我是James Wong I'm James Wong.
科学家兼园艺家 I'm a scientist and a gardener.
我会调配天然草药秘方 I make natural remedies.
我希望能扭转人们的植物观 I wanna make people think differently about plants.
你会发现许多 You can find many of the same drugs that
药房里卖的药物 其实就长在你身边 you used to pick up in your pharmacy, growing all around you.
质同而形异罢了 It's just like a different type of packaging.
我并非迷信花之力量的嬉皮士 I'm not some hippie who believes in flower power.
我是受过专业训练的民族植物学家 I'm an ethnobotanist trained to cure gardens.
研究植物用途多年后 After studying the use of plants for years,
我得出了许多医治小病小痛的配方 I've got recipes to help with minor ailments,
我的药方不仅能治感冒咳嗽 粉刺痤疮 from coughs and colds to acne,
也能美容美体 让你容光焕发神清气爽 and even some beauty treatments to make you look and feel wonderful.
我想指导大家使用 I want to show you how easy, how cheap it is
就长在自家后院的花草来自制方药 to make your own home remedies
这简单易行 且物美价廉 from stuffs that probably already in your back garden.
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BBC 私房药 第一季第五集 根茎妙用
你药橱里就有很多药物 Loads of drugs already in your medicine cabinet
含有源自植物的活性成分 contain active ingredients that come from plants.
许多植物未经过临床验证 Many plants haven't been clinically tested,
因为企业没有传统药方专利权 because the traditional remedies that companies can't patent.
但我们深知植物中富含大量药用成分 But we do know a lot about the chemicals that plants contain,
也清楚它们的功效 and how they might work.
药品公司对自然疗法推崇备至历时已久 Pharmaceutical companies've been rating natures now and then for years,
但我们已遗失了这些知识 but we've lost this knowledge.
我要指导大家挑选和使用植物的方法 I'm going to show you which plants to use and for what
让这些知识重新为你所用 to put this knowledge back in your hands.
你可以使用植物的任何部分来治疗常见病 You can use all parts of a plant to treat common complaints,
但是这期节目 我要用的是 but in this program, I'm going to use
在我看来是毋庸置疑的无名英雄 what I like to think of its the real unsung heroes--
植物根茎 the roots.
你家花园的泥土下就是个地下仓库 Beneath the soil in your garden, there's a underground store of
储存着各种让人激动的药品 all sorts of exciting chemicals.
只要你知道挑选和使用的方法 If you know where to look and how to use them,
就会茅塞顿开的发现 roots suddenly start to be remedies
根茎几乎就是治疗百病的良方 for almost everything you can think of.
你不需要高超的园艺技巧或者实验室 You don't need green fingers or a science lab
来种植你的私房药 to grow or make your own drugs.
这很简单 便宜且纯天然 It's easy, it's cheap and nature.
我将教大家如何用根茎制作止咳糖浆 I'm gonna show you how to turn these roots into a soothing cough syrup.
看看吧 Look at that.
用紫锥花做冰棒 Make an icy lolly from Echinacea,
这种花常被应用于治疗感冒 traditionally use to fight off colds.
将普通观赏植物变成减压的热巧克力 To transform a common garden plant into a stress-busting hot chocolate.
用姜帮你止吐 and stop you feeling sick with a sweet ginger treat.
这不是临床试验 且可能只有心理作用 It's not a clinical trial, and it could all be in the mind,
但我要试试看 but I'm going to see
它们能否减轻那些亟待帮助患者的症状 whether they could ease the symptoms of people in need of help.
能试的法子我都试过了 I've tried absolutely everything I possibly can.
天哪 这一切该结束了 God, this is gotta stop.
我吐了老板一身 I am sick of my boss.
如果我能找到一种药能... If I can find a remedy that'll make...
对我而言 非同一般 make a lot of difference to me.
切记并非所有植物都可安全使用 Don's forget that not all plants are safe to use,
所以你必须了解如何挑选和保存 so make sure you know what you are picking, how to prepare it and
并总是做好过敏测试 always check for allergies.
植物中蕴含的化学成分非常强大 The chemicals contained within plants can be really powerful
应该如对传统药物那样 and should be treated with
对它们充满敬畏之心 as much respect as conventional drugs.
今天的首剂私房药 我要将 For my first remedy, I'm going to
把花店出售的不值一文的 turn a common plant that cost
普通植物变成草本药剂 just a couple of quids in the garden center into a herbal tincture,
与药店出售的最畅销品基本类同 similar to the best-selling remedies you could buy from a chemist.
或许还能给你省下一大笔 It might just save you a fortune.
这是一种未被开发的草药之王 This is the undistributed king of herbal medicine--
紫锥花 Echinacea Purpurea.
我们正好赶在花季结束前采到它 We've just caught it the end of this flowering.
如果你听人说起过药用植物 And if you've ever heard of any kind of medicinal plant,
可能就是说它 it's probably this one,
长久以来它被用于治疗感染 traditionally used to help fight off infection.
紫锥花种植已成为大产业 Echinacea has become big business.
它的拉丁文名源自echino一词 It gets its latin name from the word 'echino',
意为刺猬 meaning 'hedgehog'
花的中心长满了亮红色的锥刺 The central of the flower head has this bright red spines.
或许它已长在你的花园 你却一无所知 You might already have it growing in your garden unbeknown to you.
事实上 它是种十分常见的花园植物 It's actually also an extremely popular garden plant.
只是人们通常使用把它称为 They just use a different name for it normally--
紫矢车菊 purple cornflower.
花园里的紫锥花看起来很美 Echinacea flowers look great in the garden.
最好是找株高大健壮的 对吧 Good to get a nice juicy one, wouldn't it?
等到秋天凋零后 And when they die down in the autumn,
它的根茎就能派上用场了 you can use the roots to make you feel better.
你要不要试试 还是 Do you want a go or...
好的 掰下来 继续 Yeah, let's go ahead, go on, go on.
我喜欢拌点胡萝卜一块吃 I'm happy to eat a bit carrot with it,
这还有点泥 所以 but a bit dirt on it, so...
味道很特别 刚一入口时是甜的 It's surprising, when you first bring in tongue, it's sweet.
接着有点臭 但不是令人不爽的那种 Then the next it just stinks, but not on a unpleasant way.
没错 Absolutely
紫锥花以其很强的金属味而闻名 Echinacea is known for its strong metallic taste,
有些人不喜欢这种味道 which some people don't like.
所以我想出了一种有趣的方法 so I've come up with a fun way
让大家更易于接受这药 to help the medicine go down.
紫锥花富含可增强免疫力的化学物质 Echinacea contains an immune-boosting chemical called
烷基胺 Alkylamides,
和多种抗病毒的多酚类 also polyphenols which are anti-viral.
我要把它们加入冰棒中 I'm putting them in an ice lolly.
多酚杀死细菌的同时 The polyphenols kill germs,
烷基胺会增加血液中白细胞含量 while alkylamides increase the amount of the white blood cell in the blood stream
以抵抗感染 that fight off infection.
做冰棒的第一步 The first stage of my ice lolly receipe
是先要做紫锥花浸剂 is to make an echinacea tincture,
要用酒精来浸泡 which is an infusion using alchohol.
紫锥花所有部分皆可入药 Four parts of the echinacea plants can be used,
根 叶 花 茎 哪都可以 the roots, the leaves, the flowers, the stems, whatever,
但通常使用得最多的是它的根茎 but the part that's traditionally used most is the root.
越老的根 The older the root,
所含的化学成分就越集中 the more concentrate the chemicals in it are likely to be.
如没有新鲜的 可以到大型健康食品店 And if you can't get hold of a fresh root, you can buy dried from
去买晒干的 big health food shops.
20克切碎的根茎 Add 20g of the chopped root
加入80毫升的伏特加 and 80ml of vodka.
然后你只要把它 All you've got to do is
倒入一个容器内 pour it into a container,
并把放置于通风阴凉处 and keep it in a cool dark place
橱柜就可以了 so your kitchen cabinet will do.
两周后 它就会变成酊剂 After 2 weeks, your vodka and echinacea would've become a tincture.
伏特加颜色也不再纯净 And instead being clear vodka,
而是呈像这样的浅茶色 you end up with this slightly off tea color.
这就意味着那些化学成分 And that's a sign that the chemicals are
已被分解出来并溶解在伏特加里了 coming out and floating around the vodka.
我们现在要做的是滤去根的碎屑 We need to do now is strain the woody bits of root out.
然后就会得到一份待用的酊剂 And then you'll have a tincture that's ready to use.
多数人通常都是把几滴紫锥花液 Most people used to taking echinacea as
滴入水中服用 a couple of drops in a glass of water.
它不但味道让人不敢恭维 And apart from tasting a bit miserable,
而且根本就是在吃药 it just feels like taking medicine.
所以今天我决定要做冰棒 So today I've decided to make an ice lolly
以满足我对甜食的欲望 to satisfy my sweet craving.
首先 切碎两只辣椒 First you need to chop 2 chillies
并把大约3寸的姜块切丝 and roughly slice about 3 inches of ginger.
在冰棒中加入生姜与辣椒 It might seem strange that I add chilly and ginger
似乎有点奇怪 into ice lollies.
但是这会营造繁复的成熟口感 But it creates a really sophisticated adult flavor,
让人啧啧称奇 绝对赛过鸡尾酒 something wouldn't be unsurprising and it really pash cocktail.
将生姜与辣椒 Pop the ginger and chilly
倒入一个中号平底锅 into a medium source pan,
再加入约800毫升红莓汁 and pour on about 800ml of cranberry juice.
放入一包凝胶 赋予冰棒爽滑口感 Store in 1 package of gelatin to give the lolly a soothing slippery texture
接着再加入16汤匙的蜂蜜 and then add 16 tablespoonful of honey.
蜂蜜能防腐 它曾用于制作木乃伊 Honey are antiseptics. It was used in the mummification process,
它能防止细菌腐蚀法老的遗体 basically stop bacteria breaking down the body of dead Pharaoh's.
把这些放在火上加热 I'm gonna pop this on a heat
煨上几分钟 let it simmer for a couple of minutes.
2分钟之后 停止加热 After about 2 minutes, take it off the heat,
滤去杂质 让其自然冷却 strain the mixture and leave it to cool.
接着加入两只柠檬汁 I'm gonna pop into the juice of 2 lemons,
它与蜂蜜口感相辅相成 and it really compliment the honey in this.
蜂蜜加柠檬是治感冒的经典搭配 A honey and lemon is a classic combination for cold.
最后是真正的主角登场 紫锥花 Last but certainly not least, the real star to show-- echinacea.
做8根冰棒 需要加16汤匙 To make 8 lollies, add 16 teaspoons.
如果酊剂是买来的 If you buy your tincture,
必须使用推荐日剂量 only use the recommended daily dose
当然 虽然它是冰棒 Okay, I know it's an ice lolly,
但别忘了里面含有酒精 but don't forget it's got drops of alchohol in it,
不适合给孩子食用 It's not one for the kids.
这或许并非你所预期的服药方式 Not the kind of way you'll expect to take your medicine,
但却是我的至爱 but the kind of way I like to take mine.
既热辣辣又冰凉凉 It's hot and cold at the same time.
冰凉因为这是冰棍 It's cold of cause as it is icy lolly,
而热辣则是因为姜与辣椒相得益彰 but it's hot from the ginger and chilly that really give a kick.
当然还有紫锥花香气弥漫在口腔 And of couse echinacea inner the size of your whole tongue.
每根冰棒正好含有1个剂量的紫锥花 Each of my lollies has one typically dose of echinacea.
感觉不适时 可每天1根连吃两周 Take 1 a day for up to 2 weeks when you're feeling under the weather.
根系的用途非常广泛 Roots have so many uses.
它们既能让你病情好转 They can pick you up when you're feeling ill.
也能助你在生活压力 But they can also calm you down
不堪重负时平静面对 when the pressure of life gets just too much.
我们生活在充满压力的国度 We're a nation under stress
每10中就有1人罹患与焦虑相关的疾病 with up to 1 in 10 of us sufferring from anxiety related illnesses.
由于压力而损失的工作日 And up to 45,000,000 working days
每年高达四千五百万日 were losed each year due to stress.
我希望以下这一剂方药能 But I want to see if my next remedy might
救Rebecca于水火 come to the resue for Rebecca,
她的工作每天都紧张忙碌充满压力 whose hectic job put her under daily pressure.
身为计费记者 要赶数不尽的截稿日 Being a fee-logs journalist*, you have to meet a lot of deadline,
所以我经常都会压力很大 so I can be quite stress a lot of the time.
如果我觉得自己赶不及截稿日 I can go to a up-sleep blind panic
就会坐卧不安 惊慌莫名 if I don't think I'm going to meet the deadline.
但我真的觉得我不能因为 But I do feel I cannot give up my health to
这种烦人的焦虑而损害自己的健康 have this kind of piece and troubles of anxiety
如果我能找到方法 If I could just work out a way
让自己截稿日到时能冷静得多的话 to be a lot more calm leading up a deadline,
肯定能极大改善我们夫妇的生活质量 I think it'll great improve quality my and my husband's life.
解决Rebecca问题的天然良方 A natural solution to Rebecca's problem
或许就生长在这个后院 might just be growing in this garden.
即使是在弹丸之地你也能 Even in a tiny space you can
找到不仅能愉悦眼球 pick plants don't just look great,
而且能愉悦身心的植物 but they'll make you feel great too,
正如我的解压良方 like my stress remedy.
这是用另一种常见植物所制 It's made of another common plant,
几乎在所有花木店都有售 you can buy in almost any garden center.
就是缬草 Valerian.
它的根茎 The roots I've been used for
在过去数百年来都被奉为天然镇静剂 what's believed to be hundreds of years as a natural sedative
用于治疗失眠和极度焦虑症 the kind of thing you take when you have insomnia or high anxiety.
它要种植在温暖 向阳 朝南的地方 We're planting this in a nice, sunny, south-facing spot.
它们的光照越充足 In higher sunlight level,
就能产生越多我们需要化学成分 they're likely to produce more of the chemicals you're interested in.
它被称作19世纪的缬氨酸 It's known as the valine of the 19th centry,
尤其绝妙的是 And the best thing about it,
它不像许多处方药 it's unlike many prescription drugs,
不会因药成瘾 it's not addictive.
用药后也不会出现类似宿醉的头疼欲裂 It doesn't give you that hang-over feeling the next day.
事实上 它在一战时被用于治疗 In fact, it was used in the first World War
弹震症的受害者 to treat shell-shock victims.
如若要充分利用它的镇定成分 To make the most of the calming chemicals,
则需要使用次年的根茎 your should dig up the roots in the second year.
届时 它们可随时待用 And then, they're ready to use.
我的热巧克力中的缬草根茎 The Valerian roots in my hot chocolate
富含一种叫缬草酸的化学物质 contain chemicals called Valerenic acids.
正是这种化学成分对大脑的镇静作用 It is these chemicals that have a sedative effect on the brain
有助于营造平静之感 and help to induce a sense of calm.
Rebecca你好 Hi there, Rebecca.
Rebacca是来试试我的缬草热巧克力 Rebacca's come to see if my Valerian hot chocolate
帮她缓解截稿日带来的燃眉之急 might help her cope with the stress of looming deadlines.
我正是要用这些不起眼的根茎 I'm gonna use these rather unpromising looking roots
来缓解压力令你平心静气 to reduce anxiety and make you feel wonderful.
闻一闻这玩意 Have a sniff of some of these stuff
太难闻了 That's horrible.
闻起来 It smells...
闻起来有些霉味和乳臭味 it smells a bit fusty and a bit cheesy.
有些像臭袜子吗 A bit like jeans socks?
就是臭咸鱼 Jeans socks.
我希望用不着喝这个 Hope I won't need to try this.
我保证 它们闻着虽臭 I promise you though, they smell awful
但加热后味道就会完全分解 but that smell completely breaks down when you 'em heat up.
为防万一 我还会配上些 Just to be sure I'm gonna combine them with
有浓烈香气的材料 some quite strongly flavored ingredients.
任何残留的气味都会被完全掩盖 So any slightly edge would be completely taken off.
每杯巧克力放入 It's about a tablespoon
约1茶匙的量 per cup of hot chocolate.
再放入几枚薰衣草和一把香蜂叶 I'm adding a few heads of lavanda and a handful of lemon balm.
它们风味独特 They add wonderful flavor
且二者都常被用作镇静剂 and both've been used traditionally as sedative.
这种常见的花卉也有同样作用 And so is this common garden flower.
-够漂亮了吧 -太美了 - How is that for beautiful. - Gorgeous.
这种花你认识吗 Do you know what these are by any chance?
我认识 是西番莲的花 And that's... I do... that's passion fruit flower.
太棒了 不错 Well done...well done.
你还个热爱花草的小朋友哇 You know you're plant kid too.
不是的 我只认得4种花 No, no, no... There're about 4 flowers I can identify
这碰巧是其中之一 I just look down happen to get one.
很不错了 Excellent
下一步就是加入牛奶浸泡 What I'm gonna do next with these is infuse them into milk.
我再加些橘皮 I'm gonna add some orange peels.
巧克力和橘皮是绝配 Chocolate and orange are such a good pairing,
缺一不可 you couldn't not use it.
把配好的材料放在火上加热数分钟 Put the mixture on the heat and let it simmer for a few minutes,
直至你能闻到药香为止 untill you start to smell the fragrant herbs,
此时镇静成分正逐渐融入奶中 that's when the sedative properties have escape into the milk.
然后进行过滤 Then put them all through a sieve.
我要加些上好的黑巧克力 I'm gonna add some really good quality dark chocolate.
每杯加入6块 I'm gonna pop in about 6 cubes per cup.
然后再放到火上加热并搅拌 Then put it back on the heat and give it a whisk
直至巧克力完全融化 untill the chocolate has desolved completely.
我想已经好了 I think we're done.
可以尝了 若想心安理得地喝巧克力 Here we are, if there's any excuse to take chocolate.
有什么比以此为药 理由更充足呢 You might as well justify under medicinal headline.
必须的 Some need thing.
我还要再放上几丝橘皮 I'm gonna pop on just a little bit of organge peel
和薰衣草 更添美味 and lavanda just to remind you what's in there.
虽然我很有信心 While I'm quitely comfident,
但你知道的啦 即使工作的时候 but it's always you know when you make something for yourselve
你给自己做过无数次 so many times, you know, as work
但要做给别人喝时 总是不一样的 you make it for someone else, it's not quite the same.
别担心 我会喝的 I'm gonna eat, don't worry.
好吧 你尝尝 Ok, well, here you go.
这是巧克力 差不到哪去的 It's chocolate, you can't really get that wrong.
你尝尝 Here you are.
味道好极了 That is lovely.
太好了 Excellent.
真的非常... It's really...
就是这效果 Here is the result.
答应过你喝起来肯定不像臭袜子的 I promise you it wouldn't taste like old socks.
跟臭袜子有天壤之别呢 Doesn't taste at all like old socks.
这根本就是 I mean that just taste like
加了料的可口热巧克力 hot chocolate with lots of lovely added extras.
你可以最多每天喝3杯 You could drink up to 3 cups a day,
连续喝2周 for 2 weeks of time.
缬草可能会导致嗜睡 Verlarian can cause drowsiness,
如果你正服用兴奋剂或安眠药 so check with your doctor
请先咨询你的家庭医生 if you're taking anti-depressants or sleeping pills.
一周后 Rebecca又要面临考验 A week later, and Rebecca's up and against it.
第一行字我都没法打完 The first row I can't type though.
但她已准备好了一壶热巧克力 But she's kinda prepare with the flask of my Valerian hot chocolate.
这能否缓压力呢 Would that hope to cope with the pressure?
我喝热巧克力时 While I'm having the hot chocolate
我自己觉得相当的平静 I feel quite calm I suppose.
我不知道这是因为喝东西时 I don't know that's because I took a few minutes
我离开电脑获得了片刻休息 away from my computer to have the drink
还是真的是由于缬草起作用 or it is actually the Valerian working,
我还是能感觉截稿的压力 I still feel the pressure for the deadline
还是得赶交工作 仍然有紧迫感 still have to get the work done, I haven't just lost my drive if you like.
但是我觉得自己应该 But I just feel a bit less
不象以前那么惊慌失措了 a bit less panicky I suppose.
这或许只是心理作用 It might just be psychological
但我的饮品味道极佳 何妨一试 but why not give my great tasting drink a go.
拉伊港自然保护区
有益健康的植物并不都长在花园后院 Health giving plant ain't just growing in your back garden.
我要去乡下找一种罕见的野生植物 I'm heading out to the countrysides to look for a rare wild plant,
这是我下剂私房药的关键所在 That's the inspiration for my next remedy.
你或许不认识这种植物 You might not know the plant
但它的名字你肯定不陌生 but you'll definitely recoganize its name.
我小时候最喜欢的一种糖果 One of my favourite childhood sweets
就是由这个做成的 was made out of this --
药蜀葵[也指棉花糖] marshmallows.
现在已经不用这个做了 It's not anymore.
现在用更便宜的食用明胶作原料 They actually use a cheaper version using gelatine.
我从前老是不懂为什么棉花糖 I always wondered why you only
总是粉粉白白的颜色 get the sweets in white and pink.
原来是因为这花开的颜色 And it's because the flowers
就是从白渐渐变粉的 come in shades of white varying over to pink.
药蜀葵的名字源于它是一种 The marshmallow is called that because it's a type of mallow that's
marsh:沼泽 mallow:锦葵
通常生长在沼泽中的锦葵 very commonly associated growing in marshland.
把药蜀葵的根烤干然后 The root used to be roasted up
和蛋清还有糖混在一起 and combined with egg whites and sugar
做成绵软可口的糖果 to provide a soothing, slimy sort of sweet
可以缓解咽喉感染或胃部不适 for throat infections and stomach problems,
对小孩尤其有效 particularly for children.
野生药蜀葵在国内已非常罕见 Marshmallows have become nationally scarce in the wild,
所以无法进行野外采摘 so you can't pick it here.
但你可以在特种药草苗圃买到种子 But you can buy the seeds from a specialist herb nursery
并且它们很好栽培 and they're really easy to grow.
你可以用其根茎制作止咳糖浆 You can use the roots to make a soothing cough syrup.
咳嗽是最常见 Coughs are one of the most common
但又最讨厌的病症之一 and frustrating ailments there is.
很多人只会咳上几天 Many people suffer for just a few days,
但有些人则会没完没了的咳 but for others the symptoms just won't go away.
这是个很大的挑战 It's a big challenge,
希望我的私房药能对 but I'm hoping my remedy might show results
两位咳个不停的人有效 for two people who just can't stop coughing.
对不起 Sorry.
我的顽固性咳嗽已有四年之久 I've had a persistent cough for about four years now.
没什么规律 It can vary,
但通常都是阵发的 but usually I'll have a coughing spasm
一天十到十二次 on a fit 10 or 12 times a day.
会流眼泪还会头疼 Your eyes water and you get a bit of a headache.
老天 这到底什么时候是个头啊 God, is this ever going to stop?
过去一周我都在咳嗽 For the past week I've had a cough.
我在学生酒吧工作 I work in student bars
这肯定影响我工作 and it definitely affects my work.
我喉咙肿痛 人也很难受 My throat is raw and I just feel bad.
我和别人说话时总难免 I can't talk to people without coughing
对着他们或是他们的饮料咳嗽 in their face or in their drink.
能用的法子我都用过了 I've tried absolutely everything I possibly can.
所以现在也想试试别的 So I'd like to now give something else a go,
没准草本方药对我有效 and maybe herbal remedies is the one for me.
止咳糖浆里的药蜀葵根 The marshmallow root in my cough syrup
有一种黏滑的物质叫做胶浆 contains a slimy substance called mucilage.
我要再加一些甘草的根 I'm adding the roots of a liquorice plant
它们含有皂苷成分 which contains saponins.
两者配合能 Together they work to soothe
起到清咽化痰的作用 the throat and loosen phlegm,
因此有助于减少咳嗽 which will help reduce coughing.
我的止咳糖浆应该能缓解他们的症状 I think my cough syrup could ease their symptoms
并且材料都是纯天然的 and it's made from natural ingredients.
看到了吧 多漂亮啊 Look at that. Gorgeous!
下面我首先要 The first thing I'm going to do
将它们仔细切碎 is to give them a good chop up.
它里面有种很神奇的粘稠物质 It's got this fantastic slimy substance
叫做胶浆 inside it called mucilage.
有点像鼻涕 It's basically like snot.
在烹煮之前你就已经能看到 You can actually see before you even cook
它能如何起效 how that's going to work.
它能缓解并保护干燥发炎的组织 It soothes and coats dry and inflamed tissues,
并帮助消肿 and helps bring down inflammation.
并让你感觉好一些 And just generally makes you feel a little bit better.
我要加入八汤匙的量 I'm adding eight tablespoons.
如果你找不到新鲜的根茎 If you can't get hold of fresh,
可以在大型保健品店购买干的 you can find dry in big health food shops.
我要加的下一味药是 The next thing I'm going to pop in
另一种维多利亚时代糖果店中常见的 is another Victorian sweetshop type of thing.
就是甘草 It's liquorice.
这里装的是原汁原味的甘草条 And these are over here the original liquorice sticks.
你要误认为它们是小树枝也不奇怪 You could be forgiven for thinking these are twigs,
但它们其实是甘草的根 but they're actually liquorice roots.
它们含有一种 And they contain a substance
比糖甜五十倍的物质 which is 50 times sweeter than sugar.
所以要是嚼一下 So when you chew on it,
立刻就... instantly...
这就像 it's like biting into,
咬在一块红糖上一样 I guess, a solid block of brown sugar.
加入两根甘草条还有一些接骨木果 Add two liquorice sticks and some elderberries
以增加抗病毒的功效 for an anti-viral boost.
这些在秋日的灌木丛里都能找到 These can be found in autumn hedgerows
把它们冷冻起来 能用上一整年 and you can freeze them to use for the rest of the year.
数百年来 桉树叶一直用作天然消肿剂 Eucalyptus leaves have been used for centuries as a natural decongestant.
我要加进一整条的枝叶 I'm popping in a whole sprig.
把这小玩意拿起 I grab this baby,
放到火上 pop on the heat,
倒入初开的沸水 and pour in freshly boiling water,
刚好淹没药材就行 just enough to cover it really.
加些橘子皮 Some peel from a mandarin orange.
外观和气味都很像加料的热葡萄酒 It looks and smells quite a lot like mulled wine, really.
等它沸腾后 Bring it to the boil and let it
再用小火煮半个小时 simmer for about half an hour
直到只剩下四分之一的水分 until the liquid reduces to a quarter.
然后取出桉树叶 Then remove the eucalyptus leaves
放进搅拌机快速搅拌 and give it a blitz in the blender.
我想这已经好了 I think my work here's done.
只要把它过滤到锅里 Just gonna strain it back in.
你会发现胶浆已经初见成效 You can see the mucilage already kicking into action.
形成了这种奇妙的果冻一样 You've got this fantastic jelly,
并有点泡沫的胶状物 slightly foamy consistency,
就像是人造鼻涕一样 which is basically your prosthetic snot.
加入100毫升蜂蜜可以起到调味 100 millilitres of honey will give it a sweet flavour
和天然防腐剂的作用 and acts as a natural preservative.
再把混合好的药材再加热几分钟 Put the mixture back on the heat for a couple of minutes
直至它呈稠如糖浆 until it has a syrupy consistency.
它冷却了会变得更浓稠 It will continue to thicken as it cools.
加入一种烘焙时会用到的成分 甘油 And an ingredient used in baking, glycerine.
五汤匙的量可以让浆体更匀滑 Five tablespoons will give it a smooth consistency.
最后 加入一枚青柠汁 Finally, the juice of one lime.
如果你这样做 If you do that to a lime,
就可以破坏它的细胞结构 you break up some of its cell structure
就能挤出更多的果汁 and that means you get more juice out of it.
这不是什么科学 It's nothing sciency.
一个在厄瓜多尔开酒吧的朋友教我的 A mate of mine who ran a bar in Ecuador taught me that.
最后要做的就是装瓶了 The last thing to do is basically bottle it up.
你看 Look at that.
你可以从草药店或 You can get bottles like these
网上买到这样的瓶子 from herbal suppliers or online.
这能在冰箱里保存六个月 And I'll keep in the fridge for up to six months.
每次一到两汤匙 每天三次 Take one to two tablespoons three times a day
连续使用不超过五天 for no more than five days.
Dave和Aja正在照此服用 And that's just what Dave and Aja have been doing.
效果因人而异 There's been mixed results.
或许甘草并非对所有人有效 It seems that liquorice isn't to everyone's taste.
自从开始吃药 Since taking the medicine,
到今暂时没什么改善 it's not made any difference to date, no.
但我已经咳了将近四年 But I've had the cough for about four years as you know,
我觉得只服用五天的药 and I think to take the medicine for a period of five days
就指望有什么大的改善 and notice a big change
我个人觉得这是不太可能的 would be, personally, unlikely.
很好用 It's good.
可能是黏液 The mucus I guess,
但不管是什么让我嗓子发痒 but whatever was making my throat tickle
然后咳嗽的 to make me cough,
现在都没有了 it's not there anymore.
服完药后我已经没那么紧张了 I don't have that strain anymore at the end of the day.
我现在咳嗽的频率少了 I don't have the same amount of coughing fits.
下次我肯定还会用这个的 I'll definitely use that next time.
我不会再去用常规药物了 I won't go back to regular medicine.
我的这些药方 As with all my remedies,
它们可能对你有用 they might work for you,
也可能无效 they might not.
我一直以来都对数百年来 I'm fascinated by the way
人们用植物入药的方式所深深吸引 people have used plants medicinally over the centuries.
切尔西药用植物园对我有很大的启发 And the Chelsea Physic Garden is an inspiration for me.
这是个活生生的博物馆 It's a living museum
生长着成百上千种植物 where thousands of those plants grow.
如今人们常单纯把植物作为装饰物 Today, people often think about plants as something that's purely ornamental,
除了漂亮就别无它用了 looks beautiful, and that's the end of the story.
但要紧的是大家该意识到 But it's really important to realise
世界上也就我们这代人作此想 we're the only culture on earth that thinks that,
而这想法也只存在于近几十年而已 and we've only thought it for a handful of decades.
在人类数千年的文明进化史中 For the rest of the thousands of years of human evolution,
植物一直是生活中不可或缺的角色 plants have been everything around us.
植物充当着人类的超市 药房 建材店 They've been your supermarket, your pharmacy, your builder's merchants
甚至是五金店 当之无愧万用万能 and even your hardware store all rolled into one.
接下来我要用 I'm going to use one of the
世界上最古老的药用植物之一 world's oldest medicinal plants
来解决下一个问题 to help me with my next problem.
晕动症会让外出 Motion sickness can make
旅行变得非常不快 any kind of travel really unpleasant.
它会在你最 And it can strike at the most
尴尬倒霉之时不期而至 embarrassing and unfortunate at times.
各种汽车 大巴 轮船 I'm affected in all sort of cars buses, boats
飞机 过山车 都会让我恶心 and planes, roller coasters...
Ann钟爱航海 却为此付出很大 Ann loves sailing but she pays the price.
开头觉得有点恶心 然后就真不行了 I feel sick initially and then I am sick.
以至于稍微一动 Gets to a stage of any movement
我都会吐 makes me sick
即便是为我丈夫收听航道 even hear possibly channel to my husband
收听航道 拿个水桶这些小事都不行 its possibly channel get the bucket.
整个身体都不由自主了 As soon as you feel your movement is diffenrent to what you have been doing
胃里突然一阵难受 hitch in the stomach
往上涌 我感觉...可能每个人不一样 travels up, and I feel... I don't know... it might be different for everybody.
我感觉喉咙发紧 I feel tight in my throat.
有次在飞机上本该是个美妙之旅 I had a wonderful plane journey once,
结果我吐了老板一身 while I sick over my boss,
实在有些尴尬 which was a little bit embarrassing.
有两次我晕过去了 I have passed out on two occassions,
把我和我丈夫都吓坏了 and that's frighten to me and also fright my husband.
从车里出来第一件事 When I get out of the car, the first thing I want to do
我便想蒙头大睡 is just lie down going to sleep.
长睡不醒 and sleep all.
如果有药能治 To find a remedy would make...
会让我的日子焕然一新 make a lot of differences to me.
对于我和我丈夫都是一样 Me personally, and I know it will make great difference to my husband as well.
我下一个配方的主料 The main ingredient of my next remedies
已经用于治疗反胃有几个世纪之久了 has been used for centries to treat nausea.
但它并不是什么稀罕物 But it's not some unusual species.
你或许常用它炒菜 In fact you'd probably used in the stir-fry.
这就是我要找的 This is what I'm looking for--
生姜 Ginger.
摸着这叶子让我回想与自己成长 Just moving the leaves reminds me of growing up
息息相关的那种特有香气 related to that really characteristic smell.
在超市中常见的 But the bit you'll recognise in the supermarket,
我们今天需要的其实只是根部 the bit we're really interested in is the root,
更准确的说 植物学中称之为根茎 or the rhizome, to be more botanically acurate.
它们实际上是块状茎而不是根 They are actually swollen stem rather than roots themsevles.
它为世人所用它已有两千多年了 It's been used for over two thousand years,
或许还要更久远 perhaps a lot more than that.
它可能是世间用途最广泛的药材 It's probably the most widely used medicinal plant upon the whole world.
即使没有温室 也能在英国种生姜 You can grow ginger in the UK, even without a greenhouse.
只需把从超市买的生姜种在深口盆中 Just plant fresh rhizome from the supermarket, in a deep pot
置于阳光充足的窗台即可 and put on a sunny window zone.
新鲜的生姜富含姜辣素 Fresh ginger contains substances called gingerols,
才会有那种火辣辣的味道 which gives that fiery taste.
干后则转化为辛辣的生姜酚 When drying they convert into spicy substances called shogaols.
它们可以通过减少胃酸 These help ease stomach upset
缓解肠胃不适 by reducing acid.
关键是能阻断肠道发向大脑的信息 But crucially they work to stop the vomit reflex by
从而抑制呕吐反应 blocking messages sent from the gut to the brain.
我的止吐秘方 My anti-nausea remedy is
是我最喜欢的药用甜品之一 one of my favourate medicinal sweets,
冰晶姜片 Crystallised ginger.
口味非常棒 还能有药效 It tastes great and it might just help.
就理论而言 你大可忽视一片姜的功效 You could in theory just ignore a piece of fresh root,
它还是能起作用的 it would work just as well.
但它的味道强烈 而且不便携带 But the flavour is pretty intense, and it's not very convenient.
不是那种能随手扔进手袋 It's not like anything you could pop into your handbag
拎着就能出行的东西 and take on a ferry journey.
不过幸好冰晶姜片同样有效 But crystallised ginger works just as well.
它是甜品 你可以和冰激凌一起吃 And it's sweet. You can use it on ice cream.
也能放在自制饼干里 随心所欲 You can put it in cookies... whatever you wanna do.
我要用到350克生姜 I need three hundred and fifty grams.
差不多了 Just about that.
现在姜皮已削好备用 Now you got your ginger peeled and wait out.
现在切片 就像切薯条一样 Slice them up, a bit like making chips, really.
然后倒进初开的沸水 I'm gonna pour on just enough freshly boiling water to
刚好没过姜片即可 cover above the niche.
用中火熬煮 Let it bubble away on a medium heat,
至爽口弹牙即可 just as it's al dente.
大概要煮一小时 This would take about an hour.
但也取决于生姜的新鲜程度 But it would depend on the freshness of your ginger.
煮好后 把水滗出备用 When it's ready, strain and keep the liquid oneside.
因为生姜在煮时会吸收水分 During the cooking process, the ginger would absorb water.
所以要再称一次 So weigh it again.
然后加入等量的白砂糖 And then add equal amount of custersugar,
加入两勺刚滤出的姜汤 add two tablespoons of the liquid from the boiled ginger,
然后回炉再加热 and put it back on the heat.
这时一定要不停地搅拌 The important thing is, you've got to keep stiring it.
以免粘锅烧糊 Just to make sure it doesn't burn.
全程大约要半小时到45分钟 It might take you a half hour to 45 minutes.
但这绝对是值得的 But the result is really worth it.
这样就快做好了 You know it's nearly ready,
浆汁熬成非常粘稠的样子 when the syrup has really thickened up to a gloopy consistency.
此时 就可以关火了 At this point, take it off from the heat
姜块开始冷却 and then it starts to cool down
显而易见 You can see it,
关火不过短短几秒 它已开始结晶 just starting to crystallised, only being off the heat a couple of seconds.
现在我要把它们都倒出来 At this stage, I would pop the stuff all out,
放在铺了糖的烤盘上 and split it onto a baking tray covered in sugar.
确保不让它们粘在一起 Just to make sure it doesn't stick together.
粘稠 弹牙 晶莹剔透犹如琥珀 Sticky, chewy, translucent bits of amber
看起来诱人 吃起来可口 They look fantastic, taste great.
冰晶姜片可在密闭容器中储存六个月 Your crystallised ginger would keep up to six months in an air-tight jar.
需要时吃上一两片 Take one or two pieces whenever you feel the need.
该来检测一下我的冰晶姜片了 My crystallised ginger's been put to the test.
实际效果如何呢 But how's it gone down?
肯定有某些止吐的作用 There certainly are some reaction just settle my stomach.
我感觉得到 I did feel that.
有种把浊气一扫而空的感觉 Kind of... felt like it was cleansing me...
有如一股暖流 It was almost like a warm flow
流过我的身体 just going through me.
我感觉晕车时 吃过这种姜片 I have used the ginger in the car when I was feeling sick.
好像根本没有用 and it hasn't really help me at all.
只在开头几秒能分散一下注意力 It distract you for the first 5 seconds,
因为味道太重了 我不太喜欢姜味 because the taste was so strong. I don't especially like ginger.
不喜欢 No.
我真觉得好像能有用 I actually found that it seemed to work.
它很清新爽口 It gives a quite fresh taste in mouth.
不管是心理上还是生理上 Whether it's psychological or physiological,
它都好像管用 it just seemed to work.
我已把姜片稳稳当当搁在船上 The ginger now is safely on the boat
准备下次出海时带着 and it's ready for the next trip.
我已经胸有成竹 I'm ready for my next
能应付下一波晕船了 attack of seasickness.
姜未必适合所有人的口味 Ginger might not be to everyone's taste.
但Fiona和Ann都很喜欢 But Fiona and Ann liked it.
我想告诉大家自制天然的私房药 I want people to know how cheap, easy and fun it is
物美价廉而且简单有趣 to make your own natural remedies
就用你身边的植物做原材料 from the plants growing all around you.
但你必须了解如何挑选和使用 But you must make sure you know what you are picking and how to use it.
如果你正在服药 孕期或哺乳期 If you are on any other medication or if you'rel pregnant or breast-feeding,
那么请先询医嘱 then seek for medical opinion first.
我是民族植物学家 不是医生 I am an ethnobotanist, not a doctor.
如果你感觉不适 So if you're feeling under the weather,
我建议你咨询专业医生 my advice is go and get a professional diagnosis.
而一旦确诊 Once you got that,
你不妨考虑使用草本药物 you can consider using plant-based remedies
作为治疗方案之一 as part of the solution.
下期节目中 Next time,
我会介绍用蔬菜来控制胆固醇 I'm gonna use vegetables to help keep your cholesterol in check.
味道好极了 Delicious!
制作舒缓眼部凝胶 Make a soothing eye gel.
为橄榄球队员缓解背痛 Relieve the pain of the back of a rugby team.
毫无疑问 放松多了 It's loosen, definitely.
用大蒜治疗运动员脚部问题 And tackle athele's foot with garlic.
想获得我的私房药方 You can find the resipes for my remedies and
和用药指南 advice on how to use them at
请登录我们的网页 at bbc.com.uk/growyourowndrugs.