5 Live Pharmacy Plants You Can Plant At Home

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JAKARTTA - Who started to change their hobby of farming during the pandemic? Good houseplants or even live pharmacy plants?

Live pharmacy plants are useful not only for physical health, but also for mental health. One of them is the lavender plant which can provide a relaxing effect to the mint plant which can be used for cooking, drinks, and also medicine for headaches.

This time VOI will invite you to try growing live pharmacy plants that are easy to grow at home.

Basil

Basil is a live pharmacy plant that is easy to grow at home. Basil is known as an anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory plant that contains vitamin A, manganese, and magnesium.

You can mix basil into food as a flavor enhancer or fresh vegetables. Besides being easy to care for, this medicinal plant can survive more than 2 years.

Aloe vera

This living pharmacy plant is almost often found in every home. Apart from being used for beauty treatments, it seems that aloe vera also functions to maintain digestive health, treat asthma, heartburn, intestinal disease, inflammation, and also lowers blood sugar.

You only need to remove the gel that is in the aloe vera and mix it with honey to make a face mask. You can also boil it and add sugar or honey to drink it as a treatment from within.

Ginger

The next live pharmacy plant that is easy to grow at home is ginger. Ginger has the property to improve breathing and warm the body, so it is good to eat when you have a cold.

Ginger can also treat digestive problems such as nausea, stomach pain and vertigo. It's just that, the safe dose for consuming ginger is no more than one teaspoon per day. If consumed in excess, this medicinal plant actually causes heartburn, flatulence, and mouth irritation.

Lavender

This vivid, purple-flowered pharmacy plant has a scent that can repel mosquitoes, headaches, and relieve anxiety. For those of you who have insomnia, the warm aroma of Lavender is believed to calm the nerves, thereby improving sleep quality.

You can plant lavender in a pot and place it in a place that is accessible to sunlight.

Mint leaves

When the body is tired, taking a shower with mint leaf water can be the right choice. Fresh mint leaves can provide a relaxing effect on a tired body and mind.

As a skincare product, this medicinal plant is sufficiently mashed finely and then applied to the face as a mask to shrink acne. Then, it can also be boiled and drunk when having a stomach ache.

You can buy small mint leaves from a plant store, as growing them from seed can be difficult. Meanwhile, during the rainy season, protect this plant by placing it in the house.