Areca palm helps in absorbing indoor polluted air like acetone, xylene, and toluene which emits from petroleum products and paints, and wooden furniture. Areca palm plants provide fresh air by absorbing polluted air in our room and thus helps in minimizing upper respiratory tract diseases causes mainly because of toluene. Harmful gases like toluene and xylene etc cause developmental problems in children and fetuses in pregnant women. This plant helps in minimizing these gases from the indoor environment. Toxic gases like toluene and xylene etc cause developmental problems in children and fetuses in pregnant women. Areca palm helps in improving the nervous system in children.