Science Discovers Sweetgrass is Natural Mosquito Repellant, Native Americans Knew All Along

1. Mother Nature often knows best–and when it comes to repelling mosquitoes, sweetgrass is one of its secret weapons.
2. This is no surprise to Native Americans, who have long used the fragrant plant to ward off insects. But now science is finally catching up.
3. In a recent study, researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture identified the two compounds in sweetgrass that mosquitoes don’t like: coumarin and phytol.