What ailments does the agave help with? Which houseplants kill germs in the air?
November 3 2015
One of the most famous medicinal plants that can be grown on the windowsill is the agave (scientific name is aloe).
It is an unpretentious plant. It is enough to keep aloe at room temperature, periodically loosen the soil. Aloe leaves contain a lot of moisture. Even if you forget about it and do not water for a long time, then nothing catastrophic will happen. Fertilize aloe once a month from May to August, with complex fertilizers for succulents.
The place in the house for the agave is chosen sunny, closer to the windows, on bright verandas.
What diseases does aloe help for and how can it be used?
With a runny nose juice is squeezed out of the fleshy leaves of aloe, slightly diluted in boiled water and instilled into the nostrils.
When coughing the juice is diluted not with water, but with honey. For one part of the juice, five parts of honey. Take a teaspoon before meals.
With insomnia half a glass of chopped aloe leaves are mixed with three quarters of a glass of honey and infused for three days. Take 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day for a month.
Microbial-free air
Do you want to have fewer pathogenic microbes in the air of your home? Then let there be more citrus fruits among your indoor plants – oranges, lemons, tangerines. You can also plant laurel. The fact is that the leaves of these plants secrete phytoncides – special volatile substances that suppress and even stop the growth and development of pathogenic microbes.
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Remember that citrus plants love when their roots receive a lot of oxygen, otherwise they will rot and the plant will die. Therefore, you need pots with walls that breathe – pottery, for example – or wooden tubs. Water for irrigation must be free of salts, so tap water must be boiled or used rainwater, thawed water. A common mistake gardeners make is improper watering. In autumn and winter, when there is practically no growth, the water remains in the pot, the roots rot, the nutrition and respiration of the leaves are disturbed, they crumble, the plant dies. The best windows for citrus fruits are south, southeast, or southwest. There is no need to highlight the plants in the dark. But a high temperature (above 25 degrees) is undesirable for them. From dry air, the leaves of the plants curl up. In any case, it is advisable to spray citrus fruits once a week. You can use a weak solution of fertilizers and microelements for this.