Relationship between Flowers
and Our health
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Mental and Physical Effect of Gardening
Visual Effect of the Flowers
Aromatic Effect of the Flowers
Miscellaneous Knowledge about Flowers and Our Health
Mental and Physical Effect of Gardening
You may have heard of "Gardening Therapy" before. Originally, it was introduced to help American soldiers relieve mental damages after killing people and losing friends in World Wor II. Currently, various nursing facilities have introduced gardening therapy, because growing and making use of plants give significant mental effect, including responsibility, achievement and satisfaction.
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Visual Effect of the Flowers
"Effects of Plants" does not only imply edible things such as heabs or vegetables, but also implies visual and aromatic effects.
First of all, to think of the visual effect of plants, we can expect the effect of Color Therapy. Basically, it is all right if you choose your favourite color. Your color preference reflects your mental status, and the color, which makes you comfortable, heals your mind. Basically, each color has following effects.
#Red: Raises your body temperature and blood pressure, Increases your appetite. Gives you vigor.
#Pink: Makes you younger and happy.
#Orange: Increases your appetite. Refreshes you mentally.
#Yellow: Cheers you up. Makes you ambitious.
#Green: Relieves tired eyes. Sedation.
#Blue: Decreases blood pressure and heart beat. Controls the appetite if you are on a diet. Helps you go to sleep.
#Purple: Sadation. Helps natural recovery.
#White: Makes your mind stable.
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Aromatic Effect of the Flowers
Beside it, we can not forget the effect of aroma therapy.
You may suspect if it is true or not, if you hear "just smelling the fragrance makes you healthy", however it can be explained scientifically.
Feeling the smell means, the substance with the smell has been absorbed inside the nose. After all, smelling the flower fragrance means, breathing the substance, which the flower has released in the air. And, such substances indicate mental or physical effect inside the body... this is the prinsiple of aroma therapy.
Herbs, such as lavenders or jasmins are famous for their fragrant feature, but even subtle aromatic substances of slightly fragrant flowers may makes your body and soul relax. That is why you feel relieved when you are in the flower garden.
Miscellaneous Knowledge about Flowers and Our Health
Why Green is Mild for Human
About Herbs
Plant Breeding
Poisonous Plants and Medicines
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