Despite the technological progress that we are experiencing today, the tips and recipes of grandmothers remain essential to our daily lives. Between garlic-based recipes to cure colds, or vinegar to remove stains, there is a plant to attract positive energy, money and luck. Here is everything you need to know about this plant with invaluable benefits!
In addition to beautifully decorating interiors, plants are very good air purifiers; it's good to have them inside and out. Some are even known to attract luck, money and prosperity like the Crassula ovata also called the Jade tree.
What is the Jade plant?
Crassula ovata or Jade plant is a plant with small pink or white flowers. It is a plant native to South Africa, which is quite popular around the world as a houseplant. Its leaves are 3-9 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, oval to elliptical in shape, often with a red border and a slightly pointed tip. The leaves of this plant can grow for many years without blooming.
How to maintain the Jade plant?
Crassula ovata plants are ideal for interiors as they support dry conditions and can survive neglected. Except that cleanliness is important for the health and good appearance of this plant. All leaves and dead stems must be removed regularly, and care must be taken to clean the leaves of the plant every month with water at room temperature. The Jade plant needs a bright light, its ideal location would be on the edge of a sunny window, it is a plant that grows in full sun or partial shade, but will bloom better in sunny position.
The watering rule of this plant is quite complex, little in winter and often in summer. It is therefore necessary to water regularly and abundantly in the spring and summer, but without doing too much.
The secret of the Jade plant!
According to the experts of Feng Shui (a Chinese-inspired art of living that seeks the harmony of the relationship between man and his environment), Crassula Ovata or the Jade plant emits a good energy that positively affects all areas of life, especially the field of business. Crassula Ovata is also known as the tree of friendship, luck or money. In addition to the fact that this plant is beautiful, very resistant and above all easy to maintain, it improves the quality of sleep, thermal regulation and eating behavior.
This plant is not the only one on the list of Feng Shui plants, there are others including:
Bamboo: This is a houseplant that can be placed in a room with low lighting, it is known to bring peace and wisdom. Bamboo is native to Asia, it symbolizes prosperity and luck. This plant has other therapeutic benefits on various diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatism, osteoporosis, fractures, nails and hair brittle or dull, dry skin.
Sage: It is often used to get rid of negative waves including fear, anger and anxiety. This plant, which needs moisture, is used as a natural remedy for oral and pharyngeal conditions, digestive disorders, regulation of perspiration, menopausal disorders and any problems related to menstruation.
Sacred Basil: Tradition reports that standing next to this plant purifies the individual as it expels healthy air. This plant also purifies the ambient air of negative energies and attracts positive waves. It also has tremendous anti-stress, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties to combat cold and viral diseases, diabetes, high cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases and cases of difficult digestion.
Orchid: This plant is the symbol of fertility, it symbolizes perfection, spiritual growth, beauty and purity according to Feng Shui. This beautiful plant is suitable for all parts of the house as it absorbs carbon dioxide and releases oxygen.
The Lily of Peace: It is a plant that promotes the good flow of energy in a room, and this thanks to its ability to purify indoor air and neutralize indoor pollutants that can disrupt sleep and the good -being occupants.