Plants with extra benefits
If you’re a plant parent, we probably don’t have to tell you about the benefits you reap from keeping your horticultural brood around. Plants are pleasing, soothing and great companyin fact, one 2022 public-health study on the effects of indoor plants found that people who spent time around indoor greenery experienced optimal relaxation and cognitive function.
Anytime you want to take your plant-raising game to the next level, consider another potential advantage: Some plants can actually help you heal. According to Lauren Haynes, a clinical herbalist who trained at the Appalachian Center for Natural Health, “a simple, safe plant is such an easy way to care for yourself and your family.”
Haynes and other plant-biology specialists list the medicinal indoor plants you can grow at home to get even greater benefits from your plant-raising passion.
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