Recently, dracaena has become one of the most popular indoor plants. Thanks to its exotic look and unpretentiousness in care, it easily becomes an ornament to any interior.
Homeland This plant is considered the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Southeast Asia.
Let's talk about dracaena: the benefits and harms of this plant. What harm from dracaena? Can I keep at home? Dracaena = allergy?
Beneficial features
Dracaena possesses a number of useful properties:
- perfectly neutralizes chemicals (formaldehyde, benzene, etc.);
- makes it easier to transfer temperature fluctuations;
- helps maintain health (helps cleanse the body of toxins, tones blood vessels, soothes pain in muscles, bones, helps healing wounds);
- maintains the condition of the teeth;
- in terms of astrology, dracaena can “help” see a way out of a difficult situation;
- contributes to the restoration of emotional balance, thoughts and behavior;
- It has a good effect on people who are not emotionally stable, prone to depression.
Dracene can and should be started in the house, especially if the floor covering in it is linoleum (this plant is able to clean the air from harmful benzene, which it emits).
An irreplaceable dracaena will also become in offices, as it is capable of neutralizing trichlorethylene and formaldehyde, which the office equipment constantly “supplies” to the premises.
Is there an allergy?
Dratsenu not be called a plant that causes severe allergies. But, like any living organism, it breathes, releasing substances formed in the process of vital activity into the air.
In addition, a fungus in the soil, small hairs covering the leaves and stem of the plant, various chemical fertilizers can become an allergen.
The cause of allergic reactions can be improper care for dracaena, accumulation of household dust on its leaves, which itself is an allergen.
therefore very important to follow a few rules:
- be sure to wipe the leaves of the plant, not allowing dust to accumulate on them;
- in the presence of a tendency to allergic reactions, do not place the dracaena in the bedroom (or put five meters further from the bed);
- when using fertilizers, it is better to give preference to those that are diluted with water;
- All flower manipulations using chemicals should be carried out not in the room, but in the open air.
Poisonous or not?
Is dracaena poisonous or not? Dracaena itself is not a poisonous plant. However, the juice contained in its leaves equates it to low-toxic plants.
This means that when ingested, dracaena can cause a disorder of the digestive system, accompanied by diarrhea, tremors, weakness.
And, since an adult will not chew the leaves of the dragon, it is, above all, a danger for small children and pets.
Conclusion
For each person, houseplants represent something of their own. For some, it is a source of beauty, for someone, - a home doctor. But, anyway, they have long entered our lives, and there is probably not a single person whom they would leave indifferent.
A great example of this is dracaena. Thanks to the magical ability to neutralize bad influences, to drive away bad thoughts and despondency this southern beauty can be more and more often found in houses and apartments.
