In a province full of ticks, researchers at Acadia University have been testing lemongrass essential oil as a natural ...

Researchers at Acadia University have made strides in looking at ways to keep Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged ticks from ...

Tick season is here and new research is putting a theory to the test: is lemongrass really an effective repellent? Watch Tom ...

A Nova Scotia researcher has proven that lemongrass essential oil can effectively be used to repel ticks. The finding is especially important in the province, which has seen an increase in black ...

Some oils are more likely to cause a reaction than others, like lemongrass or ylang ylang oil. Can you ingest essential oils? No, never. Many essential oils can poison you if you ingest them.