我是James Wong 科学家兼园艺家 I'm James Wong. I'm a scientist and a gardener,
我希望能改变人们的植物观 and I want to make people think differently about plants.
自然配方并非新奇事物 Natural remedies are not some new hippy trend.
几千年来 世界各地的人们 They've been used for thousands of years
都曾对它加以利用 至今仍是如此 by people all over the world, and they still are.
我们的许多传统药物都是基于植物 They're the basis of so much of our conventional medicine.
本系列中 我将指导大家 In this series, I'm going to show you
装盆 修剪以及挑选最优质的植物 how to pot, prune and pick out the best plants
来制成简单而有创意的药方和美容秘方 to transform into simple but imaginative remedies and beauty treatments.
在掌握一些挑选和准备的诀窍后 With a little bit of know-how on what to pick and how to prepare it,
短短几分钟内就能制作出各式各样的良方 in just a couple of minutes you can create all sorts of remedies
来治疗日常生活中的小毛小病 for everyday minor complaints
这些配方即使出现在高档的spa会所和药房 That wouldn't be out of place
也绝不会显得格格不入 at a high-end spa or your chemist.
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BBC 私房药 第二季第六集 野生植物
上千年来 Plants have been the key
植物都是对付各种日常小病的关键药材 to treating many different ailments for millennia.
很遗憾 有些人丢弃了这方面的知识 But it's such a shame that some of us have lost that knowledge,
但这些植物的功效却始终如一 because these plants are just as useful now as they have ever been.
在本期节目中 我会制造一些处方 And in this programme, I'm going to be making remedies
用于治疗常见小病 for minor, everyday ailments from plants you can find
植物取材于最古老的药店 野外 in the oldest living pharmacy - out in the wild.
外出寻找野生植物的最大好处就是 The best thing about foraging for wild plants
能够好好享受大自然 is hanging out in places like this.
在野外采药时 When harvesting from the wild,
记得带上一本鉴别植物品种的指南书 take a guide book to identify the right species.
只要你没有闯入私人领地 And as long as you don't trespass,
采集野外植物并不犯法 you're not breaking the law by picking wild plants.
但是有几件事你需要紧记 There are just a couple of things to bear in mind.
只要不是采集珍稀品种 As long as you don't pick anything rare,
你别贪心地疯狂采摘 and you don't go absolutely crazy with the amount you take,
James Wang
把树或植物连根拔起 digging up roots and whole trees.
如果有些树上长满了浆果 If something's covered in berries,
绝对没有理由不让你带走一些 there's no reason why you can't take a few for yourself.
因为还会有很多剩给小鸟的 The birds will still have plenty.
人们经常会问 People often ask,
自然药物存在药效的证据在哪里 "Where's the proof that natural medicine works?"
许多植物没有经过临床试验 Well, many plants haven't been clinically tested,
但我们非常清楚它们所含的化学成分 but we do know a lot about the chemicals they contain
以及它们对人体的效用 and the effects they can have on the body.
有些植物 已被证明效果显著 And for some of these, the evidence they work is really very strong.
药方生效与否受到很多因素的影响 Loads of factors can influence whether a remedy works or not.
在开始种植前 你得明白你种的是什么 Before you start growing, you need to know what you're picking,
如何使用它们 以及你是否对其过敏 how to use it, and whether you're allergic.
一旦弄清楚这些 就付诸行动吧 Once you've got that, get on out there and do it.
本期节目中 In this programme,
我将会指导你用海藻制作完美的磨砂膏 I'm going to show you how to make a gorgeous body scrub from seaweed...
我闻到的就只有鱼腥味 太难闻了 All I can smell is fish, and it's horrible.
没错 Yeah, yeah.
用无刺荨麻茶来治疗花粉热 Tackle hay fever with a sting-free nettle tea,
用小米草来缓解眼睛疲劳 use eyebright to soothe tired eyes,
制作接骨木酱来缓解感冒症状 and whip up an elderberry jam to soothe cold and flu symptoms.
还会请来一些志愿者进行试用 And members of the public will be trying them out.
没错 跟我想象的一样 Oh, yes. Exactly how I imagined it to be.
臭袜子的味道 Sweaty socks.
这些并不是临床试验 They're not clinical trials,
各种各样的因素影响着结果 and various factors can influence results,
但我希望我的天然处方 but I hope my natural remedies
能帮助大家缓解病症 can ease the symptoms of those in need of help.
感觉我的眼睛一下子... That feels as if my eyes have gone...mmm.
英国夏天的天气总有点变化无常 British summers aren't usually that reliable,
尤其是你在享受烧烤野餐时 especially when you whip out the barbecue.
不过野外花粉浓度总是很高 But one thing you can guarantee is high pollen.
这就意味着 对1500万花粉热患者来说 And that means, for 15 million hay fever sufferers,
夏天这几个月会让人痛不欲生 that the summer months can be really miserable.
无疑这群患者已受够了这种过敏症状 And these guys have definitely had enough of this annoying allergy.
每天早晨的第一件事是 当我要起床时 First thing of a morning, I tend to wake up,
Mike
我要花上约十分钟的时间来打喷嚏 I'll probably have a sneezing fit for about ten minutes.
我感觉像一只受伤的动物 I feel like a wounded animal.
我只是想蜷缩起来 睡上一觉 I just want to curl up, go to sleep and,
期待着醒来时病症会消失 hopefully, wake up and it's all gone away.
就好像你整天都在重感冒 You just feel like you've got a cold all the time all day long.
Tracy
当我不能用鼻子呼吸的时候 It just makes my life hell
就像生活在地狱 when I can't breathe through my nose.
我脸上的鼻子又不是全球最小的一个 It's not the smallest nose on the face of the Earth!
有时也会因为你常常地打喷嚏 And sometimes when you're sneezing, as well, so much,
人们明显地不想靠近你 people don't obviously want to be around you.
我想不想尝试一下植物疗法 Do I like the idea of trying a plant-based remedy? Um...
我对它的信心不是很大 It doesn't fill me with a great deal of confidence.
我打算迎难而上对付他们的花粉热症 I'm going to tackle their hay fever head on,
使用一种大多数人讨厌的植物 using a wild plant that most people hate.
它可能是一种常见的杂草 It may be a common weed,
但这个讨厌鬼有着几百年的传统药用价值 but this pest has centuries of traditional medicinal use -
这就是臭名昭著的带刺荨麻 the notorious stinging nettle.
荨麻是具有多种药用价值的植物之一 Nettles are one of those plants that has an incredibly long list of uses.
可能治愈从花粉热到前列腺不适等各种疾病 Everything from hay fever to even prostate conditions.
罗马人对这种植物的评价很高 The Romans thought so highly of them
他们用荨麻鞭打自己 they flogged themselves with nettles
让他们的血液能在寒冬里正常流动 to get their blood flowing during freezing winters.
但对我的花粉热处方来说 But for my hay fever remedy,
我会采取柔和一点的方式 把它们做成茶 I'm taking the gentler approach by turning them into a tea instead.
如果你幸运地发现你的花园生长着荨麻 If you're lucky enough to get nettles growing in your back garden,
别挖走或丢弃它们 don't dig them up or get rid of them.
你可以好好利用它们 You can genuinely use them
用作食材或者药材 as an edible crop or as a medicinal one.
它们最大的益处 And the best thing about them,
就是富含维他命和矿物质 they're absolutely packed with vitamins and minerals,
还包含40%的蛋白质 and contain, like, 40% protein,
这比我能想到的任何绿色蔬菜都高 which is more than any other green vegetable I can even think of.
我已经采集到许多了 还没有被刺到过 I've done quite a lot of harvesting. I haven't been stung yet.
但这不是我有什么特殊的技巧 But I don't think it's any particular skill.
只是小心不要太靠近它而已 Just wimpiness of not wanting to get too close to them!
荨麻含有黄酮 Nettles contain flavonoids
它能够抗过敏 防发炎 which are anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory.
我要用荨麻做成一种茶来对抗花粉热症 I'm making a tea from the nettles to help fight hay fever,
这些黄酮会缓解气管的发炎症状 and these flavonoids will soothe and relax inflamed airways,
减轻发痒和红肿 reducing itching and inflammation.
现在我要用荨麻来制造花粉热茶 I'm going to make hay fever tea using nettles.
因为荨麻是昆虫的绝佳栖息地 Because nettles are a fantastic habitat for insects,
当你采集它们的时候 when you pick them
上面布满了爬虫 所以要认真清洗 they're covered in creepy-crawlies, so give them a great wash.
像我一样常和荨麻打交道的人 People who work with nettles often, like me,
被它的刺钉到的次数出奇地少 surprisingly don't get stung much.
但是为了荨麻 疼痛也是值得的 But nettles are worth the pain
如果它们真有办法降低花粉热症状的话 if they might go some way to reducing the symptoms of hay fever.
我常常觉得切碎荨麻是非常痛快的事 I always find chopping nettles incredibly therapeutic.
像大屠杀一样切碎它们 The carnage of chopping them up really feels like
就像在为小时候被刺到报仇一样 you're getting revenge for getting stung by them as a kid.
它们确实有一样新鲜的 凉快的味道 They do have a really modern and cool flavour...
像豆瓣菜和芝麻菜的味道 something like watercress and rocket.
但是它们是免费的 But of course they're free,
还富含更多的维生素和矿物质 and have loads more vitamins and minerals.
你也许会认为 喝荨麻茶 Now you'd think that drinking nettle tea
得配上安全须知 would have to come with a safety warning,
其实把它们切碎或煮熟以后 刺就不见了 but once you cook them or chop them up, the sting disappears.
你可以看到 我现在抓它们 You can see, if I touch them now,
已经基本没有刺了 most of the sting has gone.
如果不太幸运 还是偶然会被刺到 If you're unlucky you occasionally get a little bit,
但绝不会像我徒手采摘时那样 but you'd never catch me picking those ones up with my bare hands.
只需小量荨麻 半杯就好 You only need a small amount - just half a cup.
但如果你做不了保鲜工作 But if you can't get hold of fresh,
也可用干荨麻 药草店有售 dried nettles are fine, which you can buy from herbal suppliers.
我还要加入另一种缓解发炎症状的配料 I'm also adding another soothing ingredient -
两茶匙的干甘菊 two teaspoons of dried camomile.
喝茶时闻到的甘菊精油蒸气 The vapours that go up your nose from the camomile essential oil
可以缓解鼻腔的炎症 can help reduce the inflammation you get in your nasal passages.
用开水泡上5分钟 Leave to steep in boiling water for a good five minutes,
最后加上一茶匙美味的蜂蜜使它变甜 and finally add a teaspoon of delicious honey to sweeten it.
荨麻茶就完成了 Then you're done.
它的味道清新 甘甜 纯净 It tastes sort of fresh, sweet, clean,
我知道你要说什么 反正没有刺 I guess you'd say. And no sting whatsoever.
在这种花粉热症的季节里 You should aim to drink three cups a day
你应该要一天喝上三杯 while the hay fever season lasts.
甚至在季节来临前 就开始喝它 And try it before the season even starts,
因为久而久之 它的药效会渐形于色 because the effects are thought to build up over time.
很有可能 你今后将不再受花粉热困扰 Then, hopefully, you'll be hay fever free,
可以和朋友一起享受夏日阳光了 and you'll be able to kick back and enjoy a spot of summer sun.
花粉热患者 Mike Hay fever sufferer Mike
并不太相信这种植物疗法 is not exactly a convert to herbal remedies.
没错 跟我想象的一样 Oh, yes. Exactly how I imagined it to be.
臭袜子的味道 Sweaty socks.
我不确定它的作用有多大 Not too sure about that.
Mike和Tracy一旦出现症状就喝茶 Mike and Tracy drank the tea whenever they experienced symptoms.
味道真不错 That is really good.
很好喝 Really nice.
很明显 这不是一个临床实验 Obviously, it wasn't a clinical trial,
但是这茶对花粉热有帮助吗 but did it help with their hay fever?
喝了茶 大概半个小时 When I tried the tea, about half an hour afterwards,
眼睛也睁得开了 鼻子也不难受了 my eyes stopped streaming, my nose stopped running
喉咙马上舒畅了许多 and my throat was soothed straight away.
不发痒了 It didn't feel so scratchy.
我不确定是不是天气的关系 I don't know if it's the weather,
还是心理作用 psychosomatic or what,
但是真的有效果 but there seems to have been an effect,
我没以前那么呼吸不畅了 in terms of I'm just not bunged up as much as I used to be.
我不能说它彻底让我呼吸畅通了 I won't say it unblocked my nose completely,
因为并未完全疏通 because it doesn't unblock it completely,
但是我的口腔上颚的确不痒了 but it certainly stopped the itching in the back of my palate.
如果你能接受它的味道 它还是有用的 If you can get past the smell, it's helping,
于是我就捏着鼻子喝下去了 so, yeah, put a peg on my nose and just drink.
北爱尔兰 斯特兰福德湾
我来到北爱尔兰 I've come to Northern Ireland
来寻找一种世界现存最老的植物品种 in search of one of the world's oldest living plant species.
它用途广泛 It's been used in everything
从化妆品到牙膏 稠化剂 from cosmetics to toothpaste, thickening agents
甚至啤酒 它就是海藻 and even beer... seaweed.
它就像个粘稠的泡沫塑料纸 It's like slimy bubble wrap.
把它们挤爆 就会流出大量的粘液 All of this stuff pops and squeezes out loads of goo,
就是这种东西含有药用价值 and it's this stuff that has a medicinal value.
在爱尔兰共和国和北爱尔兰 There's a long history of seaweed been harvesting
收割海藻已经有很长的历史了 in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
在过去的15年里 Gus和他的家人 For the last 15 years, Gus and his family have been hand-picking
在邓恩郡海边徒手采摘这些野生植物 the wild plant around the coast of County Down,
把它们作为食物或护肤品原料出售 to sell commercially as food and skincare products.
这些被称为海上意大利面 This is called sea spaghetti.
我看得出来 I can see why.
你也看到 它很长很长 As you can see, it grows and it grows.
-你能把它当意大利面吃吗 -可以 - Can you eat it like spaghetti? - Yes.
-味道像意大利面吗 -不 不像 - Does it taste like pasta? - No, no, it doesn't.
我要用海藻制作奢华身体磨砂膏 I'm going to make a luxurious body scrub using seaweed,
第一种材料是大型褐藻 and the first ingredient is kelp.
就像很长的手指 Long fingers.
-它有着指状叶 -真长 - The digitata plant. - Look at that.
怎样从水里采摘 How do you get it out of the water?
我们直接从叶下摘断 We harvest it just below the leaf.
好的 捻一下 然后拉断 OK. Twist it and pull...
很简单嘛 OK. This is easy.
看来我可以换一个工作了 I see a change of career coming on.
大型褐藻富含多聚糖 Kelp is packed full of polysaccharides
它们能够保养滋润皮肤 which soothe and moisturise the skin,
在很多美容产品中 and this type of seaweed
都使用这种海藻作为原料 is commonly found in beauty products.
如果我是最早发现巨型褐藻的人之一 If I was one of the first people to have discovered kelp,
我决不会想到 这看起来很美味 I'd never think, "Mmm, that looks delicious!"
我还需要另一种海藻 I need one more type of seaweed,
谢天谢地我没有晕船 and thankfully I don't need my sea legs.
Gus 这太棒了 This is amazing, Gus.
简直是个海藻岛屿 It's like a whole island of seaweed.
就像一片开满野花的草地 It's kind of like a wild-flower meadow...
不过就是有点黏 but slightly slimier.
我还没听过有人把这叫做草地 I haven't heard it called a meadow before.
这种海藻叫做角叉菜 This sort of seaweed is called carrageen,
会让我制作的磨砂膏变成凝胶状 which will give my scrub a lovely gelatinous texture.
-人们是用这来制作凝胶的吗 -是的 - So this is the stuff they get the gel from? - Yes. That's...
你将其加热煮沸 就能得到凝胶 You boil it up and you get a jelly out of it
被称为角叉胶 and it's called carrageenan.
还能添加你喜欢的各种风味 You can add whatever flavours you want to it,
吃起来就像普通的果冻 and eat it like a normal jelly.
可加草莓 覆盆子 香草等等 Add strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, whatever.
闻起来没什么味道 It doesn't have any smell.
我还以为会有一种海腥味 I was expecting it to have a fishy...
有非常轻微的香气 Very little odour. Very little odour.
能这样直接吃吗 Can you eat it like this?
可以 不过我不建议 You can, but I don't recommend it.
你们不这样吃吗 You wouldn't do it?
-是的 -我知道为什么了 - We don't. - I can kind of see why.
味道不好吧 Exactly!
我要把海藻做成磨砂膏 I'm going to turn the seaweed into a body scrub,
同时也能用作土壤肥料 but you can also use it as a soil fertiliser.
但一定要确保清洗干净 Just make sure the seaweed's well rinsed,
海水中的盐分对植物不好 as sea salt is bad for the garden.
将其覆盖在土壤表面 Lay it on top as a mulch,
或加入你的堆肥中 or add it to your compost,
也能直接埋入土中 or even just dig it straight in.
用起来黏糊糊的 It may be slimy,
可绝对比粪肥好闻多了 but it doesn't smell nearly as bad as manure,
你种的植物将会变得很茂盛 and your plants will be really grateful.
在英国 The UK spends more per person
使用保健及美容产品的人均量 on health and beauty products
比其他的欧洲国家要多 than any other European country,
这位女士就忍不住要在这上面花钱 and this lady just can't stop splashing out.
一到逛美容产品的时候 I'm a bit of a shopaholic
我就变得像购物狂了 when it comes to buying beauty products.
Karen
大伙都知道 You know,
我一次就能花900英镑买这些产品 I have been known to go and spend 900 in one go.
早上起来 我第一件事就是用眼霜 My routine in the morning is eye cream
恢复眼睑处肌肉弹性 for lifting the eyelids up,
随着年龄增长 它们变得很松弛 cos they get a bit saggy when you get older,
接着用抗皱霜 抗老润肤霜 底霜 wrinkle cream, then ageing cream, then a base cream,
最后再用保湿液 真要费不少功夫 and then a moisturiser, so it is quite a long thing to do.
现在我被裁员了 Now that I've been made redundant,
必须削减开支 I am trying to cut the cost,
因为我在美容产品上花的钱实在是太多了 cos I was spending a hell of a lot of money on products,
绝对需要 and obviously looking for, like,
廉价的产品 credit-crunch products, basically.
我的海藻磨砂膏 Well, my seaweed body scrub
绝对是廉价易做的美容产品 is certainly a cheap-to-make beauty treat,
不知道能否满足Karen的高标准 but will it meet Karen's high standards?
我有些惊喜给你 I've got a little secret to show you.
看看这些原材料 Enter the raw ingredient
就用它们做成奢华磨砂膏 that's going to go into your luxurious scrub.
天哪 你是要我坐在这里面吗 Oh, my God! Are you going to ask me to sit in it?
这是巨型褐藻 它将是你要使用的原料 This is kelp. You've got to embrace the ingredients.
我只能闻到鱼腥味 真可怕 All I can smell is fish. It's horrible.
就像黏稠的 有鱼腥味的塑料制品 It's slimy, fish-scented PVC.
但对你的皮肤极有好处 But great for your skin.
说老实话 我无法想象这能做成磨砂膏 I can't imagine that being a body scrub, to be quite honest.
-闻起来很糟 但摸起来不错 -是的 - Smells awful but feels good... -Yeah.
我会稍微处理一下味道 and I'll deal with the smell in a bit.
-那好 -能消除味道的 - OK. - We'll get rid of that for you.
希望我的海藻身体磨砂膏 My seaweed body scrub will hopefully
能跻身Karen最爱的产品之列 take pride of place alongside Karen's favourite products.
不过现在 我觉得她对此还不太有信心 But right now, I'm not sure that she's convinced.
说到保湿 你看这 Talk about moisturising. Look at that...
-有黏糊糊的液体 -真恶心 - snotty, slimy stuff coming off. - That's disgusting!
他们在美容广告里可不这么说吧 They don't say that in beauty commercials, do they?
给你一把剪刀 Here you are. Those are scissors.
用剪刀把它们粗略地剪碎些 Stick them in, and just roughly chop them up.
我怕我会把我的指甲剪掉了 I'm scared I'm going to cut my nails off,
我昨天才修完它们 and I only had them done yesterday.
你其实不用这样做 Oh, there is another way you can do it.
这方法我喜欢 Oh. I like that.
你甚至都不用触摸到它们 You don't even have to touch it then.
再加入1.5公升水 Add one-and-a-half litres of water
煮沸半小时 and let it simmer away for about 30 minutes.
天哪 这颜色真可怕 God, the colour's horrible.
这个凝胶状的物质 Now, this gel-like substance here
对你的皮肤极有好处 is what's great for your skin.
能保湿 润肤效果极好 It helps retain moisture, and it's fantastically soothing.
看起来像浓汤 It looks like a thick soup.
我用搅拌机搅拌后就不会那么粘稠 I'll make it look less swampy by popping it in a blender.
好的 OK.
混合很均匀 Ah, that's all nicely blended up.
闻一下 Have a sniff of that.
鱼腥味还是很重 是吧 Ooh, yeah. It's still quite fishy, isn't it?
想让它更浓稠些 You want it much thicker,
就再低温加热几分钟 so reduce it on a low heat for a few more minutes,
加入三汤匙盐 then add three tablespoons of salt.
这能增加粗燥的质感 It's going to help give it that sort of scrubby texture,
而且盐使其易于保存 and also salt is an excellent preservative.
磨砂膏的质地需要相当粗糙 The texture needs to be pretty coarse,
所以我要加入另一种常用的矿物 so I'm throwing in another classic mineral.
我想你应该认识 I wonder if you recognise it.
你可能会认出来 You might just know it.
-像红糖 -不对 再猜 - Just looks like brown sugar. - Yeah, have a go.
是肉桂吗 Is it cinnamon?
不是 是一种海中的矿物 Ooh, it's a mineral from the sea.
-难道是沙子 -是的 - Oh, is it sand? - It's sand.
加三汤匙沙粒 搅拌均匀 Add three tablespoons of sand and stir it up.
像在壶里面做沙滩 Like having a beach in a pot, isn't it?
没错 It's a beach in a pot.
去死皮效果好 Great as an exfoliant.
当你走在沙滩上时 You know when you walk on the beach
它能帮助去除脚底部的死皮 it gets rid of rough skin on your feet.
等你冲洗好以后 死皮都去除干净了 After you're done, it's all gone.
磨砂膏的原理也一样 Well, it works in the same way.
大部分海藻味已去掉了 It's lost most of its seaweedy smell.
但为了更好闻 But just to be sure,
我再加15滴迷迭香精油 I'm adding 15 drops
让其芳香四溢 of rosemary essential oil to make it smell fantastic.
这种草药 It's also a herb traditionally used
也常被用来促进血液循环 to help improve circulation.
闻起来太棒了 It smells absolutely gorgeous.
从海腥味到这种味道 From what it was like before that fishy smell to this,
-闻起来让人舒心 -是的 - it's like...it just smells really calming and... - Yeah.
你就想把它涂满全身 感觉太奇妙了 You just want to put it all over your body. It's amazing.
既然你这么说了 Well, as you've said that,
不妨试试 把你手伸出来 here's the truth. Put your hand out.
试试 把它揉开 Give it a test. Rub it in.
之前我闻着它 It almost made me want to feel sick
感觉很恶心 when I smelled it before,
但现在闻起来绝对清新 but it's absolutely gorgeous now.
谁能想到这是煮过的沙子做成的 Who'd expect it from a boiled-up bit of beach?
是的 这简直太神奇了 I know. It's amazing.
这种磨砂膏去除死皮十分有效 This scrub is a really effective exfoliator,
一周用一次 so use it just once a week,
不要用在脸上 and don't use it on your face.
在冰箱里能保存六个月 It will keep for up to six months in the fridge.
先在一小块皮肤上涂抹 To check you're not allergic,
看自己是否过敏 rub a small amount on a patch of skin
如果24小时后都没有过敏反应 and if there's no irritation after 24 hours,
你就能放心使用了 you're good to go.
在使用了磨砂膏两次后 What was Karen's verdict
karen的评价如何 after using the scrub twice?
我还是挺挑剔的一个人 I was kind of a bit sceptical.
当你在海里游完泳后 When you go in the sea, you actually come out
你出来后就把身体洗干净了 and shower it all off
因为你不知道海水里有些什么 cos you don't know what's in there.
磨砂膏用在身上感觉太棒了 But the body scrub felt really amazing on my skin.
用后皮肤变得很柔软 It, you know, left it really soft.
唯一的缺点是 在我浴缸的底部 The only thing is, there was loads of sand
会积留大量沙粒 in the bottom of my shower,
花了我很长时间去清理 which took me ages to get rid of.
但是要说 使用起来感觉很棒 But you know, it was really nice to use.
*什么东西让我深深着迷* * Something's got a hold on me, yeah *
*那一定是爱情吧* * Oh, it must be love... *
野生植物除了异常美丽外 Wild plants can be much more than
还大有用处 just stunningly beautiful.
一些有药用价值 Some have medicinal benefits.
但你一定要确保你能正确地辨认物种 But you do need to make sure you identify the right plants,
因为一些是有毒的 because some are toxic.
就像这里的这种野花 Like this guy over here.
这是千里光 有毒的 This is ragwort. It's poisonous.
法律明文规定 Farmers are actually required by law
农夫们要控制它的数量 to control its numbers.
但就在它们后面 But just behind it,
有一种长得很相似的叫金丝桃的物种 you've got pretty much identical St John's wort,
有极大的药用价值 which is fantastically medicinal,
而且有着很长的使用历史 with a really long history of use,
对治疗抑郁 割伤和擦伤 and it's great at treating things like
都很有效 depression and cuts and grazes.
它们长得极像 而且也长在一起 They're almost identical, growing right next to each other.
没有比开满野花的田野更令人心旷神怡的了 Nothing beats looking at a field full of wild flowers.
但不仅如此 选一个光照良好的地方 But guess what. By choosing a sunny site,
你就能将这野花遍开的浪漫 you can bring a touch of wild-flower romance
带入你的花园里 into your own back garden.
我准备了一些盐和胡椒粉 I've got, in this little salt and pepper shaker here,
一堆各种各样的野花花籽 a whole collection of different wild-flower seeds,
将它们和一些沙混在一起 mixed together with some sand.
撒在裸露结实的土层上 And just in some bare, compacted earth,
十分简单 it's as easy as...that.
几周后 你就能看到幼苗 In a couple of weeks you'll have seedlings,
再过几个月 and in a few months or so a
一个长满各色野花的草坪就诞生了 beautiful wild-flower meadow filled with colour.
但如果你又想要极其绚烂的野花 But if you want the real Rolls-Royce
又怕麻烦的话 不妨试试这个 of wild-flower slackness, check it out.
由人预先种好野花的 It comes prefabricated -
可镶嵌草皮 panels, effectively, of wild-flower turf.
你真想要你的朋友 If you really want to
为你的花园生态水准而惊叹的话 impress your mates with your eco credentials,
不妨在网上购买 you can buy it off the internet,
只用稍作修剪 15分钟后 lop it down, and in 15 minutes,
野花草坪瞬间诞生 instant wild-flower meadow,
也没人看得出来 and no-one needs to know.
确保你能种出各种野花来 要适度浇水 To ensure you get lots of flowers, water the turf
但不要施肥 but don't fertilise it.
种好以后 每年除两次草 And once it's established, mow it twice a year,
早春一次 初秋一次 once in early spring and again in the early autumn.
我想要帮助缓解一种常见的不适 I want to help soothe a really common irritation.
我们之中有三百五十万人戴隐形眼镜 Three-and-a-half million of us wear contact lenses,
但有些人却为此付出了代价 but for some that comes at a price.
过去十二年Karen一直佩戴隐形眼镜 Karen has worn them for the last 12 years,
这让她的眼睛又累又痛 and they regularly make her eyes tired and sore.
眼睛很容易充血 They tend to get bloodshot,
在眼睑下部会发痒 they do get itchy around the bottom of the eyelids,
Karen
眼睛很干 and they just get very dry,
所以隐形眼镜会粘在眼睛上 so the contact lens sticks to my eye,
这很不舒服 and it's just very uncomfortable.
戴隐形眼镜时很多眼药水不能使用 Quite a few of the drops, you can't use them with contact lenses,
所以能选择的药水范围很小 so I'm very limited to which ones I can get.
我不知道这疗法是怎么样的 I have no idea what this remedy is.
我猜它应该是一些 I would have presumed it
眼药水之类的 但如果不是 would be drops in your eye, but if it isn't,
我会非常好奇它究竟是什么 是否有效 then I'll be very curious to see what it is and how it works.
我不准备制作眼药水 Well, I'm not making eye drops.
萨里 北部丘陵
我准备把一种常见的野花做成眼敷 I'm going to turn a common wild flower into an eye compress.
在野外采摘植物最棒的事情 But the great thing about foraging in the wild
是沿途会偶遇很多美食 is that the chances are you'll stumble across more treats along the way.
它们有药用价值和食用价值 There are medicinal and edible goodies,
像野生的草莓 在野外遍地都是 like these wild strawberries, growing all around you in the wild.
你得知道你摘的是什么 You just need to know exactly what you're picking,
所以务必带上一本好的指南书 so make sure you take a good guide book
或者与专家同行 or go with an expert.
我用来制作眼敷的植物 The plant I'm using in my eye compress
治疗眼睛感染 发炎 has been used for nearly 1,000 years
已有近千年的历史了 to treat eye infections and inflammation,
但这东西很小 不容易找到 but it's a tiny little thing, and rather hard to spot...
想想它对眼睛有好处 which is pretty ironic,
这似乎有点讽刺 considering it's meant to be good for your eyes.
这是光明草 又称小米草 It's eyebright, or Euphrasia officinalis.
你看它的花 很像眼睛 If you look at the flowers, they actually even look like an eye,
还有睫毛 with little eyelashes painted on.
人们根据外形 The idea that people discovered
发现植物的药用价值的说法 the uses of medicinal plants based on their shape
被很多科学家嗤之以鼻 is really some ridiculed by a lot of scientists,
但我觉得恰恰相反 but I think it's almost the other way round.
外形能帮助人们记住植物的用途 They're like memory aids to what a plant was used for,
你可能已经知道了 so you might already have known
小米草对眼睛有好处 that eyebright was useful for your eyes, previously,
然后又编了这个眼睛的故事来加深印象 and created the story of the eye to give you an idea,
因为毕竟野外不会有什么标记 cos you don't have little signs showing the way in the wild.
茶是一种非常好的天然良方 Teas are a great way to take natural remedies,
对眼痛的治疗也很有效 and my treatment for sore eyes is no exception.
不过这次茶不是用来喝的 Except this time it's not for drinking.
这些茶包是给眼睛准备的 These teabags are for your eyes.
我要用这些可爱的自制茶包 很奇妙 I'm using these nifty make-your-own teabags, which are fantastic,
特别是像我这样往里加茶叶时 particularly if you make loads of tea, like I do.
你可以往里放各种药草 You can use any herb in there.
我用的是烘干的小米草 I'm using dried eyebright,
你在药草店可以随时买到 which you can get all year round at herbal supply shops.
你也可以自己做 把小枝杈剪掉 You could make your own by snipping off the little branches
将它们放在烤板上 poping on a baking sheet
放入烤箱烘干冷却 几分钟就好 and living in a dry and cool oven for a couple of minutes.
两茶匙的量足够了 Two teaspoons is plenty.
小米草含有丹宁酸 是一种收敛剂 Eyebright contains tannins which are astringent,
收敛剂的效用很奇妙 and astringent substances fantastic,
它们能让组织更结实紧绷 because they help tone and tighten tissues,
对肿胀的眼睛很有效果 which makes them great for swollen and puffy eyes.
另一种含有丹宁酸的东西就是茶 The other thing that contains tannins is tea,
就是普通的茶 just regular builder's tea.
两茶匙的茶叶 Two teaspoons of tea,
不管你相信与否 足够了 and believe it or not, that's your lot.
折好 放入茶杯 Fold it over, pop it in your teacup,
现在还需一些开水 and all we need is some hot water.
将滚烫的茶包放在眼睛上是不可取的 Scalding-hot water on your eyes isn't recommended,
让它冷却半小时 so leave to cool for half an hour,
或是等到它不烫手 or just until it feels lukewarm to the touch.
将茶包拿出茶杯 Pop it out of the cup.
用点力挤出多余的水份 Give it a bit of a squeeze to get the excess liquid off.
你不会想弄得满脸都是茶水的 You don't want it running down your face.
之后就可使用了 And there you have it.
当你眼睛需要护理时 Just pop these teabags on
只要把茶包放上就行了 whenever your eyes could do with a bit of TLC.
刚好可以借此休息一会儿 And what better excuse to put your feet up?
一个茶包 出乎意料 A teabag. Not what I expected.
我只是担心万一 I'm just worried in case
我的眼睛或手指染上橘黄色 I get orange stains around my eyes or my fingers.
我的疗法对Karen是否有效 So was my remedy an eye-opener for Karen?
非常舒服 因为它很温暖 It's quite soothing, because it's quite warm,
但放茶包在眼睛上有点奇怪 but I do feel a bit strange with teabags on my eyes.
那种感觉 好像我的眼睛一下子... Oh, that feels, um...as if my eyes have sort of gone...mmm.
Karen又用了两次 有效果吗 Karen tried the bags twice more. So did they help?
你刚开始拿下来时 When you first take them off initially,
真的感觉眼睛变亮了 说真的 it makes your eyes feel really bright, and I mean that.
感觉真的很好 It's a really nice feeling.
但时间久了 一周时间 But long term, in the week,
就没什么效果了 是这样 I wouldn't say it has any positive feedback for it, really.
只是有点儿 如果你在当天使用 It's just sort of... If you do it and use it on that day,
大约有十五分钟的效果 之后就不明显了 it'll work for about 15 minutes and then it wears off.
显然 这不是一次临床试验 Obviously, this wasn't a clinical trial,
自然配方不一定对每个人都有用 and natural remedies work better for some people than others.
只有尝试了才知道适不适合你 But there's only one way to find out if they work for you.
现在有一种小病 Now, there's one ailment
每人每年至少会得六次 that's guaranteed to knock everyone for six at least once a year,
它就是可怕的流感 and that's the dreaded flu.
在夏末期间 灌木篱墙中满是浆果 But during late summer, hedgerows are crammed full of a berry
就像是雪中送炭一般 that could be a godsend in those dark winter months.
它是一种被称为全身是宝的药用植物 It's been described as a whole medicine chest in one plant.
接骨木浆果 绝妙无比的东西 Elderberries. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
它们有消炎作用且富含抗氧化剂 They're anti-inflammatory and packed with antioxidants.
感冒和流感通常在冬天爆发 Colds and flu tend to strike in the winter
而那时通常没有接骨木浆果可摘了 when typically, there are no elderberries to pick.
所以我准备做接骨木果酱 So I'm making an elderberry jam
保留下它们抗流感的成分 to preserve all their flu-fighting properties now
为即将到来的疾病做准备 in preparation for imminent lurgies.
药不一定是难吃的 There's no reason why medicine needs to taste miserable.
我不知道还有什么抗病毒的东西 I don't know any other antiviral
吃起来又粘又甜的 that tastes quite as sticky and sweet.
接骨木浆果富含花色素甙 Elderberries contain anthocyanins.
花色素甙能抵抗感冒和流感 These are antiviral against colds and flu.
我还加上了一味解充血药 桉叶 I'm also adding a decongestant - eucalyptus.
接骨木浆果中的花色素甙能消炎 The elderberries' anthocyanins reduce inflammation,
止咳润喉 soothing coughs and sore throats,
而桉叶能缓解鼻塞 减轻粘膜炎 while the eucalyptus unblocks the nose and loosens catarrh.
接骨木浆果用于治疗诸多疾病 Elderberries have been used for
已经有数百年的历史了 hundreds of years to treat a whole host of ailments,
但它们现在很流行用于 but they are most popularly used today
舒缓感冒和流感的症状 to soothe the symptoms of colds and flu.
我准备做抗病毒果酱 I'm going to make antiviral jam.
你肯定没听过谁把这两个词放在一起 I bet you've never heard those two words put together.
首先要把它们彻底洗干净 First thing you going to do is give them a really good wash.
称大概四百克重的接骨木浆果 Measure out about 400 grams of elderberries.
把它们放到一个盆里 I'm going to pop these into a pan,
加入另一种典型的英式水果 and add another quintessentially British ingredient -
布拉姆利苹果 the Bramley apple.
苹果中含有大量果胶可以作为胶凝剂 Apples contain high levels of pectin which will work as a gelling agent,
将果液凝成果酱 turning the fruity liquid into a jam.
别担心 等会我会进行过滤 Don't worried, I'll sieve all this out later.
你不会吃到籽的 You won't be chewing on seeds.
为了治疗感冒和流感 As this remedy is for colds and flu,
我要加上另一种抗菌剂和解充血药进去 I'm adding another antibacterial and decongestant into the mix -
桉树叶 eucalyptus leaves.
我觉得人们一直低估了桉树叶的烹饪价值 I think that eucalyptus is an underrated culinary herb.
新鲜叶子的味道 It doesn't taste mentholated
并不像薄荷脑或是伤风膏的味道 or like a chest rub when you use it fresh.
事实上它味甜且气浓 It's actually sort of sweet and tangy,
几乎就是黄油和草药的结合体 almost buttery and herbal at the same time.
试着用一用它吧 So got to use it.
我加入两只辣椒来提味 I'm throwing in two chillies to spike up the flavour.
我知道辣椒不是做果酱的传统原料 Now, I know chillies are not your typical WI jam-making ingredient,
但它的确很提味 but they do give it a wonderful lift,
还有药用价值 不会很辣的 medicinal value, and this is not going to blow your head off.
倒入大约四百毫升的水 Pour in about 400 millilitres of water.
看看它 Look at that!
加入酸橙汁来保持色泽 Add a twist of lime, which helps maintain its colour.
我要将这加热 I'm going to pop this on the heat
炖大约十五分钟时间 and let it simmer away for about 15 minutes.
美味的水果就会变粘稠 That should leave the fruit deliciously squishy.
不过你需要的只是汁水 所以过滤掉糊块 But all you want is the liquid, so sieve out all the mush.
看看这鲜红的颜色 Look at that intense colour.
就像是在看某部血腥恐怖片 Watching this is like some kind of botanical splatter film,
鲜红粘稠的血到处都是 with bright red, bloody gunge going everywhere.
将汁水倒入盆里 Back it goes into the pan.
你现在所要做的是加入一些糖 All you've got to do now is add some sugar -
大约五百克 about 500 grams.
重新加热大约三十分钟 Return that to the heat for 30 minutes,
文火慢煮直到汁水又粘又稠 simmering gently until it forms a sticky, jammy consistency.
半小时之后 After just about half an hour,
你将看到这难以置信的 you're left with this incredible,
凝胶状液体 jelly-like liquid.
就像沸腾冒泡的火山岩浆 It almost looks like boiling and bubbling lava.
好了 这还不够像果酱 And OK, it isn't quite jam yet,
第二步是让它冷却 它会变得更加粘稠 but the second this cools down, it will thicken even further
成为你能想到的最美味的果酱 and make the most incredible jam you can imagine.
果酱在冰箱里能保存三个月以上 The jam will store in the fridge for up to three months,
很不错的是 and the great thing is,
即使你没有患上感冒 这仍是美味的调料 even if you haven't got a cold, this is a delicious treat.
它是药 不是一般的美味 It's a medicine, not just something nice to eat,
所以你得加入一些真正的果酱 但 so you've got to add really quite a lot of jam, but...
说实话 我从没觉得这是个问题 看看 to be honest, I've never found that a problem. Oh, look at that!
尽情享受 So just tuck in
当你感觉快得感冒或流感时 and let those berries work their magic
就让这些果酱发挥它们的神奇吧 whenever you feel the onset of a cold or flu.
我的草本药方快速 简便且充满乐趣 My natural remedies are quick, easy and fun to make.
我只是植物学家 而不是医生 But I'm an ethno-botanist, not a doctor,
我不反对传统的药物 and I'm not against conventional drugs.
医生对于你病情的诊断很重要 A doctor's diagnosis of your condition is important
可以帮助你确定你是否适合这种疗法 to make sure you know the treatment is suitable for you.
若处于孕期或哺乳期或正服用其他药物 So if you're pregnant, breast-feeding or on medication,
事先咨询医生是非常重要的 it's really important that you check with your doctor beforehand.
想要得到节目中私房药的制作方法 You can find the recipes for my remedies,
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