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.
我并不否定传统药物 I'm not against conventional medicine.
事实上 超过半数的 In fact, up to 50% of the
世界最流行的药物 world's most popular pharmaceutical drugs
都是提取植物中的化学成分而制成的 are based on chemicals that first came from natural sources.
药物就像是植物元素的重组而已 It's almost just like a different kind of packaging.
本系列节目中 我会指导大家装盆 修剪 In this series, I'm going to show you how to pot, prune
以及挑选最优质的植物 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.
让你能独创私房药 Making your own natural remedies
治疗日常生活中的小毛小病 for all sorts of everyday minor complaints
简单 有趣 物美价廉 can be easy, fun, really cheap
并可能让你药到病除 and might just work for you.
再加些龙舌兰 I think with some tequila,
绝对可以调成一杯地道的鸡尾酒 that could make a pretty mean cocktail.
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BBC 私房药 第二季第三集 外来植物
我制作私房药已经好几年了 I've been making my own remedies from plants for years
我想证明这些真的非常有效 and I want to show you that they really can work.
自然配方并非新奇的玩意儿 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
都曾对它加以运用 至今仍是如此 by people all over the world and they still are.
我们许多传统药物都是基于植物 They're the basis of so much of our conventional medicine,
如今我们只是 it's really just that our
不知如何运用它们 culture's lost touch with how to use them.
我在马来西亚长大 那里到处都是外来植物 I grew up in Malaysia surrounded by exotic plants
它们不仅美观 that not only look beautiful
而且也可药用 but are used medicinally in everyday life,
最妙的地方在于 and the great thing is
许多植物并非要在热带才能存活 you don't have to live in the Tropics to grow them.
在英国它们也可以旺盛生长 Plenty of these plants will thrive right here in the UK.
在这座香蕉园中穿行 You would never think you were in the UK,
你一定想不到这是在英国吧 walking through this banana plantation,
如果你认为外来植物无法在英国种植 and if you think you can't grow exotic plants here,
那就看看这片绿茵吧 just have a look at this stuff.
康沃尔 哈里根失乐园
随着气候的变化 As our climate changes,
可供种植的植物越来越多 the range of exotic plants that you can grow is getting wide.
在伦敦市中心你能看到鳄梨树 All about central London you find things like avocados,
我甚至在户外见到过凤梨和葡萄柚 I've even seen pineapples and grapefruit, all growing outdoors.
可能你并不知道自己 You may already be growing
正在种植了外来植物 exotics without even realising it.
比如土豆 即马铃薯 Things like spuds, the common potato,
其实是来自秘鲁的雾林 actually comes from cloud forest in Peru.
大蒜来自阿富汗 Things like garlic actually comes from Afghanistan,
小麦则源于阿拉伯地带 wheat comes from the Arabian belt
却已在这片土地上扎根了数百 and yet it's been grown in this country for hundreds,
或是数千年 if not thousands of years.
这些植物来自全球各地 These plants come from all over the world,
那里的人们享用它们 where people have always had exciting edible
并且拿它们入药 and medicinal uses for them,
我们也可以像他们一样对植物大加利用 and we can use them in this country just like they do there.
在开始种植之前 Before you start,
你得明白你种的是什么 you need to know what you're picking,
怎么使用它们 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.
这一集中 In this programme,
我将演示如何种植外来植物 I'm gonna show you how to grow exotic plants
以及如何加以运用 and how to use them.
我将用绿茶制成能清新口气的漱口水 I'll be turning green tea into a breath-freshening mouthwash...
为你省下购买橄榄叶面膜的开销 Saving you money with an olive-leaf face mask...
利用芦荟减轻烧伤的痛楚 Easing painful burns with aloe vera...
看呐 Oh, look at that. Ah!
并用柠檬草防蚊虫 And keeping insects at bay with a lemongrass repellent.
许多植物没有经过临床试验 Many plants haven't been clinically tested,
但人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.
我会找些人来试试我的私房药 I'm going to be asking people to try my remedies.
虽然不是临床试验 These aren't clinical trials,
但这样我能了解 but I do want to see
私房药是否能缓解他们的症状 if they can ease their symptoms.
这挺合算的 It's quite a good bargain.
爽 真烈 Cool, it's very strong!
康沃尔 Tregothnan庄园
我正在寻找一种你可能认为只生长在 I'm kicking off with a plant that you'd think was more at home
亚洲或者非洲的植物 on exotic plantations in Asia or Africa.
这种植物在英国非常少见 It's one us Brits just can't get enough of,
所以我非常激动地发现 so I'm really excited to
它竟生长在英格兰西南部 find it growing here in southwest England.
这就是茶叶 It's tea.
这是首批来到英格兰的茶 So this is the first English tea.
墙后真是另一番景色 Wow, what a secret to have hidden behind that wall.
太棒了 This is awesome.
和我一样 Like me,
Jonathan Jones是一位真正的茶迷 Jonathan Jones is a real tea enthusiast
他已经在康沃尔种了12年茶 and he's been growing it in Cornwall for the last 12 years.
你怎么在这里种出茶来的 How do you get away with growing them here?
我的茶长得很慢 Well, slow-grown tea,
全天然的 naturally irrigated
只由可爱的雨滴和阳光浇灌而成 by lovely rain and sun like this,
6年才长一季 takes about six years.
如果侍养得当 But it is possible
你还可以在窗台上种茶呢 you can grow them on a windowsill if you look after them properly.
人们以为茶长在热带 People think they're tropical
其实它们生长在高海拔地带 but it's high-altitude.
没错 所以我尽量仿造高海拔的地理条件 That's right, so you've got to try and recreate those conditions,
温和潮湿 毫不干燥 nice and damp but not dried out.
终于有喜爱 Finally find something
凄凉 阴冷 潮湿夏季的植物了 that likes miserable, cold, wet summers -
茶真是好东西 perfect crop to grow.
1940年 丘吉尔也曾 But, you know, Churchill
尝试在英国种茶 wanted tea to be grown in the UK in the 1940s.
我不知道 真不知道 I did not know that, I did not know that.
它们发现要用6年 They realised it would take
才能收获一次茶叶 about six years to actually produce any tea.
是因为二战他们得不到茶叶才种的吗 Was that because of the war and they couldn't get hold of it?
因为他们知道没了茶叶赢不了 They knew they wouldn't win the war without tea!
它是好东西 It's good stuff.
-你采茶的手法不对 James -是吗 - By the way, you're not plucking that properly, James. - Really?
恩 你是用指甲采的 No, no. You're using your nails.
-你得一下子摘下叶子 -这样啊 好的 - You've got to snap them off. - Really? OK.
采有两片叶子一颗叶芽的枝头 Go for two leaves and a bud.
采到啦 There we are.
茶有许多种 包括红茶 Many different teas, including black,
绿茶和白茶 都是来自同一植物 green and white tea, all come from the same plant,
山茶树 camellia sinensis.
只是加工方法不同 It's the processing that's different
我想学学怎么制茶 and I want to learn how it's done.
这么多茶叶应该够了吧 I think that's a respectable amount.
这些茶叶够冲两壶茶了吧 You'll get a good couple of pots of that just from this picking.
够了 实际上 Oh, easy, and the fact is, if you
每一平方米地可以种出 work out per square metre of ground, what's more fun,
四颗花椰菜或四杯茶 four cauliflowers or four cups of tea?
而且一株茶树比你在英国夏天 And I'll tell you what, you'll get more use out of a tea bush
架起的烤肉架有用多了 than you would your barbeque in the British summer.
如果能泡上20壶茶 If you get 20 pots of tea,
可比一个湿漉漉的烤肉架有意思得多 that's far more exciting than your one wet barbeque.
如果你想开始你的小型茶庄 And if you want to start your own mini tea plantation,
可在网上买到茶树 you can buy the bushes online.
而且不需任何特殊的工具 And you don't need any fancy equipment
就可以把这些叶子变成你自制的琼浆玉液 to turn these leaves into your own home-grown brew.
-你摘够了吧 -对 - You've plucked your leaf. - Yes.
你现在只需将它们铺开 So now if you spread them out on here
在今天这种暖暖的阳光下 for a few hours in the warm sun on a day like this,
它们自会干枯脱水 they'll wither and they'll wilt.
它们在这儿蒸发掉水分后会变软 So let them lose some of their water content and go a bit limp.
接下来捧起他们 The next stage is to pick them up
用双手揉搓 and roll them between your hands.
这是正宗的制茶工艺 This is authentic or orthodox tea production.
-一整把揉吗 -不 别太多 - A whole big bunch of them? - Not too many, no.
够了 稍微揉一会儿 That's plenty, and you roll them for a while
你能感觉到它们稍许有些碎了 until you start to feel them slightly break up
接着多晒几个小时或更长时间 and if you leave them for a couple more hours, maybe a bit longer,
他们就会变黄了 and they'll start to turn brown,
接着放到烤箱里去 then you just put in the oven
烘一个半小时到两小时 for about an hour and a half, two hours,
用80到90度的火 烘完就做好了 at about 80 to 90 degrees and you've got green tea.
采茶 晒茶 小搓一下茶叶 Pick it, wilt it, roll it up a little bit,
放几小时 用烤箱烘干 leave it for a couple of hours, dry it out in an oven.
茶叶就做好了 And you'll get tea.
这还不容易 我也能做 That's not that hard. I can do that.
你能教教我行家是怎么品茶的吗 Are you going to show me how to drink like a real tea master?
那就如你所愿 Oh, I can do if you like.
先啜饮一些 Right, you slurp it.
对 Right!
挺复杂的味道 Very sophisticated.
就绿茶而言 意外地甜 That's surprisingly sweet for a green tea.
这正好 我得向你坦白件事 This is pretty appropriate. I've got something to confess to you.
我不打算用这个泡茶 I'm not going to use this to make tea,
-我准备用它做漱口水 -天 - I'm going to make a mouthwash out of it. - My word.
它富含多氟化物 可以杀菌 It's full of fluoride, it's anti-bacterial,
可以消炎 it's anti-inflammatory,
不管是口臭还是牙菌斑 它都能治 it will work on everything from bad breath to sorting out plaque
当然也可以喝 and, you know, you can drink it, too.
绿茶中含有氟化物及茶多酚 Green tea contains fluoride and polyphenols,
可以杀菌消炎 which are anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory.
氟化物能强健牙齿 Fluoride helps strengthen teeth,
茶多酚则能消除炎症 while polyphenols fight infection
并防止引发口臭的细菌再生 and keep the bacteria responsible for bad breath at bay.
许多西方人 A lot of people in the west
只把茶叶当成饮料 just think about tea as a relaxing drink,
但在中国 but in China it's been
茶文化 以茶治病已有5000年的历史 central to culture and medicine for 5,000 years.
人们用它治疗 It's been used in everything from
喉咙痛 宿醉甚至口臭 treating sore throats to hangovers and even bad breath.
在一个密封罐中放入5茶勺绿茶叶 Put five teaspoons of green tea leaves into an airtight jar.
漱口水能带给你宜人 甜美的芬芳 You'd expect a mouthwash to have a pleasant, sweet flavour,
但不能加糖 因为那和我们的目的背道而驰 but you can't add sugar, because that defeats the purpose,
但幸好有一种天然的高纯度甜味剂 but fortunately there exists a natural high-intensity sweetener
其中绝无糖分 that contains absolutely no sugar.
就是天然甘草枝 They are the original liquorice sticks.
甘草也能减少菌斑 Liquorice also helps reduce plaque,
所以用于漱口水再好不过了 so it's perfect for my mouthwash.
只需削两根甘草枝就行了 You just need the shavings of two whole sticks.
你当然不希望漱口水中有枝条或叶子渣 You wouldn't want to gargle with bits of twig and leaf,
所以我要加一些溶剂 so I'm going to add a solvent into this
这是我最常用的溶剂 伏特加 and it's one I use an awful lot, vodka,
不是因为我特别爱喝伏特加 and it's not because I particularly like vodka,
而是因为酒精能够提出草药中的化学成分 it's that alcohol that extracts the chemicals out of the herbs
而且非常简单易行 in a form that's so much easier to take.
加上足够浸没茶叶和甘草的伏特加 Add just enough vodka to cover the tea and the liquorice,
大概200毫升 about 200 millilitres,
放在阴暗处浸泡 and put it in a dark place to steep.
几周后 After a couple of weeks,
它就成了酒精浸剂 或者说酊剂 you'll have an alcohol infusion, or a tincture.
草药中的有效成分已被完全浸出来 These herbs have given up all they've got to give
所以现在你只需过滤它们 so what you need to do now is filter them out
好东西就在你手中了 to get your hands on the good stuff.
这瓶酊剂非常烈 This tincture is pretty strong, so
所以用200毫升煮好的绿茶来稀释 dilute it with 200 millilitres of freshly brewed green tea.
滴入8滴柠檬精油 And for a classic flavour combination,
经典香味组合便呼之欲出了 pop in eight drops of lemon essential oil.
最后加入一茶勺甘油 Finishing it off with a teaspoon of glycerine,
它能使液体爽滑 易于漱口 which helps the liquid spread around your mouth.
味道对了 I think I've got that about right.
它干净 清新 散着柠檬香 It's clean, fresh, lemony,
满足所有你对漱口水的期望 all the kind of things you'd want from a mouthwash.
没有灼烧或是化学制剂的口感 It's not burning or chemical tasting,
所以我认为它比商店里买的好多了 so in my opinion way better than anything you get in the shops.
现在只需要装瓶就成了 And all you've got to do now is bottle it up.
这瓶漱口水放冰箱可以保质6个月 This mouthwash will keep for six months in the fridge.
它酒精纯度很高 It's pretty alcoholic, though,
所以只是给你漱口的 而不是吞下去的 so remember it's made for swilling, not swallowing.
Steve和Paul每天早晚 Steve and Paul have used regular
都用商店买来的漱口水 over the counter mouthwashes
已经用了20年了 morning and night for the past 20 years.
我想告诉他们想要去除口臭 I want to show them that you don't need
不需化学合成物 synthetic chemicals
或颜色奇特的色素 or fancy colouring for a remedy to work.
显然 这并非临床试验 Obviously, it's not a clinical trial,
他们会不会换掉那些品牌产品 but will they swap their brand of products
转而用我百分百纯天然的茶叶制剂呢 for my 100% natural green tea alternative?
我的天 Oh, my goodness.
颜色和我想象的不同 Well, the colour is not what I was expecting.
像一瓶泥水 Looks a like muddy water and
我不太想把这个喝到嘴里 I'm not thinking I want to put that in my mouth.
不入虎穴焉得虎子 Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
爽 真烈 Cool, it's very strong.
从味道 清爽感及用后的效果来说 In terms of taste and freshness and feeling clean,
我非常惊喜 I'm pleasantly surprised.
第一印象看来不错 First impressions seem positive,
但一周之后 他们又作何评价呢 but after using it for a week, what was their verdict?
我真心推荐它 I'd totally recommend it.
它真的让人充满自信 口气清新 It really does boost your confidence and makes your breath fresh.
我会用完这瓶 并且会接着用的 I will finish the bottle off and I would try it again.
如果看到含有这些成份的漱口水 If I saw one with those ingredients,
我会换牌子的 I would switch.
我不是说自然配方 I'm not saying that natural remedies
比传统药物要好 are better than conventional drugs
许多因素会影响自然配方的效用 and many factors can influence results,
但他们能满意实在太好了 but it's great that these guys are pleased with the results.
我的私房药不仅可以药用 My remedies don't just have medicinal benefits.
植物也能用来化妆美容 Plants can be used in cosmetics and
而且制作起来非常有趣 beauty treats that are fun to make
也能为你省钱 and could save you money.
那对编舞者Elena可是个好消息 That's good news for choreographer Elena.
她竭尽心智想要变美 散尽千金 She strives to look good and it all comes at a price.
当你参加试演的时候 When you go for an audition,
你总希望保持美好的形象 you're kind of expected to look a certain way,
所以你必须化个妆 做个头发 so you have to like put the make up on, do the hair.
就像我日记中所写 Like, in my diary I have,
面膜 眉毛 指甲 "Facemask, eyebrows and nails."
对 我有美容时间表 So yes, I have a schedule.
一张面膜大约 The average facemask usually
两英镑或三英镑 但我一般会买十张 costs me maybe 2 or 3 pounds, but I'll buy 10.
我希望能做那种 I'd like to make something
我非常清楚原料是什么的面膜 and know exactly what's in it,
而不希望看着包装袋背面 rather than looking at the back of a packet and
却仍云里雾里的 not understanding half of it.
我会告诉Elena怎样用一棵 I'm going to show Elena how to make her own facemask
她可能在地中海旅行时见过的树来制作面膜 using a tree that you may have seen on your Mediterranean holidays
但其实这树在英国大部分地区都能繁荣生长 but will actually grow surprisingly well in many parts of the UK.
你知道这是什么树吗 Do you know what this tree is?
你可能在一盘西班牙餐前小吃中见过它 You might, might just recognise that from a plate of tapas.
我不知道 是不是刺山柑 It's going to be wrong, but is it a caper?
是一颗未熟的绿橄榄 It's an immature green olive.
-真的 -这是棵橄榄树 - Really? - It's an olive tree.
但我们将要用的是它的叶子 The bit that we're going to use, however, are the leaves.
你想要小的还是大的 Do you want the small ones or the big ones?
-越大越好 -你要大妈妈叶 - The bigger the better. - You want the big mommas?
没错 没错 我喜欢这个园艺术语 Exactly, exactly, I like that horticultural term.
-你也算入行了 -大妈妈叶 - You're getting in on it. - The big mommas.
很多人认为在英国种橄榄树 Plenty of people think growing an olive tree
一定不可能成功 in the UK must be an impossible feat,
但其实它源于又干又尘土飞扬的地中海气候 but it comes from a really dry, dusty Mediterranean climate...
而我们想在潮湿较冷的英国气候中种植 and we're trying to get away with them in a wet, quite cold UK climate.
所以妙处在于 So the brilliant thing is,
它在这个国家吸收了超过其所需的水分 it waters way more than enough than it will ever need in this country,
所以你几乎从不需要... so you almost never...
-它维护成本很低 -对 - It's low maintenance. - Yes,
它们能蓬勃生长 you can get away with these things, I would say,
只要在泥里扎了根 就不需要浇水 with never watering them if they're in the ground, at least.
你一定会喜欢的 因为你有美容瘾 I think you'll like this, as you're a real beauty junkie.
我要做一些橄榄叶面膜 I'm going to make an olive leaf facemask.
好啊 OK.
你听着不相信嘛 You sound trepidacious.
我只是对它如何变成 I'm just curious about how that's
能放心敷上脸的面膜比较好奇 going to turn into a mask that's safe to put on my face.
那就给你看看吧 变给你看 Well, let me show you, let me show you.
橄榄叶富含抗氧化物 Olive leaves are packed full of antioxidants
经常被用于护肤产品中 and they're found in lots of high-end skincare products.
那这能延缓衰老吗 So would this help with anti-ageing?
唯一能防止衰老的方法基本上只有 Well, the only thing to stop you ageing, basically,
逆转时间了 would be to reverse time and
科学家们虽然聪明 但对这也没法子 scientists are good but not quite that good.
切碎一杯叶子 Chop up about a cup of leaves
帮助产生活性成分 to help you get at the active ingredient.
你只需要把它们装入一口平底锅 All you need to do is pop them in a saucepan,
-就和煮茶一样 -好 - just like making tea. - OK.
用两倍的开水浸没橄榄叶 Cover the olive leaves with twice the amount of boiling water.
你知道煮花椰菜时要捞出花椰菜吗 You know when you boil broccoli and you take out the broccoli?
看 鲜绿色 See, I'd call it emerald green,
虽然这么说有炒作的嫌疑 but I think that's just my biased marketing of it.
继续浸泡10分钟 You leave it in for 10 minutes and
它会变得更恶心 开始变成棕色 it looks even worse and it starts to go brown...
是吗 OK.
看起来像茶 不过对你的皮肤大有好处 and tea like, but it does amazing stuff for your skin.
用文火煨10分钟之后 After simmering gently for 10 minutes,
叶子的精华都已溶入汤中 the leaves have given all they've got to give
你获得了一锅泡出来的"汤" and you're left with an infused liquid.
哦 真难闻 Oh, that really stinks.
不过绝对是难闻中的好闻 诱人的难闻 But in a delicious, appealing way, of course.
我真想... I just want to go...
还没结束 还没结束呢 We're not done, we're not done.
我向你保证它会变得好闻的 I promise you this will smell good.
-好吧 -我保证 - OK. - I promise you.
-我们该赌一把 -我赌它还是很难闻 - We'll have to have a bet on it. - I'm keeping the faith.
再次将橄榄水加热10分钟使其浓缩 Pop the olive water back on the heat for 10 minutes to reduce.
我们的面膜基质是泥粉 The base for this mask is clay powder,
你可以在网上或是草药专售处买到 which you can buy online or from a specialist herbal supplier.
加入四汤匙泥粉 I'm using four tablespoons.
搅拌使其和橄榄水混匀 Just gradually mix in the olive water.
你对这个粘稠度满意吗 What do you think about that consistency?
-我能试试吗 -当然了 试试看 - May I dip in? - Yes, yes, go ahead.
-决断时刻 -有点暖暖的 - Moment of truth. - It's a bit warm.
说实话 它还不错 It's not bad, actually.
不管你要在皮肤上抹什么 Whatever you put on your skin,
你都会希望它气味芳香 you want it to smell good,
所以我们滴入15滴柠檬芳香精油 so we're adding 15 drops of lemon essential oil.
看仔细了 Check it out.
和你在商店里买的一摸一样 Exactly what you'd get in the shop and guess what?
其实就是泥巴 It's mud.
-我看着这东西 -怎样 - Now I'm looking at this... - Yeah?
我越来越强烈地感觉到 I'm starting to feel more and more ripped off
自己买那些护肤品是被敲了竹杠 with the products I spend money on
因为那些东西跟这个看起来根本一样嘛 because it pretty much looks exactly the same.
知道为什么吗 You know why?
因为实际上就是差不多一样 It's because it kind of is exactly the same.
我讨厌吐槽 I hate to rub it in.
我要给商家写信要求退货 Write in for a refund now.
-闻起来好多了 -没错 - That's better. - OK.
比护肤品更漂亮更新鲜 It's more zingy and fresh.
-绝对的 -没有那么多的添加成分 - Excellent. - Less vegetable gravy.
如果我把它装在一个漂亮的罐子里 If I put this in a fancy jar...
然后呢 Yes.
再标上 多少呢 20块 and put, how much would I say, like 20 quid?
-嗯 -然后放在一家昂贵的商店里 - Yes. - And put it in a fancy shop...
-嗯 -你会买吗 - Yes. - Would you pay it?
会 Yes.
-很幼稚吧 -啊 你又中招了 - It sounds really naive now. - Oh, you've been marketed.
我知道 我知道 I know, I know.
像这样的一小罐可以在冰箱中保存6个月 A small jar like this one will keep for six months in the fridge
每周使用一到两次 对皮肤益处多多 and it's great for using once or twice a week.
和其它护肤品一样 As with all my remedies,
你要先确认自己是否对其过敏 所以 you need to check you're not allergic, so
先取少量在一小块皮肤上试用 just try a small amount on a patch of skin
如果24小时后没有过敏迹象出现 and if there's no irritation after 24 hours,
你就可以放心使用了 you're good to go.
看起来真不错 This looks lovely
回到家 Back home,
Elena迫不及待的制作了自己的面膜 Elena was inspired to make the facemask herself
而制作面膜用的材料 and getting hold of the ingredients
比她想象中来得容易的多 was even easier than she'd realised.
我们家院子里就种了一颗橄榄树 We have an olive tree out in the garden
我注意到了这些叶子的形状 and then I noticed the leaves
然后我问我妈妈 这树有没可能是橄榄树呢 and I said to my mother, "Oh, by any chance, is this an olive tree?"
她回答我"就是橄榄树" She said, "Yes".
我可以用自家的树制作面膜 So I can make my own one.
她已经使用过三次自制面膜 She used it three times, so
那么它和那些昂贵的产品相比如何呢 how did it compare to my high street competition?
现在我的脸没以前那么干了 I'm not so dry on my cheeks now
我也拿给我的合租者尝试了 and I tried it on my flatmates as well
她发现用了之后她的下巴没有那么红了 and my flatmate noticed that her chin isn't so red,
不过我不知道是不是巧合 我不确定 but I don't know if that's a coincidence or not, I'm not sure.
你的皮肤看起来很嫩 就像补足了水 You look quite soft, like you've moisturised,
所以 它的性价比真的很高 so it's quite a good bargain.
听起来Elena已经改变了她的看法 Well, it looks like Elena's converted,
不过有一点很重要 but it's important to remember that
植物制化妆品的效果是因人而异的 plant-based remedies don't come with guarantees,
不过如果你喜欢便宜 天然的选择 but if you would like a cheap, natural alternative,
我推荐你试试我们的办法 I hope you'll give this a go.
外来植物能为你的花园增添一抹动人风景 Exotic plants can make a striking addition to your back garden
而且它们甚至比你想象中的还要容易养活 and they can be even easier to grow than you might think.
你只需要模拟它们的生长环境 You just need to mimic their natural habitat
给它们一个适宜的环境 to make them feel at home.
我要在这个槽里栽有药用价值的肉质植物 I'm going to plant up a medicinal trough with succulents
用的是普通的肥料混合一些砂岩 using regular compost mixed with a bit of grit.
我第一个要栽种的是芦荟 The first one I'm going to pop in is an aloe,
一种必不可少的药用植物 an indispensable medicinal plant.
芦荟的每片叶子中都含有胶状物 It has gel inside each of its leaves,
如果发生擦伤 烫伤之类的小意外 so things like cuts or grazes or burns,
你只需切开一片叶子将汁液涂于患处 you just break open a leaf and rub it on the spot.
只要没有冰冻天气 They'll be perfectly happy outdoors,
这些植物能在室外茁壮成长 as long as there's no frost,
所以四月到十月底 so April to late October,
一旦天气开始变冷 once it starts to get cold,
你就要将它们移到室内 you've got to bring them in.
每个人都知道芦荟这个名字 Everyone's heard of aloes
不过有件事人们可能不知道 but one thing that people probably don't know,
有一种非常普通的园林植物 there's an incredibly common garden plant
和芦荟的特性非常相似 that has really similar properties.
这是石莲花 又叫做观音莲 It's a houseleek, or sempervivum.
长久以来人们都用它的叶子对付伤口 It's traditionally been used in really similar ways.
这种植物可以耐受负20度的严寒 It goes right down to minus 20 degrees centigrade
所以你可以放心地把这家伙全年留在室外 so you can leave this guy outdoors all year,
不过今天真正的明星是这边这位 but the real star of this show is this guy over here,
极玫瑰 又叫做红景天 rose root, or rhodiola rosea,
在俄罗斯 这种植物一直被用来 and it's traditionally used in Russia
帮助人们渡过漫长的严冬 to basically get people through really long winters.
它被认为是能使人振奋的"十全大补丸" It's believed to be a general tonic that will perk you up but,
不过讽刺的是 事实上如果你很紧张 quite ironically, will actually calm you down
它能使你镇静下来 if you're feeling really nervous.
栽种好像这样一个药用植物槽 By planting up a trough like this,
意味着你已经拥有了一座 you've got a really modern architectural garden
可以美丽一整年的现代花园 that will look great all year round.
同时 你也可以从中得到一些私房药 You'll also get some medicine out of it as well.
你不需要频繁的给它们浇水 You don't need to water these much,
不过新栽的植物需要一点水扎根 but a little at the start will help them get established.
芦荟也是一种梦幻级的室内盆栽植物 Aloe vera also makes a fantastic houseplant and
我要用芦荟制作一种私房药 I'm going to turn it into a remedy
用来帮助缓和晒伤 to help soothe painful sunburn,
烫伤甚至是化学烧伤的痛楚 heat burns and even chemical burns.
我要把芦荟叶子里的汁液 I'm combining the gel from aloe vera leaves
和金盏花结合起来 with calendula flowers.
两者都具有抗炎和促进伤口愈合的特性 Both have anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties.
芦荟 金盏花 抗炎
敷在烫伤处时 芦荟汁中的水分蒸发 When applied to a burn, the water in the gel evaporates,
使患处皮肤温度下降 cooling down the area,
同时其中的活性成分缓解炎症反应 while the active ingredients soothe inflammation.
降低烫伤温度 缓和炎症反应
如果你只打算种植一种药用植物的话 If you're only going to grow one exotic medicinal plant,
芦荟将是你的不二选择 this has got to be it.
芦荟 植物中的动物 Aloe vera, a real botanical animal.
看看这些突起 就像是一头剑龙 Check it out, big spines like a stegosaurus.
叶片里蕴含着大量的胶状物 It produces huge amounts of gel,
一种具有药用价值的成分 which is the medicinally useful bit,
也是最终发挥药效的成分 and it's the ultimate express remedy
你所要做的就是 because all you've got to do is
取下一片芦荟叶 你的私房药就到手啦 pop off one of these leaves and you're ready to go.
从叶子被取下的那一刻开始 Oh. From the second you take it off,
这些神奇的胶状汁液就开始流淌 you've already got access to all this amazing gloopy gel.
一颗芦荟就是一座"胶液库" The whole thing is one big block of it.
这么多有药用价值的"胶液" With so many medicinal properties
全塞在这样一片方便易用的叶子中 all crammed into such an easy-to-use package,
你可能觉得已经是十全十美了 you think you couldn't improve on nature.
不过我还有办法让它变得更好 I think I've found a way.
取一片大的芦荟叶 将叶片的突起切去 Cut the spikes off a large leaf and
用刀子把叶片的表皮削去留下精华部分 run the knife down the side to get at the good stuff.
最后你会得到这样两块肥乎乎的"胶块" And you'll end up with a couple of fat fingers of gloopy gel.
看看这个 Look at that.
这是一大条粘糊糊的胶状物 It's a huge stick of slimy glue.
太棒了 How cool is that. Ah!
等你从狂喜中恢复后 Once you're back in control,
将芦荟胶切成几块 chop the aloe vera fingers into cubes.
其实我很乐意和这玩意玩一整天 As much as I'd like to play with this stuff all day,
不过我要把它放进搅拌器继续我们的制作 I'm going to pop it into a blender and get on with this recipe.
加入这些从花园摘来的美丽金盏花 I'm going to improve on the therapeutic powers of aloe
这么做可以增加芦荟的治疗效果 by adding in these beautiful calendula flowers from the garden.
金盏花不仅可以抗菌 也能抗炎 They're not only anti-bacterial, they're also anti-inflammatory.
将四朵金盏花的花瓣撕下 搅拌成糊状 Tear the petals off four flower heads and blitz until it's liquefied.
这就是我们的糊糊成品了 Now here's the twist...
现在我要把糊糊变成冰冻芦荟凝胶 I'm going to turn these into frozen aloe vera gel packs.
在每格冰格中滴入几滴薰衣草精油 Pop a couple of drops of lavender essential oil into each ice cube.
它会赋予这些"冰块"芳香的气味 This gives them a wonderful fragrance
同时也能舒缓炎症反应 and helps soothe inflammation.
薰衣草 金盏花和芦荟 With lavender, calendula and aloe,
你制作的私房药具有三重疗效 you're getting a triple whammy of therapeutic ingredients
对付烫伤 药到病除 that could help heal your burns.
冰冻意味着 Freezing the mixture means
你得到了一种即取即用的私房药 you've got a remedy to hand the minute you need it.
看看这些家伙们 我们的成果太完美了 Check these guys out. You couldn't ask for a better result.
它能立即给烫伤的皮肤降温 Instantly it takes the heat directly out of it
并敷上一层非常缓和的凝胶 and replaces it with a really soothing gel.
这绝对是烫伤的绝妙好药 This should be amazing on a burn.
这种私房药对小孩和"大孩子们"大有帮助 This remedy is a great one for kids and big kids too.
如果出现过敏现象 立即将凝胶冲净 Just wash off immediately if there's any irritation.
我们都热爱乡间风景 We all love the countryside,
不过它有它的弊端 but there is a down side.
美景总是虫子肆虐 It's often rife with biting bugs,
可怕的马蝇 讨厌的蚊蝇 from horrible horseflies to pesky midges and mozzies.
远足爱好者Jeanette Marke和John深受其害 Keen ramblers Jeanette, Mark and John know this only too well.
他们的定期远足常被害虫毁掉 Their regular outings are often plagued by pests.
我经常被咬 I tend to get bitten quite a lot.
蚊子似乎很喜欢我的血 The mosquitoes seem to like me.
虫咬不是病 被咬真要命 Getting bitten by insects, it's not a huge deal, but it's a bit annoying.
我的意思是 被咬后你会痒什么的 I mean, you get a bit itchy or whatever,
所以如果能避免的话 就很好 so if you can avoid it, it's good.
我用防虫的防晒霜 I use a sunscreen that has an insect repellent in,
不过不是总有效 but it's not always effective.
我还是照样被咬 Invariably, I do get bitten,
可能我需要更强效的东西 so maybe I need something stronger.
我必须承认 我对草药的效果有点怀疑 I must admit, I'm a bit of a sceptic for natural remedies,
不过我不介意尝试一下 有效当然最好 but try anything and if it works, great.
我希望能用小时候在马来西亚用过的 I'm hoping to help them with a tried and tested remedy
一种有效的药物帮助他们 from my childhood in Malaysia.
不过我发现我所需的植物原料 But I've discovered the plant I need
隐藏在康沃尔伊甸园工程的4900种植物中 hiding amongst the 4,900 species at the Eden project in Cornwall.
很棒吧 How cool is this?
在英国康沃尔移植了一片马兰西亚的土地 A bit of Malaysia cut and pasted in the middle of Cornwall.
柠檬草 姜黄这类的植物 Lemongrass, turmeric, and it's plants like these,
很美 生长得很有层次感 they look beautiful, they look architectural,
而且它们中的每一种都非常实用 but every single one of them will have a use.
你可能认不出我需要的那种植物 You may not recognise the plant I need for my remedy,
不过你可能已经在吃咖喱时品尝过了它 but you might have already tasted it in a curry...
柠檬草 lemongrass.
如果你有机会抓过这些叶片 If you've ever grabbed one of the leaves
甚至只是碰到了这些柠檬草 or even just brushed past lemongrass,
你会发现柠檬的芬芳萦绕在空气中 the fragrance of lemons just fills the air.
柠檬草的用途可不仅仅是制作泰式绿咖喱 Lemongrass is so much more than an ingredient in Thai green curry.
对它的使用遍布世界各处 It's been used all over the world
人们用它对付各种问题 for a whole host of medicinal reasons,
从波多黎各人用它预防蛀牙 from toothpaste/toothbrush combo in places like Puerto Rico,
到防杀蚊子 to killing and also repelling mosquitoes.
你所要做的只是将它擦在皮肤上 All you've got to do is rub it on your skin,
香精油从植物中流出 the essential oils come out of the plant
流到你的皮肤上让你闻起来像柠檬果子露 and onto your skin and you'll smell like lemon sherbet.
还能更好吗 What could be better?
我的柠檬草喷雾剂中含有一种香精油 My lemongrass spray contains an essential oil
这种香精油中有多种活性成分 which is a mixture of active ingredients,
包括柠檬醛和香茅醇 including citral and citronellol.
喷在皮肤上后 能够防虫杀虫 When applied to the skin, it repels and kills insects,
防虫 杀虫
这样就能使你避免被虫子叮咬 so helps stop you getting bitten.
伊甸园工程是个让人充满灵感的地方 Eden is great for inspiration,
不过你不必为种柠檬草建一座巨大的温室 but you don't need a giant hothouse to grow your own lemongrass.
你也不用去草药专售店购买这种植物 You don't have to go to a specialist herbal supplier to get a plant.
从超市买几枝柠檬草的茎 Couple of sticks from a supermarket,
只要你好好地把它们放进这样的一杯水里 if you literally pop them in a glass of water like that,
几个星期后它就会长出根 in a couple of weeks this guy will sprout roots
不断长高 最后长成这样 and shoots and end up looking like this.
之后将它移栽在土里放在窗台边 Then it needs to be planted up and popped on the window sill.
甚至可以在夏天将它种在室外的罐子里 You can even put it outside for the summer in a pot
或是直接移栽在室外 or plunge it into a border,
只要在冬天冰冻天气 把它移到室内 as long as it doesn't get frost, so bring it in in the winter.
不管你是打算自己种 Whether you've grown your own
还是直接从超市里购买 or just bought it from a supermarket,
柠檬草都是防虫的良药 lemongrass is great for pest control.
你只需要这样一截茎 All you need is a stick like this...
砸扁它 Give it a good bash.
只要将它放入热水中 If you dip this into hot water,
你就立即得到了一把"防虫刷" you've got an instant insect repellent brush
你可以用它刷遍全身 that you can brush all over you,
不过如果你想要的是更现代化的东西 but if you want something a little bit more 21st century,
我将教你如果将它变成柠檬草喷雾 I'm going to turn this into a spray
这样你就可以放在包里随身携带了 that you can pop in a bag and carry around wherever you go.
首先 切开10根柠檬草茎 Start by chopping up 10 lemongrass stems.
将柠檬草茎切成片 As you start slicing them up,
你可以闻到那不可思议的清新芳香 you can really smell that incredibly zesty,
柠檬草那充满活力的柠檬香气 almost effervescent lemony smell from the lemongrass,
正是那种气味让虫子们不好过 and it's that scent that insects really don't like,
特别是蚊子 particularly mosquitoes.
我要再给那些虫子重重一击 I'm hitting those insects hard
那就是加入另一种它们讨厌的成分 by adding another ingredient they really hate...
丁香 加入四汤匙 cloves. Pop in four teaspoons.
倒入300毫升向日葵油 Pour in 300 millilitres of sunflower oil,
使活性成分更好的被萃取出来 which is great for drawing out the active ingredients,
然后充分搅拌 and give the mixture a good blitz.
我想可以了 I think we're done.
你会得到这样一杯纤维性的 You'll have a kind of a fibrous,
说实话 实在很恶心的糊糊 pretty unpromising looking mush, to be honest,
不过我向你保证这一切会被改变 but I promise you this will change.
将糊糊放入有盖的玻璃碗中加热 Heating the mixture in a covered glass bowl
让植物的所有精华充分进入油中 draws all the goodness out of the plants and into the oil.
用文火煨一个小时后 After an hour's gentle simmering,
你看到的就不再是纤维糊糊了 you can get rid of the fibry mush.
这是最有趣的部分 Here's the fun bit.
看看它 最终出来的都是精华 Ah, look at that. Always the best stuff's right at the end.
看颜色就能猜到它的气味了 It looks kind of like it should smell...
清新的柠檬味 fresh and lemony.
只有一种东西不爱这个气味 There's only one thing that won't like it
那就是虫子 and that's the insects.
我的这瓶喷雾最长能保存一年时间 My spray will keep for up to a year.
只要牢记将它保存在凉爽避光环境下 Just remember to store it in a cool, dark place.
在他们后来的一次乡间远足活动中 On their next foray into the countryside,
远足队员们尝试了我们喷雾 the ramblers put my spray to the test.
这东西能让虫子离得远远的吗 So did it keep the bugs at bay?
我本以为会被咬几口的 I'd expect a couple of bites
可今天我只被咬了一口 所以可能有效 and I've got one today, so perhaps it worked.
我今天胳膊上被咬了几个小点 I did get a few little bites on my arm,
不过以往我被咬得厉害多了 but usually I get much bigger bites,
我想这绝对是种改善 so I think it's definitely an improvement.
我一口都没有被咬 I've not been bitten at all and
队里的其他人有的被咬了 some people in the group have been.
有的远足队员认为 Some of the other ramblers were thinking that
他们应该同时擦上防虫水 they should have had the insect repellent as well.
我不喜欢用人造的含有化学试剂的东西 I don't like using anything artificial with chemicals in it,
所以当然的 我会试试这个方法 so yes, I will definitely give it a go.
远足队员的反馈褒贬不一 Mixed reviews from our ramblers, I guess,
当然天然草药的疗效是因人而异的 and of course natural remedies don't come with guarantees,
不过它们中的许多种确实对人们有效 but many can and do work for people,
那么为什么不试试呢 so why not give them a try?
我是一名种属植物学家 我不是医生 I'm an ethno-botanist, not a doctor.
这些私房药很有可能就对你有效 These remedies really could work for you,
不过很重要的一点是 but it's always important
首先要找寻求医生的专业医疗诊断 to seek a professional medical diagnosis beforehand.
知道自己是什么问题之后 Once you know what you're treating,
你可以试试我教你的方法 you can give my remedies a go,
但在孕期 哺乳期或正接受其他药物治疗 but if you're pregnant, breast-feeding or on any other medication,
一定要向医生或药剂师咨询 always check with a doctor or pharmacist
哪种治疗手段适合你 that any new treatment is suitable for you.
下次的节目里 我会 Next time, I'll be transforming
用花瓣制作忍冬软糖来缓解咽喉肿痛 petals into honeysuckle jellies to soothe sore throats,
用甘菊完成一次奢华的牛奶浴 creating a luxurious bath milk from camomile,
用一种常见的野花让你的耳朵不再苍白 getting rid of waxy ears with a common wild flower,
并且制作玫瑰味的脱毛糖浆 and getting in touch with my feminine side
向大家展示我女性一样柔美一面 with a rose-scented hair removing syrup.
想要得到节目中私房药的制作方法 You can find the recipes for my remedies
和使用建议 你可以登陆 and advice on how to use them at -