Njengoba ukukhathazeka ngezifo ezithwalwa izinambuzane nokuchayeka kwamakhemikhali kukhuphuka, Amafutha kaI-Lemon Eucalyptus (OLE)ivela njengendlela enamandla, etholakala ngokwemvelo yokuvikela omiyane, ithola ukugunyazwa okubalulekile kwabaphathi bezempilo.
Itholakala amaqabunga kanye Amahlumela of theI-Corymbia citriodora(phambiliniI-Eucalyptus citriodora)Isihlahla esidabuka e-Australia, Amafutha E-Lemon Eucalyptus awaziswa nje ngephunga lawo eliqabulayo le-citrus. Ingxenye yayo eyinhloko, i-para-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD), ifakazelwe ngokwesayensi ukuthi ixosha omiyane, okuhlanganisa nezinhlobo ezaziwayo ukuthi zithwala amagciwane eZika, uDengue, kanye neWest Nile.
Ukuqashelwa kwe-CDC Kushisa Ukuthandwa
I-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ifake izinto zokuxosha ezisekelwe ku-OLE, eziqukethe ukuhlushwa okuncane okungaba ngu-30% we-PMD, ohlwini lwayo olufushane lwezithako ezisebenzayo ezinconyiwe zokuvimbela ukulunywa omiyane - ukuyibeka eceleni kwekhemikhali yokwenziwa i-DEET. Lokhu kuqashelwa okusemthethweni kugqamisa i-OLE njengesinye sezidakamizwa ezimbalwa ezitholakala ngokwemvelo ezifakazelwe ukuthi zinikeza isivikelo esihlala isikhathi eside esiqhathaniswa nezinketho ezivamile.
“Abathengi baya ngokuya befuna amakhambi asebenzayo, asekelwe ezitshalweni,” kuphawula uDkt. Anya Sharma, isazi sezinambuzane esichwepheshile ekulawuleni ama-vector. “I-Lemon Eucalyptus Amafutha,ikakhulukazi inguqulo ye-PMD ehlanganisiwe ebhaliswe ne-EPA, igcwalisa i-niche ebalulekile. Inikeza amahora amaningana esivikelo, ikwenze kube ukukhetha okusebenzayo kubantu abadala kanye nemindeni efuna ukunciphisa ukuthembela kumakhemikhali okwenziwa, ikakhulukazi phakathi nemisebenzi yangaphandle, uhambo, noma ezindaweni ezinomiyane obuningi.”
Ukuqonda uMkhiqizo
Ochwepheshe bagcizelela umehluko obalulekile kubathengi:
- Amafutha weI-Lemon Eucalyptus (OLE): Ibhekisela ekukhishweni okucolisisiwe okucutshungulwe ukuze kugxiliswe i-PMD. Lesi isithako esibhaliswe nge-EPA esitholakala emikhiqizweni exoshiwe eyenziwe yakhiwe (ama-lotions, izifutho). Ivamise ukubonwa njengephephile futhi isebenza kahle ekusetshenzisweni kwezihloko kubantu abadala nasezinganeni ezingaphezu kweminyaka emi-3 ubudala uma isetshenziswa njengoba kuyaliwe.
- I-Lemon Eucalyptus Amafutha Abalulekile:Lawa amafutha aluhlaza, angakacutshungulwa. Nakuba inephunga elifanayo futhi iqukethe i-PMD ngokwemvelo, ukugxila kwayo kuphansi kakhulu futhi akuhambisani. Ayibhalisiwe i-EPA njengesixosha futhi ayinconyelwe ukusetshenziswa kwesikhumba esiqondile kuleli fomu. Kufanele ihlanjululwe kahle uma isetshenziselwa i-aromatherapy.
Ukukhula Kwemakethe Nokucatshangelwa
Imakethe yezinqamuleli zemvelo, ikakhulukazi lezo ezine-OLE, ibone ukukhula okuqinile. Abathengi bayayithokozela imvelaphi yayo esekwe esitshalweni kanye nephunga elimnandi ngokuvamile uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela zokwenziwa. Nokho, ochwepheshe bayeluleka:
- Ukusebenzisa kabusha Kungukhiye: Izixoshi ezisekelwe ku-OLE ngokuvamile zidinga ukuphinda zisetshenziswe njalo emahoreni angu-4-6 ukuze zisebenze kahle, ezifana nezinketho eziningi zemvelo.
- Hlola Amalebula: Bheka imikhiqizo efakwe kuhlu oluthi “Amafutha Eucalyptus Kalamula” noma “PMD” njengesithako esisebenzayo futhi ebonisa inombolo yokubhalisa ye-EPA.
- Ukukhawulelwa Ubudala: Akunconyelwe izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-3 ubudala.
- Izinyathelo Ezihambisanayo: Izinto ezixoshayo zisebenza kahle kakhulu uma zihlanganiswa nezinye izindlela zokuzivikela njengokugqoka imikhono emide namabhulukwe, ukusebenzisa amanethi omiyane, nokususa amanzi amile.
Ikusasa LingokweBhotanical?
“Nakuba i-DEET isalokhu iyindinganiso yegolide yokuvikela isikhathi eside ezindaweni ezisengozini enkulu,OLEinikeza okunye okugunyazwe ngokwesayensi, okungokwemvelo okusebenzayo okubalulekile. Ukugunyazwa kwayo kwe-CDC kanye nesidingo esikhulayo sabathengi sibonisa ikusasa eliqinile lalesi sidakamizwa esixosha izitshalo endaweni yezempi yomphakathi yokulwa nezifo ezithwalwa omiyane. "
Njengoba iziqongo zasehlobo nenkathi yomiyane iqhubeka,Amafutha e-Lemon Eucalyptusligqama njengethuluzi elinamandla elisuselwe emvelweni, elinikeza isivikelo esisebenzayo esisekelwa isayensi neziphathimandla zezempilo ezithenjwayo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-02-2025