Special Issue "2nd Edition: Evidence-Based Nature for Human Health"

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Choong Hwan Lee
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Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 143-701 Seoul, Korea
Interests: metabolomics; natural product chemistry
Prof. Dr. Sin-Ae Park
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Department of systems biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, South Korea Department of bio and healing convergence at graduate school, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea
Interests: horticultural therapy; urban agriculture; green care
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Dr. Chorong Song
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Department of Forest Resources, Kongju National University, Chungnam, Korea
Interests: forest; nature therapy; health promotion; physiological evaluation; individual difference
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. For modern people, it is not easy to stay healthy because of many reasons such as stress, environmental pollution, urbanization. Complementary and alternative medicine is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of the standard medical care. In particular, nature-based complementary and alternative medicine is necessary for maintaining homeostasis, which is the ability or tendency of an organism to maintain internal stability, compensating for environmental changes. In addition, nature-based complementary and alternative medicine improves or recovers health. Nature-based complementary and alternative medicine includes horticultural therapy, forest therapy, care farming, natural products with therapeutic effects, etc.

This Special Issue seeks papers about the health benefits of nature-based complementary and alternative medicine established by using scientific research methodology and evaluation. We also welcome high-quality systematic reviews or meta-analysis papers related to these matters. We would be very happy if this Special Issue serves as a trigger for considering more effective applications of nature-based complementary and alternative medicine in the future.

Prof. Dr. Choong Hwan Lee
Prof. Dr. Sin-Ae Park
Dr. Chorong Song
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Horticultural therapy
  • Therapeutic horticulture
  • Garden therapy
  • Forest therapy
  • Green care
  • Care farming
  • Nature-based intervention
  • Natural product
  • Preventive medicine
  • Rehabilitation
  • Complementary and alternative medicine

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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