World Environment Health Day is celebrated on 26 September. Clean air and healthy environment behind celebrating this day is to remind people. At the same time, this year’s theme has been attracted to air pollution and its dangers under clean and healthy peepal. At the same time, increasing pollution in big cities, especially in Delhi NCR, is causing respiratory diseases and people are facing lack of oxygen. In such a situation, people try to increase the amount of oxygen by planting saplings in the house, but the question arises whether planting more saplings can have any negative effect on health.

Indoor plants and clean air

Planting plants indoors is not limited to mere decoration. They act as natural air purifiers and make the air pure by absorbing harmful gases. Plants like Tulsi, Aloe vera, snake plant, Erica Palm and Spider Plant are helpful in increasing indoor oxygen and air quality. Tulsi plant absorbs harmful gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere, while aloe vera which most people know for skin and health also cleans the air of the house and leaves oxygen at night.

Planting plants in the room is dangerous

Often you must have heard that plants leave carbon dioxide instead of oxygen at night and therefore it can be dangerous to keep plants in the bedroom. Some experts about this suggest that plants break glucose during the evaporation process at night and leave a small amount of carbon dioxide. However, many research suggests that it is nothing compared to the carbon dioxide left by humans. For example, the amount of CO2 left by Ficus, Yuka and Protone plants at night is much less than a human breath. Therefore, keeping plants in the bedroom is not dangerous for health.

Benefits from plants

Indoor plants not only provide oxygen, but also improve mental and physical health. Many research suggests that keeping plants in the house reduces stress and anxiety, mood improves and the feeling of fatigue decreases. Plants like Tulsi, Aloe vera and Erica Palm leaves both day and night, which keeps the environment of the house constant freshness. At the same time, spider plant and snake plant also purify the air by absorbing harmful gases.

Caution to plant more saplings in the house

Planting saplings in the house is beneficial, but it is important that their number and care are balanced. It is considered right to plant 5 to 6 medium size plants in a room. This keeps the air quality and oxygen is provided in sufficient quantity. There is no major risk of planting more saplings, but regular care of plants and maintaining ventilation in the room is necessary.

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