园艺疗法（Horticultural Therapy）

园艺疗法（Horticultural Therapy） 园艺疗法(Horticultural Therapy) Horticultural therapy HorticulturalTherapy, which is known in Japan as horticultural therapy, is referred to as horticultural therapy in Korea. The simple definition is horticultural therapy. This non traditional medicine is being more and more accepted by Americans, Americans of the "green" treatments are very interested in the United States more and more health and medical institutions, from hospitals to nursing homes to a mental hospital, in favor of "horticultural therapy" for horticultural activities as a means of treating the patient. The study found that "horticultural therapy" can slow down the heart rate, improve mood and relieve pain, and it is very helpful for the rehabilitation of the patients. Horticultural therapy is a kind of adjuvant therapy. It can protect and beautify plants or potted plants and gardens by contacting and applying gardening materials. It can relieve the stress and restore the mind with the touch of the natural environment. The horticultural therapy used in general intervention and rehabilitation medicine, such as psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, the elderly and children's centers, rehabilitation centers, hospitals or community. Spiritual aspect Horticultural therapy (1) to eliminate anxiety and impatience, planting vegetation around the hospital ward, where patients walk or look through the doors and windows, can make the patient a quiet mind. According to reports, in places where flowers and trees can be seen, labor can not only reduce the intensity of labor, but also enable workers to have a sense of satisfaction. If it is horticultural cultivation activities, the effect will be better. (2) increase vitality, devote oneself to gardening activities, make patients, especially mental patients forget their worries, fatigue, speed up the sleep, and get more energetic after getting up. (3) publicity atmosphere in general, safflower bring excitement, yellow bring pleasure, blue and white make people have a sense of quiet. Appreciation of flowers and trees can stimulate the regulation of relaxation of the brain. 4) cultivation of creative passion flower production and potted flowers and trees, garden planting flowers and other horticultural activities, is to have the natural beauty of the plant material handling layout according to their own imagination, make it become a work of art. Such activities can stimulate creative writing. (5) inhibition of impulse preparation, digging, planting and watering flowers and trees, carrying soil fertilization in the natural environment, the physical exertion at the same time, also can suppress the impulse, in the course of time is conducive to the formation of good character. (6) cultivating tolerance and attention gardening is the object of life, which requires caution and continuity in gardening. For example, prune trees should be cut off selectively. When sowing, the soil should be covered at different depths according to the size of the seeds. These need careful and attention. If you do something else halfway through the trees, the flowers and trees may wither when you think of planting again. Therefore, the results of long-term gardening will undoubtedly cultivate tolerance and attention. (7) increase planning, when to seed, when to transplant, when to prune, and when to fertilize...... Different plant species and different operation contents are different in time and season. Gardening requires planning, writing, planning, or planning in mind. This work or hobbies can enhance their own feelings and plants, to grasp the concept of time (early and late seasons, etc.) (8) method to enhance the sense of responsibility to take the responsibility to the people, the patient must know what is your management of potted plant, flower beds and other. Because flowers and trees are living things, if mismanagement or negligence, will lead to wilt. This allows patients to recognize what they have to do, thereby creating and increasing responsibility. (9) establish self-confidence, until their own flowers and trees flowering, the results will be praised by people, which shows that their hard work has been recognized by people, while they meet, but also enhance self-confidence. This is better for mentally ill patients who lose their confidence in life. Of course, in order not to let the patient down, the beginning should be easy to manage, easy to flowering trees and flowers. Social aspects Horticultural therapy (1) increase in collective social skills of horticultural therapy activities with flowers and gardening for the topic, resonate, promote communication and coordination, so can cultivate others, improve social skills. (2) to strengthen public morality of our living environment with flowers and landscaping green, or potted plant, is responsible for his own flower blooming beautiful flowers, in confidence at the same time, also realized that he did something good for everyone. In addition, for weeding flower beds, removing withered flowers, and removing leaves and other activities, we can cultivate our environment, landscaping consciousness and habits, and enhance public morality. Body aspect (1) stimulate the color, shape, and vision of sensory plants, Scent, sense of smell, edible plants, sense of taste, flowers, stems and leaves of a plant (coarse, smooth, hairy), stimulating the sense of touch. Another nature of insects, birds, water, wind and rain on the leaves also have a stimulating effect on hearing the sound. Bedridden patients or long shut people don't go out, go to the outdoor shower natural atmosphere, sun shading to give the visual stimulation, feel warm and cold to stimulate the skin, which can be called natural therapy, is also one of the contents of horticultural therapy. Gardening during the day, sunbathing, and getting into bed at night, are conducive to normal living habits and keeping the body's clock functioning properly, which has a definite effect on insomniacs. (2) strengthen the spirit of the exerciser, if the body does not use it frequently, its function will decline. A local recession can cause joints, bones and muscles to atrophy, and a generalized decline can cause heart and digestive problems and fatigue. Gardening activities, from sowing, cutting, basins, planting configuration activities to the sitting state preparation, watering, fertilization and other standing activities all the time at the same time using eyes, head, fingers, hands and feet are moving, which is a body comprehensive sports. People with disabilities, bedridden people, and elderly people tend to be mentally and physically senile, and gardening is one of the best ways to prevent aging. Significance The object of gardening service is people, especially the purpose of horticulture is for people's physical and mental health. The developed countries in the world have entered the aging society and less than the society. China is entering this society. Human nature is weak, values are lost, juvenile crime increases, and social and family problems are prominent. Horticultural therapy is considered one of the most effective techniques for easing and solving these problems.