Botanical Extracts!
It has been a goal of mine for many years to develop products made from extracts that we would design and distill. Ancient alchemy, Chinese herbalists, and aboriginal healers taught me their secrets. More importantly, they inspired me to seek elusive answers.
Ancient Remedies • Modern Alchemy • Botanical Alternative
Alternative Naturals botanical solutions all started with a problem to solve. Unlike Western medicine, curing symptoms, we search for the cause of an imbalance in the skin’s microbiome. We believe a symbiotic relationship between the skin and the environment includes nutrition, good bacteria, and hydration. Take these factors out of balance, and the skin alters to self-correct the problem. Chemicals in our lives and products cause imbalance, and many are destructive to the skin’s microbiome and health. As our largest organ, the skin warns us when it is uncomfortable, diseased, or dehydrated. The quest is to find a combination of herbs, botanicals, and fruits that, when blended, create a helpful agent for the skin’s ability to repair itself. The challenge is finding prebiotics and probiotics that aid the skin without harming its microbiome. We call it Applied Alchemy. We gather, blend, and distill our botanical extracts and produce them in our laboratory, which resembles a state-of-the-art cleanroom using crystal spherical distillers.
Keys RediCare, ForceX, and OmniShiels contain Neem and Karanja oils as well as other ingredients that repel insects. The 200+ insects these products repel naturally are family or kin to the list below
Insects Repelled by Neem and Karanja Oil
Neem oil and Karanja oil are powerful natural insecticides derived from tree seeds that have been used for centuries to control a wide variety of pests. Both oils offer effective alternatives to synthetic pesticides for people seeking natural pest control solutions.
Insects Repelled by Neem Oil
Neem oil, extracted from the seeds of the Azadirachta indica tree, is a versatile insecticide that works through multiple mechanisms. It acts as an anti-feedant, disrupts insect hormone systems, and can smother certain pests.
Neem oil effectively repels or controls:
– Aphids
– Anophelines (mosquito species)
– Aedes (mosquito species)
– Armigeres (mosquito species)
– Bagworms
– Budworms
– Caterpillars
– Culex spp. (mosquito species)
– Japanese beetles
– Lawn grubs
– Leafhoppers
– Leaf miners
– Mealybugs
– Mites
– Moth larvae
– Nematodes (plant parasitic)
– Scale insects
– Spider mites
– Tent caterpillars
– Thrips
– Ticks
– Webworms
– Whiteflies
Insects Repelled by Karanja Oil
Karanja oil, derived from the seeds of the Pongamia pinnata tree (also known as Pongamia glabra), has similar insecticidal properties to neem oil. The main active ingredient in Karanja oil is karanjin, which acts as an acaricide and insecticide.
Karanja oil effectively repels or controls:
– Ants
– Aphids
– Caterpillars
– Fleas
– Flies
– Gnats
– Leafhoppers
– Lice
– Mites
– Mosquitoes
– Moths
– Nematodes
– No-see-ums
– Thrips
– Ticks
– Whiteflies
Insects Controlled by Both Oils
Both neem and karanja oils are effective against:
– Aphids
– Caterpillars
– Leafhoppers
– Mites
– Mosquitoes
– Nematodes
– Thrips
– Ticks
– Whiteflies
How These Oils Work
Neem oil works by interfering with insect hormone systems, making it harder for insects to grow and lay eggs. It acts as both a repellent and poison, disrupting the normal life cycle of insects including feeding, molting, mating, and egg-laying.
Karanja oil contains compounds like pongamol and karanjin that possess insecticidal properties. It functions as a natural insect repellent and also helps control pests through its antifeedant properties, creating a bitter taste and aroma that deters pest attacks.
When used together, neem and karanja oils can have a synergistic effect, providing even greater effectiveness against certain pests.
Both neem and karanja oils offer impressive broad-spectrum control over a wide range of garden and household pests. These natural solutions provide effective alternatives to synthetic pesticides and can be important tools in integrated pest management approaches, especially for organic gardeners. Their effectiveness against overlapping pest species suggests they can be used either independently or in combination for comprehensive pest control.
