Therapeutic effect of forest bathing on human hypertension in elders
Objective To provide scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of forest bathing as a natural therapy on human hypertension.Methods Twenty-four elderly patients with essential hypertension were randomly divided into two groups consisting of 12 each.One group was sent to a broad-leaved evergreen forest to experience a 7-day/7-night trip,and the other was sent to a city area in Hangzhou for control.Blood pressure indicators,cardiovascular disease-related pathological factors including endothelin-I,homocysteine,rennin,angiotensinogen,angiotensin H,angiotensin Ⅱ type 1(AT1) receptor,angiotensin Ⅱ type 2 (AT2) receptor as well as inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) were detected.Meanwhile,POMS evaluation was used to assess the change of mood state of subjects.In addition,the air quality in the two experimental sits was monitored during the 7-day duration,simultaneously.
Forest bathing Hypertension Elder Cardiovascular disease Inflammation
Gen-Xiang Mao Jing Yan Yong-Bao Cao Xiao-Guang Lan Zhi-Hua He Zhuo-Mei Chen Ya-Zhen Wang Xi-Lian Hu Yuan-Dong Lv Guo-Fu Wang
Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Geriatrics & Geriatrics Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Hosp Forestry Department of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310020, Zhejiang Province, China Zhejiang Forestry Academy, Hangzhou 310023, Zhejiang Province, China
国内会议
第二届全国抗衰老医学大会暨首届中国干细胞与抗衰老美容高峰论坛
沈阳
英文
135-147
2012-08-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）