- Flowers Can Be Therapeutic
- By: Rosie Flores
Besides the myriads of beautiful
things that flowers are known for, they are also have a therapeutic
effect on us. Flowers just make you feel good, and you like having
flowers around as much as possible. Flowers have the power to
lift your spirits.
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A thing of beauty is joy forever
and flowers surpass everything in beauty. A room full of aromatic
flowers makes you feel good and your stress seems to dissolve
in the wonderful scent of those flowers. Giving and receiving
flowers has a charm beyond compare. You just feel you're on cloud
nine with flowers around you.
Until now there was not any scientific
reason or research to prove that flowers could actually affect
your mood and make you happy. However now there is a scientific
backing to the claims about the flower power. The researchers
at Rutgers University after doing a 10-month study came to a
conclusion that there is a linkage between flowers and moods
and this research could prove to be the foundation stone of a
whole new paradigm in therapy. This has now led to emergence
of a new form of therapy- the flowers therapy.
The researchers have discovered
that there is an instant effect on a person's mood when you receive
flowers. You break into a smile involuntarily irrespective of
your age or your temperament. |
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Even those who were feeling low
and were in a depressed mood felt good almost immediately after
receiving a gift of flowers. No wonder, we have the tradition
to take flowers when we go to see someone in the hospital. Flowers
have a healing touch. They make people feel more optimistic and
look at the brighter side of life.
Science hasn't discovered anything
new. You've always known this about flowers from personal experience.
Science has only strengthened your opinion with solid proof.
Flowers make us happy and remove the tension making us more creative.
In return, the least you can do is take good care of them when
you receive them so that they'll last a long time.
How do you keep flowers fresh
and make them last? First, keep them in a cool spot, away from
direct sunlight and far from appliances like televisions and
computers that give off heat. Secondly, mix the flower food with
water exactly as the instructions say. Next, remove any leaves
below the waterline in your vase. Also, it's a good idea to re-cut
the stems of the flowers to help increase water uptake. Finally,
always remove any flowers or leaves when they die so that the
remaining flowers keep fresh and look great. |
