5 Houseplants That Will Help You Sleep Better At Night
Although houseplants are mainly used as a decorative element that somehow brings freshness in the home, they may have other useful purposes. One of the ways that you can contribute to quality sleep at night is by growing certain houseplants whose soothing effect will help your body to relax after a busy day and much easier to fall asleep.
Areca palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
This plant purifies the air and removes toxins along with carbon dioxide. It also emits a certain amount of humidity in the air, which makes it particularly useful during the winter months when heating systems dry out the air considerably.
Aloe Vera
One of the most effective plants when it comes to cleaning the air from potential hazardous chemicals, such as formaldehyde. Overnight emits oxygen, a feature which is not common for most plants. Also, the humidity that aloe vera releases has a positive effect on human immunity.
Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina)
This plant is at the top of the list of plants that purify the air. It removes more than 70% of benzene, ammonia, toluene and other harmful toxins from the air which can be released from synthetic objects with low quality such as linoleum and particle board.
It helps with destroying the microbes and thus improves the overall quality of your sleep, and among other things it will look really good in your bedroom.
Mother-in-law’s tongue (Sansevieria trifasciata)
This plant is good for your respiratory and immune system. It helps in reducing headaches and in reducing high blood pressure. Much like aloe vera, it also emits oxygen at night, absorbing harmful carbon dioxide.
Boston fern/ Sword fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)
This plant is rich in essential oils, flavonoids and other substances. Therefore, it will be very helpful for your nervous system and help you to cope with stress.
