CYBERMED LIFE - ORGANIC  & NATURAL LIVING

Cybermedlife - Therapeutic Actions The Presence of Plants

Secret life of plants: from memory to intelligence. 📎

Abstract Title: Secret life of plants: from memory to intelligence. Abstract Source: Plant Signal Behav. 2010 Nov;5(11):1391-4. Epub 2010 Nov 1. PMID: 21051941 Abstract Author(s): Stanislaw Karpiński, Magdalena Szechyńska-Hebda Article Affiliation: Department of Genetics, Breeding, and Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abstract: Plants are able to perform photosynthesis and cannot escape from environmental stresses, so they therefore developed sophisticated, highly responsive and dynamic physiology. Others' and our results indicate that plants solve their optimal light acclimation and immune defenses, photosynthesis and transpiration by a computational algorithm of the cellular automation. Our recent results however suggest that plants are capable of processing information encrypted in light intensity and in its energy. With the help of nonphotochemical quenching and photoelectrophysiological signaling (PEPS) plants are able to perform biological quantum computation and memorize light training in order to optimize their Darwinian fitness. Animals have their network of neuron synapses, electrophysiological circuits and memory, but plants have their network of chloroplasts connected by stromules, PEPS circuits transduced by bundle sheath cells and cellular light memory. It is suggested that plants could be intelligent organisms with much higher organism organization levels than it was thought before. Article Published Date : Nov 01, 2010

Ornamental indoor plants in hospital rooms enhanced health outcomes of patients recovering from surgery.

Abstract Title: Ornamental indoor plants in hospital rooms enhanced health outcomes of patients recovering from surgery. Abstract Source: J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Sep;15(9):975-80. PMID: 19715461 Abstract Author(s): Seong-Hyun Park, Richard H Mattson Article Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Clinical trials have not been reported concerning the health benefits of viewing indoor plants on stress and recovery of surgical patients within a hospital setting. Using various medical and psychologic measurements, this study performed a randomized clinical trial with surgical patients to evaluate whether plants in hospital rooms have therapeutic influences. METHODS: Ninety (90) patients recovering from a hemorrhoidectomy were randomly assigned to either control or plant rooms. With half the patients, live plants were placed in their rooms during postoperative recovery periods. Data collected for each patient included length of hospitalization, analgesics used for postoperative pain control, vital signs, ratings of pain intensity, pain distress, anxiety and fatigue, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y-1, the Environmental Assessment Scale, and the Patient's Room Satisfaction Questionnaire. RESULTS: Viewing plants during the recovery period had a positive influence linking directly to health outcomes of surgical patients. Patients in hospital rooms with plants and flowers had significantly more positive physiologic responses evidenced by lower systolic blood pressure, and lower ratings of pain, anxiety, and fatigue than patients in the control room. Patients with plants also felt more positively about their rooms and evaluated them with higher satisfaction when compared with patients in similar rooms without plants. Based on patients' comments, plants brightened up the room environment, reduced stress, and also conveyed positive impressions of hospital employees caring for patients. CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study confirmed the therapeutic value of plants in the hospital environment as a noninvasive, inexpensive, and effective complementary medicine for surgical patients. Health care professionals and hospital administrators need to consider the use of plants and flowers to enhance healing environments for patients. Article Published Date : Sep 01, 2009

Biophilia: does visual contact with nature impact on health and well-being? 📎

Abstract Title: Biophilia: does visual contact with nature impact on health and well-being? Abstract Source: Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Sep;6(9):2332-43. Epub 2009 Aug 31. PMID: 19826546 Abstract Author(s): Bjørn Grinde, Grete Grindal Patil Article Affiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abstract: It is concluded that an environment devoid of Nature may act as a "discord", i.e., have a negative effect. While the term mismatch is used for any difference between present living conditions and the environment of evolutionary adaptation, discords are mismatches with a potentially undesirable impact on health or quality of life. The problem is partly due to the visual absence of plants, and may be ameliorated by adding elements of Nature, e.g., by creating parks, by offering a view through windows, and by potted plants. The conclusion is based on an evaluation of some fifty relevant empirical studies. Article Published Date : Sep 01, 2009

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