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Around the world, doctors are issuing 'green prescriptions' to restore health and well-being. — FilepicMore and more doctors are recommending that their patients spend time in contact with nature.In some countries, nature baths are even being prescribed by heath practitioners with, as for any medicine, a precise dosage .
Initiated by the British Columbia Parks Foundation and then rapidly deployed in other Canadian provinces, the idea is to provide patients with free admission tickets to visit the national parks of their region.Inspired by the famous forest baths that originated in Japan in the 1980s, these nature prescriptions draw on the many proven benefits of regular contact with nature, whether on physical, mental, cardiovascular or respiratory health.
The places in which nature baths are most often prescribed are forests and nature reserves , parks , small community or family gardens and botanical gardens .
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