What is horticultural therapy? Simply put, gardening is a way to nurse patients. Horticultural therapy is suitable for minors, the elderly, the disabled, the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, the sub-healthy people and other mental patients.
Origin of Horticultural Therapy According to the consulted data, horticultural therapy originated in Europe and America, but it was not only in Europe and America that plants were first used for recuperation. As early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, literati's pastoral seclusion culture had prevailed, among which Tao Yuanming, the most representative poet, was inspired by pastoral life and was the embryonic form of the earliest horticultural therapy.
/kloc-More than 0/000 years ago in Europe, doctors in Spain let mental patients work in fields in contact with nature, and found that it had a good soothing and therapeutic effect on patients. Later, horticultural therapy was further developed in Britain, but it was not put forward as an independent discipline in the United States until the 1950s.
Research on Horticultural Therapy According to related research, the color and fragrance of plants have different curative effects on different people. For example, green flowers and leaves can absorb ultraviolet rays from the sun and reduce eye irritation, which has a good effect on people who use their eyes for a long time; Purple flowers can calm pregnant women; Light blue flowers have a good sedative effect on patients with high fever; Safflower is good for patients with low blood pressure.
In addition, the fragrance of flowers will also affect people's mood. Osmanthus fragrans can evoke homesickness, the fragrance of roses reminds people of flowers, sunshine and spring breeze, the fragrance of Milan can make asthma patients feel comfortable, and the fragrance of geranium, narcissus and violet is also beneficial to human body.
Conclusion: In fact, gardening therapy is not only effective for patients, but also suitable for people who are nervous. Modern people are facing great mental pressure every day. We might as well stop and hurry, raise some flowers we like and feel the beauty of nature ~