Urban forest: bath body and mind

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        "Forest bath" is a kind of oxygen intake exercise, in the woods for a walk, do exercises, exercising or do other activities, all belong to the forest bath ". Forest here, also not the refers to the towering old trees, the vast expanse of the forest. Suburban nearby vegetation good mountain forest, all the trees of the park, the road more the broad green belts, can be considered as an "urban small forest". Urban "forest bath" also has a unique health care function.

        Modern urbanite job is busy, tension, exhaustion of body and mind, do the crowded, if can walk in the forest green, listen to birds, smell the flowers, it can make the person is in produce pleasant smell, hearing can also eliminate noise brought the city because of fatigue, thus effectively adjust human mental and emotional.

        According to expert research, forest in release of aromatic substances, have the ability to kill bacteria (called "plant sterilization element"). The pine secretion of sterilization element, can kill n/med tuberculosis, cholera, dysentery, typhoid fever, diphtheria and pathogens; Lemon, eucalyptus leaves of release of the meal sterilization, can kill pneumococci, dysentery bacillus and the flu virus. Research also showed that forest in release of sterilization, concentration and weather conditions have relationships: general late spring and early summer produce the most, the daily noon highest concentration, cloudy day produce more than the amount of sunny day. So, spring outing in the forest, summer lunch break in the forest, or after the rain on the "forest bath", are particularly beneficial to health of body and mind.

        "Urban small forest" can absorb city in the past in the stratum many dust, soot, lead, mercury and other harmful substances. Environmental monitoring show that the green HanChenLiang only no green 1/3. At the same time, the forest also eject a lot of negative ion, even if is "urban small forest", the density of the negative ion is also densely populated region of a few times, and negative ion is called "air of vitamin", can adjust the body's metabolism, improve immune ability. Health experts measurement show that the forest bath ", skin temperature can reduce 1 ~ 2 ℃, pulse every minute can reduce 4 to 8 times, so for heart disease, chronic bronchitis, rhinitis etc. Have a good effect.

        Because of the forest bath to mental health and physical health is very beneficial, so many western nations of forest tourism has been very developed. China attached great importance to the city greening, almost all of the cities of the combined with urban construction planning, looking to the future, and actively developing or open up "urban small forest". (HuoYu good)