{"id":299,"date":"2008-06-01T22:55:46","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T03:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/06\/01\/healing-houseplants-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2008-06-01T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T03:55:46","slug":"healing-houseplants-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/healing-houseplants-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing Houseplants, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over a\u00a0month ago\u00a0we discussed the amazing effects of\u00a0healing houseplants\u00a0<\/a>and the wonderful ways they absorb toxins while in return send healthy oxygen into our living spaces.\u00a0\"1212376671_tmp_600px-big_yellow.jpg\"Well, this month we’re back on the topic with this\u00a0brilliant healing houseplant diagram<\/a>\u00a0I discovered via SuperCute<\/a> that I am pleased to bring to you! The chart\u00a0explains some of the best of the bunch when bringing nature indoors to cleanse and heal.\u00a0\u00a0The illustration focuses on plants that absorb trichloroethylene, formaldehyde, and benzene, which are\u00a0three commonly found toxins.<\/p>\n

What is with these chemicals that create bad air?\u00a0Most\u00a0importantly\u00a0how do we rid our sacred spaces of them? Well, we can begin by trying to avoid products with theses toxins in the first place and bring in plants that are known to eliminate the existing ones.<\/p>\n

Formaldehyde is an indoor threat found in everything from carpets to paper goods to clothing, household cleaners and particle board. It may cause headaches, teary eyes, breathing difficulty and is known\u00a0to be\u00a0a nasty carcinogen to human beings. Luckily the common spider plant, bamboo plant, philodendrons, azaleas, chrysanthemums and poinsettias are effective in clearing the air of the problems created by formaldehyde.<\/p>\n

Benzene is also known to cause drowsiness, dizziness, vomiting, and is known to be in everything from paint to plastics, inks, synthetic fibers, gasoline, detergents and especially aftershave, perfumes, and mouthwash, as it is known for it’s intense smell. Plants like the peace lily are great at eliminating benzene. Chrysanthemums and the lovely gerber daisy (pictured above) are also effective for this.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trichloroethylene is found in paints, dry cleaning, inks, varnishes, and more. It has effects similiar to alcohol poisoning and may bring on headaches,\u00a0faintness and cause damage to the kidneys and liver over time. Luckily the\u00a0beautiful peace lily, chrysanthemum and gerber daisy also help absorb this toxin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So next time you find yourself at a plant nursery, garden center, or farmers market, look out for some of these miracle indoor plants that will help keep your breathing environment as oxygenated as possible. I am not just speaking of cut flowers here, the best bet are plants that will grow and bloom for bouquets over and over again if you treat them right!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Image Credit: josef.stuefer at flickr<\/a>\u00a0under\u00a0Creative\u00a0Commons<\/a>\u00a0Attribution\u00a02.0<\/a>\u00a0License<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over a\u00a0month ago\u00a0we discussed the amazing effects of\u00a0healing houseplants\u00a0and the wonderful ways they absorb toxins while in return send healthy oxygen into our living spaces.\u00a0Well, this month we’re back on the topic with this\u00a0brilliant healing houseplant diagram\u00a0I discovered via SuperCute that I am pleased to bring to you! The chart\u00a0explains some of the best of […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":11777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[15,84],"tags":[489,423,490,491,492,493,494,200,495],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/1212376671_tmp_600px-big_yellow.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}