How Indoor Plants Boost Your Health and Mental Well Being

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• Dec 4, 2024 | Kabita Pathak

Multiple studies have found that plants in the workspace increase both productivity and creativity…
 

Digital Desk: The practice of keeping plant interiors is still gaining momentum, thanks to an Instagram-aesthetic, podcast. The Designs are cyclic but this trend is likely to remain popular due to its inherent health and wellness impact supported scientifically. Here's what research reveals about the positive impact of houseplants

Stress Relief and Relaxation

 
According to some research published in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology, physical contact with plants can lower both physical and mental stress. If there is some sort of a plant at home or in the office it makes people happier and those who have a green thumb are less stressed.

Improved Focus and Attention
 
Real plants alone improve your thinking capabilities, not the fake ones you see in offices. A study shows that students who have access to live plants in their classroom were more focused and less distractible with imaging to support it.

Faster Recovery from Illness
 
Staying on the path may slow the healing from disease or operation because the sight of these can make patients feel more negative emotions. Complications and
postoperative pain were reported lower in patients with greenery surrounding them, and they also received less analgesia; besides, their hospital stay was shorter.

Multi-tasking means Increased Productivity and Creativity
 
Having plants located within the workplace doesn’t merely make the environment
aesthetically pleasing – it leads to increased productivity. Research has shown that greenery opens up opportunities for productivity to go up by 15 percent while cases of sickness are likely go down by 15 percent.

Cleaner Indoor Air
 
Flowering plants, specifically, clean the air in homes from dangerous toxins. Some indoor plants like snake plants, spider plants, and even the popular aloe plant can
effectively absorb chemicals like formalin, benzene, and xylene making the atmosphere a bit healthier.

Get to know some useful recommendations and guidelines for growing indoor gardens.

 
Prevent pest infestation:  is necessary to examine plants for pests consistently.

 
Water wisely: No over-watering or under-irrigation must be allowed.

 
Fertilize appropriately: Nourish them with food that will meet all the needed nutrients for the growth of the body.

Indoor plants are no longer just about aesthetics, it is a way of improving our current quality of life and reducing stress. Thus, by applying plants to your space, you support not only the growth of your surroundings, but of yourself as well, and recalling, plants are given to us by nature as a solution to our urbanized lives.