How Indoor Plants Benefit Your Health - AI Podcast
Jun 07, 2025•8 min
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- Indoor plants significantly reduce stress levels, lowering heart rate and blood pressure while creating a calming effect on your nervous system
- Exposure to real plants improves cognitive function; it enhances attention span, memory retention and reaction time compared to artificial plants or images
- Patients recover faster and need less pain medication when plants are present, as greenery creates a healing environment that supports physical and emotional well-being
- Specific houseplants like spider plants and Boston ferns help remove indoor air pollutants, which is particularly important since Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors
- The routine of caring for plants creates a purposeful ritual that fosters emotional resilience and has been prescribed by doctors for anxiety, depression and cognitive decline
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