A Heathy Plant for Heathy Humans Part 1

Early this week, I was browsing some articles when I come across a piece about house plants that also have health benefits that we might not know about. However, just now, when I was about to blog about it, I couldn’t find it. Nevertheless, I found a post by Lifeheck that talks about plants and flowers, which you can find at home that are healthy for humans in one way or another.

Spider Plant

I remember hating this thing in primary because the school put Spider Plants in the walkway, and every time I passed there with my wheelchair, it scratched me. The leaves end tend to be pointy, so it’s best to keep them on a side or in a corner.

Benefits are:

• You are removing formaldehyde from the air in your home. (I learnt today that formaldehyde is found anywhere from paper bags to panelling to synthetic fabrics.
• Also, it detects carbon monoxide in the air.

Ideal for:

People won’t don’t own a green thumb.

 Better air quality in the room

Care Plan:

1. Don’t put in direct sunlight.
2. It needs to be watered every now and then.

Aloe Vera

Benefits are:

• It helps with burns on the skin, like sunburns and soothes irritation.
• It aids frostbite, psoriasis and cold sores.

Care Plan:

1. They need to be deeply watered and their soil left to dry just slightly (about 1 to 2 inches deep) between watering.

Note: They do well in the sun; however, they can turn brown when given too much of it so, indirect sunlight is best.

I want to try and keep my post short and sweet, so I’m splitting it into 2 or 3 parts. Any thoughts on this post or any other, let me know in the comments.

Alex

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