Since media platforms trends are famous for their quick rise and fall, indoor planting may last longer than most due to the numerous ways houseplants may improve health and well-being. Many individuals like to live and work in manicured greenspaces, and the majority want to be surrounded by gorgeous plants. However, is there more to it? Here are few advantages that indoor plants may bring.
Indoor plants may aid in stress management. Plants at your house or office might help you feel more relaxed, calmed, and natural, according to a study published in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology by Min-sun Lee and colleagues. Participants in the study were assigned one of two tasks: repotting a houseplant or performing a brief computer-based exercise. The physiologic markers associated with stress, such as heart rate and blood pressure, were monitored after each task. They discovered that the stress response in participants was reduced when they were given an indoor gardening activity. The computer task, on the other hand, resulted in an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, despite the fact that the study participants were young men who were used to working with computers.
Real plants, in addition, help focus your attention. Researchers put students in a classroom with a fake plant, a genuine plant, an image of a plant, or no plant at all in a small trial with 23 participants. Pupils who studied with real, live plants in the classroom were more attentive and able to concentrate than students in the other groups, according to brain scans. Indoor gardening can be beneficial for persons suffering from mental clinical manifestations. Horticultural therapy was employed in a study by Miguel de Seixas and colleagues to improve feelings of well-being in persons with depression, anxiety, dementia, and other conditions. Horticultural therapy has been around for decades, but it has taken on a new form in Manchester, England, where medical clinics are now "prescribing" potted plants to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Plants may aid in your recovery. It may help you recover quicker from a disease, injury, or surgery if you can look at plants. People who have suffered from various types of surgery who were exposed to greenery during their recovery periods needed less pain medication and stayed in the hospital for shorter periods of time, as shown in a 2002 analysis of the data. It's important to note that most research on plants and natural scenery takes place in hospitals.
Typically, scientific evidence for phytoremediation — plants that cleanse toxins from the air — starts with NASA research from the 1980s. Researchers were exploring ways to enhance the air quality in a sealed spacecraft at the time, and they discovered that houseplant roots and dirt dramatically reduced airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs). If you decide to buy houseplants to naturally refresh the air, Ficus tree, boston fern, areca, lady, dwarf date, and bamboo palms, have been found to be effective.
Plants have various advantages, but they also pose some concerns in your home or office (or home office). When selecting whether or not to create an indoor garden, keep these factors in mind. This is a subject that has caused some debate. If pollen irritates your allergies or asthma, you'll be relieved to learn that most common houseplants produce very little pollen. Although some cut flowers, such as daffodils, release pollen, asthma experts have found no evidence that indoor plants cause asthma attacks. If wetness, mold, or fungi are causing your troubles, you may need to pay special attention to the soil moisture in your plant pots.
ZDS DMO II Marie-Claire Gaas, RND
References:
1. A Hobby for All Seasons: 7 Science-Backed Benefits of Indoor Plants
Medically reviewed by Deborah Weatherspoon, Ph.D., R.N., CRNA — Written by Rebecca Joy Stanborough, MFA on September 18, 2020
https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-home-guide/benefits-of-indoor-plants
2. Interaction with indoor plants may reduce psychological and physiological stress by suppressing autonomic nervous system activity in young adults: a randomized crossover study
By Min-sun Lee, Juyoung Lee, Bum-Jin Park, and Yoshifumi Miyazaki
3. Horticultural therapy in a psychiatric in-patient setting
Miguel de Seixas, corresponding author David Williamson, Gemma Barker, and Ruth Vickerstaff4
