What are the benefits of succulents?

The most important thing about succulents is that they can purify indoor air, and secondly, they can be used as decorations.

1. succulent plants have great medicinal value. Many kinds of plants have medicinal ingredients. For example, people will choose to peel and mash cactus stems with less thorns and thick meat for external application, which can cure skin diseases such as carbuncle and furuncle. The golden sun fan and health palm of this genus also have obvious curative effect on mumps. The stems and thick fleshy roots of the spherical cactus Wu Yuyu contain an alkaloid called mescaline, which has a hallucinogenic anesthetic effect.

Succulents have ornamental value. There are many kinds of succulents with strange shapes, which can show a strong exotic atmosphere in landscape design and create a beautiful garden art effect. In view of its garden application, the indoor decoration and application of cactus and succulents in Beijing Botanical Garden were discussed, in order to provide suitable maintenance management methods and landscaping methods for public indoor greening. The introduction base of succulent plants also actively explores different landscaping methods through actual cultivation and landscaping.

Succulent plants can purify the air. Succulent plants can carry out photosynthesis, absorb indoor carbon dioxide and release a lot of oxygen. Succulents are very drought-tolerant, so they can thrive without careful care.

4. The succulents have good water storage function. The succulent roots can absorb the organic nutrients in the soil, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other rare elements and water, and tighten the function of the implant. Humus soil can help meat to store water, prevent root rot and be beneficial to root growth.