Research has shown that environments can increase or reduce our stress, which in turn impacts our bodies. What you are hearing, experiencing, and seeing at any moment is changing your mood, but also how your nervous, endocrine, and immune systems are working. Having plants around has a much greater effect on humans than many may know or understand.
Regardless of age or culture, humans find nature pleasing. In one study cited in the book Healing Gardens, researchers found that more than two-thirds of people choose a natural setting to retreat to when stressed. Plants have the ability to heal, sooth, and calm humans down. Filling your house or the places you’re at most with types of plants and involving it in nature can change the way you feel drastically. The powers of plants are endless when you learn how to love and utilize them.
As the seasons go by and winter rolls in, people tend to spend a lot less time outdoors. They are a lot more likely to be blocked off from being around nature. Although we may not realize it as we go about our day, indoor toxins can have an impact on health, potentially leading to things like asthma, allergies, or inflammation. Thankfully, there are natural ways to bring the benefits of the outdoors inside, in a cheap and reasonable way. A few plants that help come in different shapes and sizes.
Jasmine, a plant that helps improve sleep quality, is a shrub and vine in the olive family and it can live indoors. It emits scents that have shown to make the quality of your sleep better, as well as increase your alertness. Lavender, which reduces anxiety and stress, is a plant of 39 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, and it is used in essential oil. It not only smells wonderful, but it also can slow heart rate and calm restless babies. Rosemary, a plant that improves your memory, is also a member of the mint family. This plant is a “perennial herb”, which is native to the Mediterranean region. It has been able to increase your memory as well as the overall air quality in the room. Aloe Vera, something that commonly improves overall air quality, is a succulent plant species that has been known to be used in herbal medicine since even the beginning of the first century AD. Finally Snake Plant, a plant that can prevent headaches, is a species of flowering plant. It has been seen to be effective in helping headaches, eye irritation, and respiratory problems. It can also help increase your overall energy levels. Overall it is based on preference with looks and smells, but if people incorporate plant life into their homes it will be for the better.