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10 Economic and Natural Methods to Improve Air Quality of your Home

How to improve the air quality at home naturally

Updated on: 2 April, 2021 12:01 PM IST By: Swati Sharma
Natural Methods to Improve Air Quality of your Home

It is important to make your living space safe for you and your family members. Purifying air quality is one of the ways that gives you mental peace, keeps you physically healthy, and destress as well. Today, we will give you few tips that will help you to improve the air quality of your home by natural methods. 

House Plants 

House plants or indoor plants are great natural purifiers that purify the air. Locate the indoor plants in different areas so that you can get the maximum benefit of their air quality filtration properties. Some popular houseplants that purify the air include money plants, snake plants, and weeping figs. 

Activated Charcoal 

Called active carbon, activated charcoal air purifiers are a magnificent style to filter and purify the air quality within the home naturally. These carbon cleaners are readily available in stores or online, and the charcoal will suck up toxins in the air without releasing any smell. 

Beeswax candles 

Those people who love candlelight dinner can use beeswax candles instead of paraffin candles. Beeswax contains a natural compound that leaves no chemical on burning, while paraffin candles can release contaminants. 

Clean Air Filters 

You must regularly change the air filter within your heating and cooling systems within your home to purify the air quality. You can choose a HEPA filter in sequence to clean the air of contaminants in your home effectively. 

Essential oils 

Igniting essential oils is a great way to filter the air and offer many health benefits to those within your home, regarding using high-quality pure essential oils in sequence to receive the most service from their scents. Use varieties of burners to get maximum benefit. 

Ceiling fans 

During the summer season and fall, your ceiling fan must be working condition to circulate the air within the home. Ceiling fans can cool down-home and ensure that maximum air comes out through the ventilation system for cleaning. 

Plants

Choose the product wisely 

Please choose to use low VOC products in the home, which means they have a low amount of toxic chemicals such as painting or staining parts of your home. Regarding textile products, you can check the label as low or no VOC to reduce the number of products within the home that emit toxic chemicals. 

Salt Lamps 

Himalayan pink salts lamps favour their capacity to pull toxins from the air. This natural ionic air purifier acts much like a small nightlight and can be placed anywhere in your home for maximum air filtering benefits. 

Window Treatment 

Window treatment is one of the great options to filter the sunlight that enters your home naturally. Windows helps block these sun rays and keep the house cool by reducing the amount of the sun entering your home. 

Natural Cleansers 

The weekly cleaning process involves many chemicals in a home. You can use natural cleaning products like baking soda or white vinegar to fight dirt. Other good options are hydrogen peroxide and club soda that also cleans without leaving the residual effects of chemicals. 

All your efforts to purify the home air are essential to the health and wellbeing of your family.  

Using the above natural purifying methods, you can improve the air quality of your home and reduce the number of chemicals that your family exposes. 

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