The air environment in urban areas is far from perfect. The air of the premises often has, apart from the usual dust, the content of chemical compounds, which are allocated by building materials, exhaust gases, furniture. In Germany, more than 2.5 million people work in the air-conditioned rooms, and every fifth person has complaints about the deterioration of health. The reason is poor quality air in these rooms, in which more than 1000 harmful substances that contribute to the development of cancer.
In addition, the air medium contains microorganisms, like microscopic mold fungi, staphylococcus aureus. Getting into favorable conditions on the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, these organisms can cause allergic and acute respiratory diseases. According to Russian scientists, in the premises of kindergartens the content of colonies of microorganisms exceeds the norm by 4-6 times.
The most technical modern means can not always provide an air healthy environment. Often plants serve as a filter for harmful substances. The volatile discharges of houseplants have phytoncidal properties, that is, they are capable of suppressing the vital activity of microorganisms.
There are plants in which volatile discharges on the human body have a therapeutic effect. Myrtle common today, a medicinal phytoncidal plant, is very popular. Wherever the common myrtle grows, in this room, the number of microorganisms in the air decreases, and in humans the immunity rises to acute respiratory diseases.
The medicinal and phytoncidal effect is known to everyone by the coffee tree. The five-year-old Arabian coffee tree reduces the number of microorganisms in the living room by 30 percent. In addition, the flesh of the fruits strengthens the heart muscle, and the volatile active ingredients of the coffee tree have a good effect on cardiac activity.
Lemon and other citrus fruits increase the amplitude of brain biocurrents, improve mental performance. The lemon essential oil, even with a small concentration in the air, lowers blood pressure. The smell from lemon leaves helps to improve the overall condition, gives a feeling of cheerfulness. Even if you can not get a crop, still keep it indoors is desirable. It is useful for people of intellectual work to have plants. In addition to such famous citrus fruits as orange, lemon, mandarin and grapefruit, many growers have started such rare plants as kalamandin, citron, pomeranian, kinkan, muraya.
Everyone knows such a plant as geranium fragrant, it has a calming effect. It is recommended to grow it in room conditions for insomnia, with diseases of the nervous system. In interiors, the use of hibiscus (Chinese rose), creeping ficus, the amount of pathogenic bacteria is noticeably reduced.
Pretty plants always catch the slightest changes in the environment, because they are led by a natural struggle for survival. Indoor plants that live in our house have adapted for a long time, adapt to the effects of electronics, household appliances, reinforced concrete walls, synthetic materials. Plants change themselves and adapt themselves to their environment, ennobling the situation in which they find themselves. They also help to adapt to the environment and people caring for them, living next to them.
To obtain the maximum effect of air purification from indoor plants, they need to be provided with normal living conditions, which include temperature, humidity, soil composition, lighting regime. In addition, they must be periodically transplanted and fed in time. It is very important to wash off dust regularly from plants. Such a simple procedure allows to effectively increase the use of plants. The air in the room as a result will be on average cleaner by 40% cleaner, compared to those rooms where there are no plants.
Do not forget about our "home healers", because plants care about us unselfishly.