Staring at the delicate purple petals of an African Violet for a few minutes will increase your adrenaline levels, provide more oxygen to your brain, and calm you down.
They humidify the air
Instead of buying an expensive humidifier for your apartment, get some Nephrolepis (Boston Ferns). These plants act as natural humidifiers, eliminating air pollution and neutralizing the effects of formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and other harmful fumes. Fern is undemanding to light, so it is also suitable for a dark apartment.
they can heal
Aloe Vera - a plant whose healing properties have been known since ancient times, is one of the best remedies for the treatment of burns, frostbite, dermatitis. Aloe also significantly speeds up the healing process of herpes.
They inspire
Plants with colorful leaves stimulate the imagination, so the next time you're in a creative block, take a closer look at their intricate textures and unusual colors.
They reduce allergic reactions
If you are allergic to house dust, get some Chlorophytums (spiders). This plant is capable of destroying up to 90% of the toxins in a room in just two days. Moreover, the more polluted the air, the more actively the "spider" grows.
And clean the air
English ivy ranks first on NASA's list of plants that purify the air of harmful pollutants. It is especially good to have at home for people with asthma.
energize
Do you suffer from lack of appetite and lack of energy? Get plants with red leaves and put them in the bathroom so that, looking at them, you will feel a charge of vivacity and a burst of energy in the morning.
They help you concentrate
Observations prove that the presence of indoor plants in classrooms or offices increases mindfulness by as much as 70%!
They reduce stress
The very process of caring for indoor flowers, when you water them, loosen the soil, wipe the leaves from dust, soothes and relieves stress.
They soothe the eyes
If your eyes are irritated and tired from hours spent in front of the computer, all you have to do is look at the Pothos plant. It is also believed that this flower prevents the development of glaucoma and cataracts.
Most people consider themselves to be amateur flower growers and cannot imagine their home without indoor plants. But there are those who frankly do not understand why flowers are needed in the house. But they serve not only as an interior decoration, but also bring undeniable benefits. The main thing is to choose the right ones and properly care for them.
Fresh air
Among the plants that fill the room with oxygen, there are species that are able to purify the air from harmful contaminants. Some of them destroy about 90% of house dust, which makes life easier for people prone to allergies. Others can be an alternative to an expensive humidifier, they can neutralize the effects of formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and other harmful fumes.
positive attitude
Juicy greenery and bright flowers can brighten up even the grayest day. For those who are prone to apathy, depression, loss of strength and blues, psychologists recommend getting indoor flowers, caring for them and admiring the beauty of plants. This will be an excellent source of energy, give a charge of vivacity and strength for new achievements. Especially the presence of flowers in the house is useful for creative individuals who experience a crisis from time to time.
Scientists have proven that if you stare at bright leaves or flowers for several minutes, the level of adrenaline in the blood will increase, and more oxygen will enter the brain.
natural "medicine"
Many indoor plants have medicinal properties. For example, the well-known aloe is indispensable in the treatment of skin diseases, healing of wounds and burns. Lotus prevents the development of cataracts and glaucoma, and also helps to calm the eyes after prolonged work in front of a computer monitor.
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When deciding to acquire indoor flowers, it is worth studying their features: care conditions, preferences, and most importantly, the benefits that the selected plants will bring. Some will become an original decoration of the living room, others will fill the bedroom with a feeling of lightness, and others will be an excellent “filter” for the air in the kitchen. Do not deprive attention of the place near the computer: a variety of cacti will not only reduce its harmful effects, but also “enliven” the work area.
Flowers in the house are a long tradition. Geraniums on the windowsills and ficus in the corner of the room - who did not have them at the end of the last century? When the premises in which a person lives - houses, apartments and offices - began to acquire more and more original features, striving for individual solutions, the concept arose - the design of the premises, and after it - phytodesign, that is, the use of plants in the interior.
Why do you need plants in an apartment or office?
We do not just attract nature into our homes by decorating them with plants. There are several reasons why plants are good in the house.
Aesthetics
Flowers in the house are beautiful, it pleases, cheers up, calms and brings a person into a state of peace of mind. This does not mean that any plants are good - a beautiful selection of flowers of different shapes and colors is a product of the phytodesigner's creativity, his main task.
It’s good that now there are many online flower delivery stores, for example, the Kitty Bouquets online store https://tver.kiti-flowers.ru/, thanks to which flower delivery in Tver becomes a holiday.
Fresh air
When there are many plants in the house, the air is always fresh and pleasant. Plants moisturize it, and pleasant smells can both tone and soothe.
This task is much more difficult: the selection of plants should be such that at any time some plants bloom and give beneficial attention to a person.
Cleanliness and health
Dust and soot are deposited on the leaves of plants, these are a kind of natural filters. Phytoncides secreted by some plants disinfect the air and kill bacteria. Where there are plants, people get sick less, and even more so, children.
What is phytodesign for?
Often they not only ask a similar question, but act accordingly, arranging randomly selected plants around the room. But if you look at the development of interiors, to which the phytodesigner had a hand, it turns out that:
there will not necessarily be many plants, but they will create a harmonious composition both with furniture and with each other. Whether in an apartment, in an office - correctly arranged plants look beautiful; plants are in the places where they feel best. Shade-loving - in the shade, preferring the bright sun - on the windowsill. Those who do not like heat - away from heating appliances. And there are plants that do not get along with each other - this must be taken into account. Winter Garden
If you have glazed and insulated the balcony, then why not make a winter garden there, braid everything with vines and line it with palm trees, create a sort of piece of the jungle. Why not?
Here, the phytodesigner has a lot of work - it is necessary to select plants that can withstand close proximity to each other, and at the same time they will be satisfied with cool living conditions: the balcony is still not heated. Both the size of the pots and the irrigation schedule are important - only a harmoniously selected winter garden will develop harmoniously, without getting sick and without losing appearance for many years.
artificial greenery
Now the quality of manufacturing artificial plants and flowers has reached a magnificent resemblance to the originals: until you touch it, you cannot distinguish it. But no matter how beautiful plastic plants are, they will not freshen the air in the room. Therefore, they can only be used as an addition to natural flowers, for example, to be placed away from the window. Completely artificial flowers can only be used as an integral part of a prestigious office, where air freshening functions are provided by special technical systems.
So which plants to buy?
This is exactly the question the phytodesigner will answer - will your room walls be braided with liana, and how will it be in harmony with the wallpaper, what is better to put in the corner - a palm tree or a miniature bonsai tree, what should be the design of flower pots to match the style of the room , and many other questions. The final answer will be a beautiful room, pleasing to the eye with green plants.
Arctic voyages on nuclear-powered icebreakers last four to six months. But the crew consists mainly of non-Murmansk residents, therefore, even in the parking lots, which are also long, the sailors live on the ship. So they spend most of their time outside their home.
Since the cabins are designed mainly for one person, everyone equips their home in their own way. Photographs, pictures, drawings... Somebody starts an aquarium, some even a cage with a parrot. Cats and dogs, however, are strictly prohibited. And in every cabin - flowers. You look, it seems that a person is completely devoid of sentimentality, tenderness, and grows flowers - you will be amazed. I'm not talking about women, but men!
Of course, there is no particular diversity in the ship flora.
Tradescantia, ivy, some ferns, cacti, even geraniums. And, of course, violets. Violets in a variety of colors and shapes.
I have little experience with this. Somehow, when the ivy, stretching along the threads near the ceiling, reached the opposite wall of the cabin, I, having gone to the medical block in the morning, left the porthole open. I returned for dinner, it was hellishly cold in the cabin, all the flowers, not only withered, turned black.
It turns out that during this time the icebreaker changed course, my side, located in the morning on the leeward side and warmed to some extent by the summer polar sun, moved towards the wind. A frosty wind instantly chilled the small cabin.
So, about flowers. Thinking not only about the physiological, but also the psychological characteristics of the seafarers on the Arctic voyage, the question of such a universal love for flowers constantly arose in me. Gradually I got to know almost all the sailors, met with each of them on more than one voyage, got to know the characters, mood, knew about families, about children, about the problems that some of them had on the shore. And unconsciously compared all this information with flowers.
Well, naturally, what first comes to mind is that flowers remind you of home, caring for them is accompanied by a shift in attention, and it takes not always the right free time. In general, they act soothingly, relaxing.
But later I came up with another hypothesis, which I consider my own, since I have not come across such thoughts anywhere in the literature. This observation helped me.
At our institute, the chair of the Latin language was headed by Natan Maksimovich Lempel. Even we, first-year students, distinguished him from other teachers. He was short, hypersthenic, with one leg in a huge orthopedic boot. This boot always creaked when Lempel walked down the corridor.
He was very intelligent. We, the students, also felt it when we handed over tests to him or simply listened when he entered the study room. He liked to ask us for some Latin saying, hanging in abundance on the walls of the pulpit and even outside it. And how, at the same time, he did not hide his satisfaction, if he heard a clear and correct answer!
Of course, we also felt a special feeling for him because we studied from his textbook. Moreover, it was a real textbook, published not in a local printing house, like many manuals in other departments, but in the Moscow publishing house "Medicine".
We saw that practically all teachers treat him with special respect, not to mention the cathedral ones, who, it seems, all adored him. And at the same time, it was impossible not to notice his loneliness. He was engaged, as they said then, in public work - he was the editor-in-chief of the institute newspaper Ad Astra - To the Stars. And the paper was very interesting. The door to his little office was almost always open. Sometimes we saw someone on a small sofa opposite the desk. They were talking. More often, for some reason, the head of the department of physical education came to see him.
But still, most often Natan Maksimovich was alone, and if he did not read or write, then we saw him bent over a window sill or a table densely lined with pots of cacti. What only cacti were not there!
He rearranged them, loosened the earth, watered. And at the same time, it seemed to us that he was talking to them. Now I'm sure it was. He did not have enough interlocutors, he was not satisfied with the amount of communication with people that was possible, and which, most likely, he did not try to expand.
He was just over fifty. Later I learned that in Kazakhstan, and before that in Frunze, the Kyrgyz capital, Lempel was not of his own free will. He was born in the west of Ukraine. He received a traditional Jewish upbringing. In his student years, he participated in some circle where they studied the Jewish religion and culture, was arrested, received five years in the camps, and then exiled to Central Asia.
At parting with him, the coffin was exhibited in the lobby, in which the selection committee usually worked, where I also handed over documents at one time, there were many people. And classical music played softly all the time.
After a couple of months of the flight, I began to catch myself trying to be alone more often. Of course, at work, and we worked, of course, seven days a week, you can’t sit alone - patients, your own colleagues, then you need to go to the catering unit, then check the sanitary condition with the first mate. And yes, the day goes by so fast.
Arriving at the cabin, physically, in general, not tired, I want to lie down. And so as not to hear a sharp phone call and not hear: “Doctor, is the coffee ready?”.
I have a normal working day, from eight to seventeen. And fellow navigators are on watch: four through eight. And they considered it necessary to relieve stress after the watch with a cup of coffee, just to chat. And I am grateful to them for this. They were also thinking about me. But there was such a state - to retire, to hide even from friends. This is a pathology. And it wasn't just me.
But our body is nicely arranged. If he is healthy, that is, if not only the body is healthy, but also the psyche, something forces you not to enter into yourself, not to close, but to look for some other environment that makes you live. For some it is fish, for others it is embroidery or knitting, including for men. For some, it's flowers. Like many of my colleagues - sailors, like Natan Maksimovich Lempel. Flowers are silent, but always ready to listen to you attentively...
Once I was asked to fly to the Far Eastern icebreaker that was working with us in the eastern sector. I think it was Ermak. Then they came here from Vladivostok, paired with the same diesel icebreaker "Admiral Makarov".
Actually, the eastern sector is not our zone, Far Eastern icebreakers provide pilotage here. But that winter, the ice conditions were extremely difficult. Dry cargo caravans froze and stood motionless for many days, diesel icebreakers could not do anything. The northern delivery was broken. Already covered with ice, just crushed a small cargo ship "Nina Sagaydak".
Therefore, our nuclear-powered ship was sent to the east to help.
I remember, on the way to the place of this ice captivity, I was on the captain's bridge, when at the appointed hour the ship's radio announced the crew about the weather, the situation, and immediate plans.
- We are approaching the caravan of ships of the Far Eastern Shipping Company to rescue them from ice captivity. According to ice reconnaissance, all ships are sealed in ice, only one of our icebreakers "like a gray neck" retains mobility in a small opening, - the watch officer cheerfully announced.
I cannot vouch for the accuracy and terminological correctness of these words. I remember only this - "like a gray neck."
So, the captain of one of these icebreakers complained in radio conversations to our captain that he was not feeling well. And I was sent there.
Yuri Petrovich, that was Captain F.'s name, I think, was in his cabin. These diesel-powered icebreakers were built in Finland and were luxuriously finished inside. Our captain's cabin was inferior both in size and interior.
But nothing pleased my patient. He was closed, there was no desire to talk about topics that did not directly relate to his well-being. He did not support the conversation about the current Arctic situation, although this topic, as it seemed to me, should have helped him talk.
But he also did not name any specific complaints about his condition. Poor sleep, lack of appetite. Tablets don't help. His ship's doctor can not understand and help.
He measured the pressure, felt the pulse, listened to everything, rattled. Of course, I did not find anything somatic. I tried to convince him that nothing threatened him, his heart was working normally, the rest of the organs and systems, too. But the captain remained just as mournful.
We talked to the doctor. They agreed that it was mental depression. The captain needs a rest. At that time, it was already expected that in a week or two they would go to Vladivostok.
Of course, all sorts of hobbies, if any, contribute to psycho-emotional discharge. In healthy cases, they are sure to be found.
We had an engineer of the service of the Republic of Belarus, who collected stamped envelopes, postcards. I must say that on every ship, including us, there were both official and unofficial stamps. Envelopes with them can be of great value to collectors. For example, in connection with the world's first icebreaking achievement of the North Pole, a special stamp was made on the Arktika, which was used only that day, after which it was lowered to the bottom of the ocean.
Then I learned that this engineer put his hobby on a grand scale, selling such envelopes and postcards purchased on other ships in St. Petersburg for serious money.
Someone was engaged in almost serial tailoring of bags from ship's tarpaulin. At the same time, the bags came out in a variety of shapes and sizes, very durable, comfortable. After the flight, our crew members could be distinguished in the city by such bags.
Photography, woodcarving, bones, sports, in the end, there are opportunities to do that on the icebreaker.
Edik Garder is a young electrician, my countryman in Kazakhstan has mastered the profession of a glassblower. In a muffle furnace, he melted glass fragments of different colors, resulting in almost Czech or even Venetian glass, from which he tried to build an intricate lamp. I didn't see the result.
I was also surprised by one respectable head of the service, candidate of sciences. I had to go directly from the flight to Leningrad to defend the medical category. He asked to bring a package to his family home and showed the contents. There was a rather nice fur coat, I don’t remember what fur. Anatoly Alexandrovich said that he made it himself on the flight, for his teenage daughter.
Living in large cities, we are less and less able to take a breath of fresh air, go out of town, to the village or to nature in the forest. Therefore, we try to create nature in our apartments, offices and houses.
But being carried away by this process, we should not forget that not everyone is equally useful for our body. Some flowers create a healthy and pleasant atmosphere, while some, on the contrary, cause irritation, drowsiness, allergies, migraines, and more. other.
Why do we need flowers in the house
Indoor flowers in the house play an important role in maintaining a normal indoor atmosphere. During the life of plants, a phytoncide substance is released.
Phytoncide is a biologically active substance that not only inhibits the growth of bacteria, but also kills them and various simple microscopic fungi.
Houseplants purify the polluted air that comes to us from the street. They also absorb substances that emit new furniture, glue and chipboard.
Sometimes people plant flowers for happiness in the house. For example:
Flowers in the interior of the house
Choosing indoor flowers for the interior of the room is not a very difficult task. The main goal of this lesson is to create completeness and brevity of the interior and, at the same time, bring a touch of charm and sophistication. The main criteria for the selection of plants are the appearance, height and flowering period.
Flowers in the house of various styles: 
To create a more coherent combination with plants, it is necessary to place them correctly, taking into account the need for free space, absorption of light and humidity.
What flowers can not be kept at home
Among the many plants that we are used to seeing on our windows, there are those that can be harmful, so choose flowers with care, and consider the presence of animals in the house. But do not panic and throw away the flowers. You just need to understand what exactly is dangerous in the plant, and put them where there is no direct access.
All dangerous houseplants can be represented as three groups: slightly toxic, poisonous and deadly.
The first includes plants in which, as a rule, pollen or juice is harmful. These waste products can cause headaches, vomiting, or indigestion. These include kalanchoe, geranium, aloe, and also nerine. But if these plants are used correctly, they are medicinal and very useful.
The second includes representatives of the domestic flora, which can cause quite severe harm to health, for example, severe dizziness, abdominal upset, loss of consciousness, allergic reactions and burns. Contact with mucous membranes may cause respiratory problems. These plants include lily, azalea, dieffenbachia, anthurium and spathiphyllum.
The third - include indoor flowers, which can cause harm, both with any part of it, and with waste products. For example, if juice enters the body with food, severe poisoning will occur. Particularly dangerous in the plants of this group is the milky juice, which leads to hallucinations, diarrhea with blood, and breathing problems, up to and including stopping. Such dangerous plants include allamanda, plumerib, oleander, carissa, etc.
Of course, it's up to you to decide what should be. But before you buy a particular plant, read the information about it, and then you can avoid various health troubles for your family members.
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