Plants That Detoxify The Home.
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (167071)
Boise, Idaho
April 26, 2017 11:04am CST
Did you know that there are houseplants that can lift your mood, reduce allergies, reduce the change of headaches, improve sleep and even decrease your blood pressure?
Spider Plant- Clears carbon monoxide and benzene from the home.
Snake Plant- Clears out formaldehyde which is used in nail polish.
Aloe Vera- Clears benzene and formaldehyde. Benzene is also a natural part of crude oil, gasoline, and cigarette smoke.
Chrysanthemums- Clears benzene.
Lady Palm- General air purifier.
Chinese Evergreen- Clears out toxins and air pollutants.
English Ivy- Clears out airborne fecal-matter particles.
Heart leaf philodendron- Clears formaldehyde and many other air pollutants.
Boston Fern- Clears out formaldehyde.
Peace Lily- Clears formaldehyde, benzene, trichloroethylene, toluene and xylene.
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Apr 17
Aloe Vera is a healant. It comes in juice and can help people with inner issues. It's very good for burns too.
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 17
@Nawsheen .....I hadn't heard it was good for that.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
26 Apr 17
Yes I got one plant I thought would help with the poisons from the neighbors downstairs but it got gnats for some reason. I now water it with dish soap and vinegar every other water to get rid of them.
It hasn't helped with the smells from downstairs though, but its okay it is nice to look at.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
26 Apr 17
@celticeagle It is but I try to look at the lovely plant.
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Apr 17
@TiarasOceanView .......There you go being positive again. LOL
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
26 Apr 17
My mother always had a house full of plants and so have I. Not sure how much of this works unless you have a lot of the same kind.
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@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 17
Depends. Like the Ivy runs all over anyway so it's like several.
@celticeagle (167071)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill .....That is odd. I had them growing all over.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
27 Apr 17
@celticeagle I can't get ivy to grow inside...outside yes...strange.
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@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
26 Apr 17
OMG that's a very big list and a lot of useful information. We have aloevera plant and I didn't knew its uses at all.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
29 Apr 17
we love gardening, my mom grows brinjal, ladyfinger, spinach and some other plants on small terrace garden which she maintains very nicely, its her favorite pass time. we have some indoor plants too, well i dont know the name of those plants , they resemble small coconut plants but not coconut plants
, they cool the room very well, as its very hot here
, they cool the room very well, as its very hot here
@Courtlynn (67083)
• United States
26 Apr 17
Good to know but we dont have plants inside.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
26 Apr 17
My friend was in search of such plants. Thanks for sharing
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@Slayqueen (918)
• India
26 Apr 17
I know I have the aloe vera plant ... there are a lot of plants and trees in my home as my dad loves gardening..
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@Janile (265)
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28 Apr 17
@celticeagle I'm just only familiar with aloevera chrysanthemums,..thanks for sharing that.
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