5 Best Indoor Plants for Asthma and Allergy Sufferers
Read Customer Reviews as an allergy or asthma sufferer, you no doubt know that some plants aggravate your symptoms.
A case in point is the 2006 study by Mahillon, Saussez, and Michel of Belgium that found that nearly 80 percent of participants in the study had positive results of skin prick tests to at least one plant tested, and the most frequent plants that caused sensitization were Ficus benjamina, yucca, ivy, and palm tree.
What if you could populate the inside of your house, however, with plants that actually help your symptoms? A 1989 NASA study found that several plants can actually help reduce indoor pollution.
The Knox County, Tennessee Master Gardener organization points out that the new emphasis in energy efficiency that results in tightly sealed spaces and synthetic building materials ends up causing pollutants to be trapped in buildings that are not well-ventilated.
Five of those plants and their air-scrubbing properties are listed here to help you create a cleaner indoor environment and thus to potentially improve your health.