Many people like to keep flowers at home. Keeping flowers not only adds beauty to the environment, but also helps to purify the air. However, not all flowers are suitable for indoor cultivation. Many flowers may look beautiful, but actually have potential health hazards. The following flowers should not be kept indoors.
Four types of flowers that should not be kept indoors:
1. Highly fragrant flowers:
- Tuberose: It releases a large amount of fragrance at night, which can be harmful to human health. Prolonged exposure to this strong fragrance indoors can cause dizziness, coughing, and even asthma, restlessness, and insomnia.
- Tulip: It contains alkaloids. If a person or animal stays in the fragrance for 2-3 hours, they may experience dizziness, poisoning symptoms, and even hair loss.
- Pine and cypress plants: They secrete oily substances and emit a strong pine fragrance, which can stimulate the digestive system. Prolonged exposure can affect appetite and make pregnant women feel restless, nauseous, and dizzy. In addition, peonies, roses, narcissus, lilies, and orchids are also fragrant, but prolonged exposure to their strong fragrance can cause chest tightness, difficulty breathing, and even insomnia.
2. Toxic flowers:
Many popular flowers are toxic and can cause discomfort even with slight contact. It is especially important to avoid keeping them in households with children.
- Yellow and white rhododendrons: They contain toxins that can cause poisoning if ingested, leading to vomiting, difficulty breathing, numbness in limbs, and even shock in severe cases.
- Mimosa pudica: It contains mimosa alkaloids. Overexposure can cause thinning eyebrows, yellowing or even loss of hair.
- Poppy: It contains poisonous alkaloids, especially in its fruits. Ingesting them can cause central nervous system poisoning and even life-threatening situations.
- Dieffenbachia: It contains a toxic enzyme. Contact with the sap from its stem or leaves can cause itching and inflammation of the skin. If a child scratches or bites it, it can cause swelling of the throat and even paralysis of the vocal cords.
3. Flowers that can cause allergies:
- Poinsettia: The white sap in its stem and leaves can cause skin irritation and allergic reactions. Ingesting the stem or leaves can be toxic and even fatal.
- Geranium: It produces a lot of pollen, which can worsen the condition of people with allergies, especially asthma or respiratory allergies.
In addition, fragrant flowers such as gardenia, hydrangea, dahlia, gerbera, and purple robe can also cause sensitivities. Sometimes touching them can cause skin allergic reactions, such as rashes and severe itching.
4. Thorny plants:
- Cactus: Although cacti are effective in purifying the air, their densely packed thorns can inadvertently harm people. It is best not to keep them if there are elderly people with limited mobility or young children at home.
- Prickly pear: It also has sharp thorns and contains toxins. It is not recommended to keep it.
