According to studies, houseplants are good for our health. It’s a science-based fact that they do not just exist just for their visual beauty and aesthetics--they play a vital role in our lives, when we breathe, they release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

In a research conducted by NASA, it revealed that houseplants can remove up to 87 percent of air toxin in 24 hours, and some studies have also proven that indoor plants improve concentration and productivity (by up to 15 percent!)

These wonderful creatures are not just only freshens up the air and eliminates harmful toxins—we’ve seen it as a new hobby and stress reliever of many this pandemic for the past months now.

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Indoor plants' importance is evidently seen today, but did you know that it has a lot of benefits to humans? Let’s know some of the ‘magical’ effects.

PLANTS HELP REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY

Being close to nature has been proven to reduce stress levels and rejuvenate your body and mind. Whenever there are plants around us, we experience less stress when there are.

It may not be the same as walking through a forest but bringing plants into your home can help you relax at the end of a long day. The power of plants to clean the air also helps improve your overall health, enabling you to better deal with stress especially in these difficult times where solace is nowhere to be found

Whenever there are plants around us, we experience less stress when there are.

PLANTS BOOST IMMUNE SYSTEM

Having plants at home strengthens our immune system. We may not able to notice it but it helps us to fight sickness—our underrated companions.

Putting plants in offices can make a huge effect on employees, it can make them more productive, take fewer sick days, and make fewer mistakes.

In a write-up published by Bioadvenced.com, the Dutch Product Board for Horticulture commissioned a workplace study and discovered that adding plants to office settings decreases fatigue, colds, headaches, coughs, sore throats, and flu-like symptoms.

Adding plants to hospital rooms speeds recovery rates of surgical patients, according to researchers at Kansas State University. Patient hospitals benefit greatly from being more in touch with nature.

PLANTS HELP IMPROVE AIR QUALITY

The air inside our homes is worse than the air in the middle of a city, and it can be a major problem. But, thanks to houseplants, we can improve the quality of the air we breathe in the four corners of our house.

The airborne chemicals that plants release are tackling the pollutants in the air and instantly rectifying the balance according to the Ecowatch. So, in that case, we’re all left with air that is safer and healthier to breathe.

In an article written by Ambius.com, it says that there is a general agreement amongst scientists that plants improve the indoor environment and are useful in fighting the modern phenomenon of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS).

Also, other particular benefits of interior plants include reducing carbon dioxide levels, increasing humidity, reducing airborne dust levels, and keeping air temperatures down

These are just some of the many benefits of having indoor plants, we may barely see its tremendous impact but, plants indeed make us feel better.

Now go and get one!

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