• 건강소식
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.32-33
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• 2010

최근 유명 오락프로그램에서 지리산 둘레길이 소개되면서 등산이 아닌 트레킹에 대한 관심이 커졌다. 트레킹이란 그리 거창하지 않다. 지리산 둘레길을 따라 걷는 것도 하나의 트레킹이다. 삼림욕장의 산책길을 걷는 것도 트레킹이다. 늦가을 절정에 다다른 단풍을 즐기면서 삼림욕도 함께하는 트레킹을 떠나보는 것은 어떨까? 둘레길, 삼림욕장, 트레킹 코스, 어느 곳을 찾든 가을정취를 흠뻑 느낄 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.65 no.1
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• pp.31-42
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• 1984

This study contains the scientific justification of the forest aromatic bath(F.A.B) in the stage of introduction and the general concepts using in the design of the forest aromatic bath ground, especially definition of F.A.B, basic activities and facilities, carrying capacity and criteria deserving much consideration in designing of it. Terpene, the origin of F.A.B appearance, is made clear that it is efficacious in our physical health. The forest (coniferous one) mainly exhales terpene about noon and morning and seasonally spring and summer time. The most influential factor to exhale terpene is the climate one-wind, temperature, sunlight, humidity. Forest canopy and leaves are related to the concentration of terpene in the forest area. The basic activities for F.A.B are mostly static, and so are the facilities. The forest aromatic bath room(F.A.B.R) which a person must be given for F.A.B. is $169m^2$, 59 persons per ha. This $169m^2$ is the carrying capacity of F.A.B. The sites of F.A.B.G. might better be located around the national and provincial park, mountain torrent, hot spring zone and the waterfronts. Meanwhile, forest management in F.A.B.G should be enforce in order to keep on constantly maintaining the exhalation quantity of terpene.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.89 no.5
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• pp.585-590
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• 2000

The studies were carried out to know shade tolerance of the plants for the urban forest aromatic bath. The one to two year old potted seedlings were grown under the one of the five light conditions such as 100%, 50%, 30%, 10% and 2% of the full sun light intensities. Pinus densiflora S. et Z., P. sylvestriformis (Takenouchi) Chien., Thymus quinquecastatus Celak, Lonicera japonica Thunb, and Zingiber officinale Roscoe showed decreasing tendencies in height and root collar diameter growth, and dry mass production as the light intensity decreases. Exceptionally Thuja koraiensis Nakai showed the best growth in the 50% of full sun light intensity. Athyrium yokoscense (Fr. et Sab.) H. Christ showed better growth in the relative light intensity of 10 to 15% than in the in the relative light intensity of 25 to 30% in the bath green house.

• Journal of Naturopathy
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.39-46
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the subjects after visiting the Gyorae forest on the activity of the autonomic nervous system. Methods: Before and after the forest bath, it was measured using a ubiquitous machine. Results: After the bath there was no significant difference in the sympathetic nerve activity (LF) of the control group, but the difference was significant in the experimental group by increasing (p<.038), and in the variance analysis, there was a significant difference between the groups (p<.014), between pre-and post-bath (p<.026), and also between the groups and pre-and post-bath (p<.018). The changes in parasympathetic activity (HF) were not significant in both the control and experimental. In the LF/HF ratio, the experimental group was significantly increased, and in the analysis of variance, there was also significant difference between group and before and after bath (p<.04). Mean pulse rate in the experimental group was a significant increase after bath (p<.026). In the change of pulse standard deviation, the value of the control and the experimental groups by variance analysis was a significant difference between the groups (p<.014). There was no difference between the mean values of the control and the experimental groups in the change of mean heart rate deviation. Conclusions: The autonomic nervous systems were activated after Gyorae forest bathing, where may be useful place for healing.

• 공원문화
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• s.58
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• pp.66-70
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• 1993

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.88 no.4
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• pp.523-532
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• 1999

The studies were carried out to develop an urban forest aromatic bath in the idle space within city area for handicapped persons, patients and city workers, who having less chance to visit the natural forest aromatic bath. The environmental conditions were checked in the experimental double vinyl house where native and exotic aromatic woody and herbaceous plants were growing with minimum energy input in the periods of mid-winter and mid-summer. The growth and photoperiodic responses of the plants to the low and high temperatures were observed during winter and summer respectively. The most of herbaceous plants in the double vinyl house with the controlled minimum night temperature of $-2^{\circ}C$ had no winter injury but did not grow and started the growth in April. The exotic herbs such as Catnip faassen's(Nepeta x faassenia) and Lemon bergamot(Monarda citriodora) grew better in the longer photoperiodic conditions. The growth rates of Abies koreana, Thuja koraiensis and Pinus sylvestriformis in the early spring were affected mainly by the night minimum temperature and less affected by the photoperiodic conditions during winter. The native aromatic herbs such as Robdosia japonica, Molsa punctulata, Agastache rugosa and Codonopsis lanceolata showed stimulatory growth at the 16 hours day-length in case of the high temperature vinyl hose. The height and root collar diameter growth of pine seedlings were inhibited in maxim temperatures over $40^{\circ}C$ during summer.

• Journal of Naturopathy
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to statistically investigate the changes in mean differences of the vascular age types and index, heart beating, vessel elasticity, diastolic reserves contents measured by the fingertip plethysmogram before and after the subjects (49 people) visit the Gotjawal forest for two hours. While there is no significant change in the mean differences of vascular age types and index, heart beating, diastolic reserves contents in the control group before and after the visit, the differences in the test groups gets higher than the control group and shows a significant difference. Moreover, the variance analyses of the mean values of the contents shows a significant change after the visit. There is no significant change in the values of vessel elasticity changes between the groups after the visit, but the change of values is significant in the within group, and it is not significant between group by variance analysis. The differences of the heart beating was insignificant in the within group, but significant between group after the visit. In conclusion this study proves the effects of forest bathing, because the HRV index significantly improved after the bathing. Therefore the b-c-d-e/a ratio may be useful for evaluation of HRV.

• Journal of Naturopathy
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.51-62
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of stress and cumulative stress in 49 people and the changes of job stress, socio-psychological stress and anxiety relief levels by conducting a survey of 85 people after Gyorae forest bathing. Methods: The level of stress was measured using the uBioMacpa, and questionnaire was conducted to derive the data. Results: In the stress level after the forest bath, the control group showed no significant and the experimental group showed a significant decrease in the bathing (p<.043). In the cumulative stress change, the control group showed no significant difference after the bathing, but experimental group decreased significantly (p<.02), and in the variance analysis, there was a significant difference between the groups, and also between the group and the before and after tests (p<.002). In the questionnaire about job stress, there was no significant difference in physical environment and job demand. Overall, in the case of job stress, there was a significant decrease (p<.001). Job autonomy, relationship conflict, organizational unfairness, inadequate compensation, and workplace culture also had a significant decrease in stress (p<.001). The social psychological stress was significantly decreased after bathing (p<.001). The state anxiety decreased significantly (p<.001) after forest bathing. Conclusions: After the forest bathing in the Gyorae forest, the stress and anxiety are both reduced and significant, providing basic information that is very helpful as a natural healing place for stress relief.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.177-178
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• 2001

전지구적으로 볼 때, 삼림은 대기 중으로 유입되는 자연적 VOCs의 주요 배출원이다. 특히 우리나라의 경우에는 산림이 전 국토의 65%를 차지하여 자연적 VOCs의 주요 배출원일 것으로 추정된다. 자연적 VOCs는 산화과정에서 발생된 에어로졸입자 생성에 의한 blue haze 발생이나 광화학 반응으로 인한 오존생성을 발생시켜 대기질에 악영향을 미칠 수 있다. 그러나, 산림은 인간에서 삼림욕을 즐길 수 있도록 하는 등 최근에는 인간에게 좀 더 이로운 존재임이 과학적으로 입증되고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.29-38
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• 1991

As the suitable place of the forest bathing, Two places of the needle-leaf trees, which are located in the Oh-Saek mineral spring near place from the Sorak mountain, were selected. And then, Headspace gas trapping apparatus were setted in that two places and the aromatic components of the forest were adsorbed by Tenax-TA column for 24 hours. And Tenax-TA column were analyzed by the GC SE GC-MS. The analyzed components were found to contain up to between 70-80% of pollutants, which are Toluene, Methyl Chloride, Hexane, p-Xylene, Benzene, ... etc. On the other hand, the aromatic components of the forest, which give aromatheraphitical effectness, are as follow: alpha-Pinene, Limonene, 1, 8-Cin-eol, Benzaldehyde, . . . etc.