Can pregnant women use floral water?

Pregnant women have many taboos in their daily lives. Understanding these taboos will help the health of the fetus and help them maintain a safe and healthy life. For example, there are more mosquitoes in the summer. Ordinary people can use some floral water to repel mosquitoes and relieve skin itching. However, pregnant women should not use floral water because some ingredients in it have obvious teratogenic effects.

Can pregnant women use floral water?

In the hot summer, many people use floral water to repel mosquitoes, relieve itching, and prevent prickly heat, but it is not suitable for pregnant women. Careful friends will find that the instructions on the bottle of toilet water usually state "Pregnant women should use with caution or prohibit use". Therefore, it is not suitable for pregnant women to use floral water.

The reason why pregnant women cannot use floral water is because it contains musk, which can disturb the fetus, making it detrimental to fetal stability and causing miscarriage, which is harmful to mother and baby. In addition, toilet water contains 70% to 75% alcohol and is flammable. It is listed as a dangerous good internationally and as a dangerous daily necessity in my country. When someone at home uses toilet water, it should be used away from fire. Do not use toilet water near burning mosquito coils, candles, or cigarette butts.

For the safety of themselves and their unborn babies, pregnant women should not use floral water to sterilize, prevent prickly heat, or relieve itching. They can choose natural methods such as soapy water or squeeze juice from garlic or mint leaves and apply it to mosquito bites to achieve the effect of relieving itching.

What are the ingredients of floral water?

The main ingredients of floral water are neroli oil, rose geranium oil, lemon oil, benzoic acid, bergamot oil and alcohol. Some floral waters sold on the market now contain menthol, borneol, etc., so they are more refreshing after use.

Floral water is a perfume product made with floral oil as the main fragrance and added spices. The essence used in toilet water is slightly inferior and the content is also lower, generally 1% to 3%, so the fragrance is not as long-lasting as other alcohol solution perfumes. The fragrance used to make floral water is basically based on fragrant lavender oil, but rose and musk types are also used. The alcohol concentration of toilet water is 70% to 75%. This ratio can easily penetrate into the bacteria, causing the proteins in the protoplasm and cell nucleus to denature and lose their vitality, thus having a strong disinfecting and bactericidal effect.