has anybody heard of eating a couple matcheads to ward off ticks? i was told the army teaches that in survival training, with the sulphur acting as th

[GRAY GHOST]

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[coinnut]

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[homefires]

[size=medium]The Phosphorus can't be good for you! I feed my dogs a clove of garlic every week and is slows them down! The Ticks and Fleas get on but don't seem to stay on![/size]

 

[on-edge]

i've heard that one also,supposedly the sulpher comes out in your sweat and they do not like it,haven't tried this though,and actually i think i was told it would keep mosquitoes away not sure about ticks.i was told recently though if you put vaseline on their back side when they are latched on that they will back out,haven't tried it so i don't know

 

[hsjrev]

Match heads are red phosphorus with only a slight trace of sulphur. You can buy boxes of sulphur powder at most drug stores and just sprinkle a little on your socks and the waist of your pants and it will keep them away. It do smell though.

 

[homefires]

At our feed store Permithrin is about 25.00 for 10 percent. Enough to make like 20 gal.

 

[Magicman]

Never heard that, I spent 24 years in the Army.

I use to take sulphur cream of tarder pills when I was in the woods. (started a day or two before I went out)

 

[Brainwasher]

Grayghost, I've been in the Army for over 24 years and I have heard of some drill seargeants suggesting eating match heads to ward off ticks and mosquitoes. Unfortunately, those drill sergeants had no clue what they were talking about. This is a myth. In fact, depending on the type of matches, some of them contain dangerous chemicals and can be very harmful to your body. They contain sulpher, sand, ground glass, red phosphorus, and sometimes even white phosphorus which is extremely poisonous. Do yourself a favor and don't eat match heads. In the Army we are issued bottles of insect repellant containing a high level of deet. Supposedly deet can cause cancer, I don't know, but it seems the higher concentrations of deet work better than repellants with lower concentrations of deet...so my advice would be to use a high concentration of deet repellant before going out and shower the stuff off as soon as possible after coming back in. Hope this helps. Jeff

 

[XLT-user]

And maybe some other things..Think I will just suffer..Not sulfer !!!