04/06/2017
Health benefits of Snake plant (Sansevieria)
1. Air-Cleaning Properties:
Sansevieria is the genus name of several species of plants. The most common species used indoors, however, is Sansevieria trifasciata. You may know it by two other terms—Snake Plant and Mother-in-Law’s Tongue. (The difference is Mother-in-Law’s Tongue features a yellow stripe running the length of the leaf margins.) The plant is a West African tropical that is very easy to grow. It doesn’t require much water and can tolerate a range of light levels.
Sansevieria is an ideal plant for indoor spaces because it is a superb air purifier. Studies, including those performed by NASA, have consistently shown the plant to remove toxins such as formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, and nitrogen oxides—which means that industries and workspaces such as automotive plants and shops, aircraft plants, plywood, carpeting, paint makers and sellers, printing, and offices, where these chemicals abound in the products produced and used, would greatly benefit by keeping several Sansevieria around. NASA, whose study purposed to determine how to clean the air in space stations, recommends at least 15 to 18 medium-to-large size plants for a 1,800 square-foot home.
The plant purifies air by absorbing toxins through the leaves and producing pure oxygen. In fact, the Sansevieria is an ideal bedroom plant. Whereas most other plants release carbon dioxide at night (in the absence of photosynthesis), the Sansevieria continues to produce oxygen
2. Fight against Allergies and Sick Building Syndrome:
What does it mean for a plant to purify the air? Well, a few things. It means that the plant itself doesn’t produce allergens. It means that the plant absorbs toxins and releases oxygen. It means that the plant may release moisture in the air and lessens airborne allergens. It means that the plant isn’t a collector of potential allergens, for instance having smooth leaves as opposed to furry ones.
The Sansevieria meets these conditions perfectly.
Persons with allergies, therefore, should find a friend in such plants because they are a natural and cheap way to stay healthy. Further, public spaces and workplaces, especially, should be aware of the value of air-purifying plants for these reasons. Sick building syndrome (SBS) describes the way the health of certain individuals of a certain residence or building acquires moderate to acute symptoms that are linked to the building while no specific illness can be identified.
Most of the symptoms involved with SBS appear to be related to poor indoor air quality. They include ear, nose, and throat irritation; coughing; itching; dizziness and nausea; lack of concentration; fatigue; even chest tightness and muscle aches. But the symptoms leave not long after individuals have departed the building.
Now there are a few things that plausibly explain this, like ventilation that doesn’t properly distribute air; chemicals from carpets, upholstery, copy machines, pesticides, and cleaning agents; outside pollutions being pumped in; bacteria, molds, and viruses. Do you see the alarming link between these explanations and formaldehyde, xylene, toluene, and nitrogen oxides? The Sansevieria is a ready remedy for SBS.
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