Are succulents harmful to the human body? (Is it harmful to grow succulents indoors?)

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I don't know when, many people have fallen in love with healing succulents. Escaping from the fast pace and huge pressure of modern life, being alone with succulents is indeed a refreshing thing.

In fact, succulents themselves are not harmful to the human body , and succulents themselves do not release harmful gases , but the juice of some succulents may contain toxins.

Therefore, when we cultivate it, we just need to be careful not to break it and eat it by mistake, and avoid direct contact with the plant juice, so as not to endanger people's health.

But now many people have raised questions about whether growing succulents indoors is harmful to human health. So, does growing succulents indoors have any impact on human health?

Is it harmful to the human body to grow succulents indoors?

We all know that most plants carry out photosynthesis during the day, absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, and respire at night, absorbing oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.

Therefore, plants are not suitable for indoor planting, especially in bedrooms. Because they breathe at night, which will increase the carbon dioxide content in the room. That is, at night, plants will compete with people for oxygen, which is not good for human health. If it is a small plant, the impact is not great.

If you’re worried after seeing this, don’t worry, succulents are not like most of the plants mentioned above, the opposite is true .

Succulents originated in arid and hot areas. If succulents also opened their stomata during the day to carry out photosynthesis like other plants, the opening of the stomata would cause a large amount of water to evaporate.

Water is extremely precious to plants in arid areas, so smart succulents will never choose to open their stomata during the day .

The temperature is low at night, so succulents protectively choose to open their stomata at night to absorb carbon dioxide to support photosynthesis.

However, photosynthesis also requires sunlight, so at night carbon dioxide is temporarily stored in the organic acids of the mesophyll cells of succulents. When the sun comes out the next day but not too strong, these organic acids decompose and release carbon dioxide under decarboxylation reactions for photosynthesis.

This unique metabolic method was first discovered in Crassulaceae plants (representative plants of succulents), so it is called "Crassulacean acid metabolism" .

In the final analysis, succulents absorb carbon dioxide at night, so feel free to grow succulents indoors .