How Houseplants Can Boost Your Mental Health

[Mika]

Gardening can boost your physical health as well as your mental and emotional health. Gardening requires physical work, which means regular gardening work can give you enough exercise. It is so much pleasure to see the plants, flowers, and fruits, therefore, gardening can also heal you psychologically. Having houseplants can boost your psychological and emotional well-being. Houseplants mean indoor plants that you can keep inside your house.

Here are some of the major health benefits of houseplants

Houseplants relieve from allergies

Houseplants help you heal faster

Houseplants also humidify and purify the indoor air; improve the oxygen level in your house

Improve your mood, relax you

Help you in concentration

Give you good sleep

Relieves you from stress and anxiety

You can use the as first aid by having plants like aloe vera (you can even consume aloe vera when your blood pressure rises)

You can grow herbs and use them for various ailments (for example, you can grow mint to aid digestion)

 

[HopeBSV]

Yes, a lot of plants can do wonders for our health. I particularly am fond of those that helps me relieve anxiety. It just needs commitment to take care of them at home.