Blood pressure-lowering effect of Shinrin-yoku (Forest bathing): A systematic review and meta-analysis

There is absolutely no reason your doctor and therapists can't get you into a natural area for all its attendant benefits. More research is available since your doctor won't do anything about this unless YOU call the president and demand that your doctors/therapists get up-to-date on research. Or is the president of the stroke hospital ok with all the incompetence displayed in their hospital? Is the president that incompetent that s/he doesn't realize all the incompetence out there in their hospital?
https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/medical-news-article/2017/08/24/forest-bathing-blood-pressure-pulse-rate/7345419/?

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Ideno Y, et al.

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This study entailed a scrutiny of the preventive or therapeutic effects of the Shinrin–yoku (Forest bathing) on blood pressure. Based on the findings, it was concluded that Shinrin–yoku exerted a prominent effect on the reduction of blood pressure.

Methods

• The medical literature analyzed and appraised.
• Data was cumulated from 4 electronic databases for the period before May 2016, with language restriction of English and Japanese.
• The review considered all published, randomized, controlled trials, cohort studies, and comparative studies that evaluated the effects of the forest environment on changes in systolic blood pressure.
• A subsequent meta-analysis was carried out.

Results

• 20 trials involving 732 candidates were examined.
• Systolic blood pressure of the forest environment appeared to be markedly lower than that of the non-forest environment.
• The diastolic blood pressure of the forest environment was was reported to be considerably lower than that of the non-forest environment.