Have You Heard The Horticulture Therapy?

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Jane Robertson, 32 years old, was an IT specialist a few years ago and had huge salaries. When she was 27 years old, she was unable to undertake the high pressure from work, which even led her to nervous breakdown. Later, Robertson joined gardening activities in Chelsea medicinal garden once a week. She said the gardening activities were her only way to get out of bed to participate. The words were quoted on The Times. 3 years later, Robertson passed through the examination of gardening and became a professional tree planting man.

I found it difficult to make my life back to the normal Robertson said," but later in the garden, I found some changes. Gardening activities gave me a sense of peace, which I had never felt before. I thought this was because I worked outdoors and closed contact with the nature. "

In fact, the horticulture therapy is not new. In ancient Egypt, doctors recommend that patients walk out to the garden. In Western Europe in the 18th century, planting flowers and feeding livestock were used as treatment method of mental illness. In the United States after World War II, the horticulture therapy ...
... was used to help disabled veterans, which release them from miserable battlegrounds.

Carruthers, a CEO of British charity, said that a lot of evidences proved that horticultural activities were beneficial to physical and mental health. First of all, people who engaged in horticulture often work in the outdoor where you can feel fresh air and sunlight. At the same time, physical activities promote good health. Secondly, doing activities with clear goals in the nature would lead a very calm heart, which is good to psychological health. Studies have shown that the appreciation of beauty natural not only make blood pressure drop in 5 minutes, but also reduce the stress hormone. Gardening activities can promote the secretion of endorphins, a material which could give people a pleasure mood.

The researchers also found that daily gardening activity can reduce the risk of suffering from heart disease, stroke and dementia because it can increase bone density. The result is usually better than aerobic exercise or swim.

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