Home LivingWellnessSleep8 plants that help you sleep better & relieve stressIntroduce these houseplants to your bedroom for a better night’s sleepWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Home LivingWellnessSleep8 plants that help you sleep better & relieve stressIntroduce these houseplants to your bedroom for a better night’s sleepWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Introduce these houseplants to your bedroom for a better night’s sleep
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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With all these benefits, we wouldn’t be surprised if you were running around your house and scooping up all your houseplants to place them in your bedroom. But before your bedroom resembles a jungle, here are 8 plants that can improve your sleep and relieve everyday stresses.
P.S. If you have a tendency to kill your plants, check outhow to grow houseplantsfor tips on keeping them alive and thriving.
1. Lavender
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(Image credit: Heather Ford on Unsplash)
2. Jasmine
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(Image credit: Sealight / Pexels)
Jasmine plants are beautiful to look at, smell sweet and are relatively low maintenance, so they’re a great houseplant to have in any room of your home. For sleep and relaxation, the scent of jasmine is associated with restful sleep and decreased feelings of anxiety. Jasmine is also said to improve your mental performance and mood, so with a jasmine plant in your room, you should be feeling more alert and refreshed when you wake up in the morning.
3. Aloe vera
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(Image credit: Cintia Siqueira / Pexels)
As one of nature’s most healing plants, aloe vera has medicinal properties, as the gel from the leaves are used to treat cuts, burns, bites and skin problems. Aloe vera is a succulent, so it requires little watering or maintenance, so you can really place it in any room and it will be happy. What makes aloe vera a great plant for sleep is it produces and releases oxygen during the night, which improves the air in your bedroom, making it nicer to breathe while you sleep.
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4. Snake plant
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(Image credit: Fabian Stroobants / Pexels)
5. Peace lily
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(Image credit: Cottonbro Studio / Pexels)
The clue is in the name but peace lilies help encourage a deeper and more peaceful night’s sleep. As an air purifying plant, it cleans the air and breaks down pollutants, while also increasing the humidity in your room. According toAirthings, low levels of humidity in your house causes dry skin and hair, and makes you more susceptible to respiratory illnesses due to the increase in germs. So, to up the level of humidity in your bedroom, a peace lily is a simple solution that also looks beautiful with its cute white flowers.
6. Valerian
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(Image credit: Michael Held / Unsplash)
7. Golden Pothos
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(Image credit: Bunches)
8. Gardenia
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(Image credit: Waitrose)
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