Effects of Short-Term Forest Bathing on Human Health in a Broad-Leaved Evergreen Forest in Zhejiang Province, China

Amsterdam

2012

317-324

Sonderdruck

12246S

202777

Twenty healthy male university students participated as subjects and were randomly divided into two groups of 10. One group was sent on a two-night trip to a broad-leaved evergreen forest, and the other was sent to a city area. Serum cytokine levels reflecting inflammatory and stress response, indicators reflecting oxidative stress, the distribution of leukocyte subsets, and plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) concentrations were measured before and after the experiment to evaluate the positive health effects of forest environments. A profile of mood states (POMS) evaluation was used to assess changes in mood states.Forest bathing; Oxidative stress; Inflammation; Endothelin-1; Cortisol levelBaden im Wald; Oxidativen Stress; Entzündung; Endothelin-1; Cortisolspiegel