Imagine a new medical science that could let you know how to be more active, more relaxed and healthier with reduced stress and reduced risk of lifestyle-related disease and cancer by visiting forests. This new medical science is called forest medicine. Forest medicine encompasses the effects of forest environments on human health and is a new interdisciplinary science, belonging to the categories of alternative medicine, environmental medicine and preventive medicine. This book presents up-to-date findings in forest medicine to show the beneficial effects of forest environments on human health.
Preface; What is Forest Medicine?; Physical factors in the forest environment; Phytoncides in the forest atmosphere in Japan; Psychological evaluations of forest environment & the physical variables; Effect of the forest environment on physiological relaxation-the results of field tests at 35 sites throughout Japan; Effect of the forest environment on immune function; Effect of the forest environment on the endocrine system; Effect of the forest environment on sleep & physical activity; Effect of the forest environment on blood glucose; Effect of the forest environment on cardiovascular & metabolic parameters; Effect of the forest environment on psychological response evaluated by the POMS test; Effect of the forest environment on the human psycho-neuro-endocrino-immune network; Effect of phytoncides from trees on immune function; Physiological effects of visual, olfactory, auditory, & tactile factors in the forest environment; Green spaces & population health; The beneficial effects of green exercise on human health; Effect of forest coverage on standardized mortality rates of cancer in Japan; An introduction to the Forest Therapy Society of Japan, Forest Therapy ® & Forest Therapist ® Forests & human health - recent trends in Japan; Forests & human health - recent trends in Korea; Forests & human health - recent trends in China; Research into forests & human health- current status & trends in Europe; Index.
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