A medication and insect repellent, benzyl benzoate (BnBzO), is used. Since it is fatal to the mite, it is one of the more traditional treatments for scabies, a skin infection brought on by the mite Scarcoptes scabiei. It can eliminate the mite in 5 minutes. Lice infestations on the body and on the head may also be treated with it. It works by having a poisonous effect on an insect's nervous system, which ultimately results in death. Moreover, it poisons mite ova by an unidentified method. It can also be utilised as a dye carrier, cellulose derivative solvent, plasticizer, fixative, and chigger, tick, and mosquito repellant.