Monday 26 August 2019

Plants Replace Pills

A pilot scheme is being run in Greater Manchester on the NHS, prescribing plants instead of pills.

The article shares that "for thousands of years plants have used to alleviate anxiety and depression, with Pliny the Elder recommending borage, and the Roman military doctor Proscurides extolling the benefits of St John's Wort, as early as 1st century AD". 

"Instead of sedatives and anti-depressants, patients are being given a tub of herbs, pot plants or trays of vegetables to tend in the hope that caring for a living thing will help lift their spirits". 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/08/25/pot-plants-prescribed-help-alleviate-anxiety-depression-move/






The return to nature, liberating the love. 






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