我是James Wong 科学家兼园艺家 I'm James Wong. I'm a scientist and a gardener.
我希望能扭转人们的植物观 And I want to make people think differently about plants.
植物经常被认为 Plants are too often thought about
只能用来扮靓窗槛花箱 as something just to brighten up a window box
或当咖啡桌上好看的摆设 or look good on your coffee table
仅这样认为 你就错过了好东西 but to see them as that is really to miss the point.
本系列中 我将指导大家装盆 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 to transform into simple but imaginative treatments.
很多传统药物来源于 The chemicals plants contain make up
构成植物的化合物 the basis of many of the conventional medicines
你可以直接选购成药 You can pick up over the counter.
好消息是 And the great news is
其中很多种 你自己在家就可以制作 you can make your own versions of lots of those at home,
把你的私房药做成 turning them into great treatments
治疗各种日常小病的特效药 for all sorts of everyday minor complaints,
甚至是一些让你不再"羞于见人"的美容品 and even some unashamedly indulgent beauty treatments.
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BBC 私房药 第二季第二集 可食用植物
人们自己种植蔬菜水果已经上千年了 People have been growing their own fruit and veg for millennia,
但最近因为有了超市 but recently the supermarket has put an end
很多人都不种了 to that for a lot of us.
但你猜怎么样 But guess what?
变革已悄然发生 We're in the middle of a revolution.
我们这代人第一次开始 For the first time in a generation or so
回归土地 people are getting back to the land,
自种植物 并且强烈意识到 growing their own, and realising there's so much more to
田野不仅只是看上去很美 outdoor spaces than just looking beautiful.
很多食用植物不仅有营养 A lot of edible plants are not only nutritional,
做成药的话 更是好处多多 their benefits transcend into the medicinal.
我并不反对传统医学 I'm not against conventional medicine.
在本节目中 我将教大家一些简易方法 But in this programme I'm going to show you how easy it is
种植并利用一些日常食物 to grow and transform some of the food you put on your plate
治疗日常生活中的小毛小病 into remedies for minor everyday ailments.
如果你曾经自己种过植物 肯定常常吃不完 If you've ever grown your own you often end up with a glut.
现在 有了自然疗法就不怕浪费了 Now, making natural remedies is a brilliant way to use it up.
人们常常会问 自然疗法疗效的证据在哪里 People often ask, where's the proof that natural medicine works?
很多基于植物的疗法还没有通过临床检验 Well, many plant-based remedies haven't been clinically tested,
但我们对其中含有的化合物 其实了解很多了 but we do know a lot about chemicals they contain
而且知道它们将对身体产生的影响 and the effects they can have on the body.
其中有些 疗效是很显著的 And for some of these, the evidence they work is very strong.
有很多因素 There are loads of factors
会影响治疗是否有用 that can influence whether a remedy works or not.
在你开始种植之前 And before you start growing
你得知道你在挑选什么 you need to know what you're picking,
如何利用 以及你是否对它过敏 how to use it and whether you're allergic.
弄明白了这些 就可以开始种植了 Once you've got that, get on out there and do it.
在这个节目里 我将告诉你们 In this programme, I'm going to show you
如何把燕麦变成干燥肌肤的柔润霜 how to turn oats into a soothing cream for dry skin.
很香 Smells really good.
煮一碗富含维生素和能量的西洋菜汤 Cook up a vitamin-packed energy-boosting watercress soup.
用洋葱做个治疗喉咙痛的漱口水 Make a gargle for sore throats from...onions.
做个姜黄茶来对付关节痛 And stir up a turmeric-infused tea to combat achy joints.
还请了几位志愿者来亲自尝试 And members of the public will be trying them out.
这些不是临床试验 These aren't clinical trials...
非常非常非常冲 Really, really, really strong.
但是我希望我的自然疗法 ..But I hope my natural remedies
可以帮助有相关症状的人 缓解病情 can relieve the symptoms of those in need of help.
这配方看起来像晚上出去玩时 The remedy looks a bit like something that
你不得不喝的惩罚性的饮料 you'd have to drink on a forfeit on a night out or something.
干燥皮肤谁都不想要 Dry skin is something we could all do without.
会让你感觉瘙痒和疼痛 It can make you feel itchy and sore,
这种恼人的情况 Gemma已经受够了 and Gemma has had enough of this annoying condition.
从我记事起就深受干燥肌肤困扰 I've suffered from dry skin as long as I can remember.
我几乎买过市面上所有洗液 药剂和膏霜 I've bought pretty much every lotion, potion and cream out there
试图缓解症状 to try and help it,
似乎全都没有效果 and nothing ever seems to really work.
我很担心我的腿 I get quite conscious about my legs.
我的腿很长 如果腿上的皮肤也变干 I'm quite long-legged, and if I've got dry skin on my legs
我就打算穿紧身裤或者绑腿来盖住它 then I tend to want to wear tights or leggings that cover it up.
要是不必经常担心 It would be nice to not have
皮肤干燥问题 那该多好啊 to constantly worry about how dry my skin is.
我要做个身体乳 I'm going to make a body cream
希望可以帮助Gemma which I hope will do the trick for Gemma.
这种植物也许是你的早餐食物 This crop may be something you'd dish up at breakfast,
但其实传统上它被用于 but it's actually been used traditionally
治疗干燥肌肤已经几百年了 for centuries to treat dry skin.
燕麦是你的最佳药用食物 Oats are your ultimate medicinal food.
它们不仅含有丰富的维生素和矿物质 Not only are they packed full of vitamins and minerals,
而且能抗炎 they're anti-inflammatory
甚至降低你的胆固醇 and could even help reduce your cholesterol.
今天各种真正的高档化妆品里都含有它们 Nowadays they're found in all sorts of really high-end cosmetics -
包括洁面产品 面膜甚至膏霜 in facial scrubs, facial masks and even in creams.
即使是城市人也可以在家种燕麦 Even city slickers can grow oats at home.
你无法收获足够早餐吃的燕麦粥 You won't harvest enough to get your porridge in the morning,
但能给你的窗槛花箱 but they'll give your window box
增加一抹美丽的春色 a beautiful green colour in the spring
还会在夏季变成金黄色 before turning golden yellow in the summer.
说到燕麦 大家都会联想到苏格兰 Everyone associates oats with Scotland,
事实上他们用到一种装置叫燕麦抽屉 and in face they used to have this device called the porridge drawer
往里面倒入燕麦粥 into which they poured porridge.
放置一周 They let it set for a week,
用刀切开 然后整个星期 they'd carve it up, and carry like the
都可以随身带着这黏糊的燕麦块随时吃 slimy hard chunks around with them for the whole week.
那真是把对这超级食物的热爱 Now, that's taking enthusiasm
升华了一个全新的水平 for a superfood to a whole new level.
我把这些燕麦变成膏霜 I'm taking the slightly less messy option for dry skin,
治疗稍简单一点的干燥皮肤 by turning these oats into a cream instead.
燕麦含有多酚类的燕麦蒽酰胺 Oats contain polyphenolic avenanthramides,
可以消炎 which are anti-inflammatory.
还有多糖类 十分滋润 And polysaccharides, which are moisturising.
可以减轻瘙痒症状 These reduce itching,
让皮肤更保湿和盈润 and help the skin to become more moisturised and supple.
Gemma 很高兴见到你 Hi there, Gemma, good to meet you.
我有些好东西 I've got some really exciting stuff.
我要做一个燕麦保湿霜 I'm going to whip up an oats-based moisturising cream
治疗Gemma的干燥肌肤 to help treat Gemma's dry skin.
你曾经用过燕麦做的霜吗 Have you ever used any oat-based creams before?
-燕麦粥吗 不太好吧 -没有用在脸上吗 - Porridge? Not really good... - Not on your face?
凡事总有第一次 Well, there's always a first.
把两大汤勺干燕麦放到平底锅里 So pop two tablespoons of dried oats into a pan,
加三百毫升刚烧开的水 topped up with 300 millilitres of freshly boiled water.
加热 And whack up the heat.
如果我能找到正确的开关就太好了 If I can find the right one of these, that would be fantastic...
来看看 Look, check it out.
需要煮沸十分钟 This needs to boil for ten minutes,
直到燕麦粥变得粘稠 as you want the oats to turn the water thick and gloopy.
来说说你的干燥皮肤 So, tell me about your dry skin.
真的很干燥 干裂的嘴唇 I get really dry, cracked lips
脸上干得都长斑了 and get patches of dry skin on my face.
所以我很努力地跟干燥的皮肤斗争 So I struggle quite... quite a lot with my dry skin.
如果你看上去不在状态 If you're not looking your best
你都不愿意进城去玩 you don't feel like really going out on the town.
-所以对我社交方面也是个问题 -绝对是 - So it can be a problem there too. - Totally.
为了制作膏霜 我将用到燕麦粥里的水 To make the cream, I'm going to use water from the oats
把它跟两大汤勺油混合 and mix it with two tablespoons of oil.
所以还需要个平底锅 So I need a second pan.
这是杏仁油 肤感很轻盈 This is almond oil, which is really light on your skin.
但是你想加哪种油都可以 But you can add whatever you want.
传统上甚至用过猪油 Traditionally, even lard has been used.
但这种中世纪的配方就不推荐给你了 But we're not going to get that medieval on you.
好极了 OK, that's good.
因为油和水不能混合 And because oil and water don't mix,
还需要加两茶勺蜂蜡和六茶勺乳化蜡 I'm binding them together with two teaspoons of beeswax
帮助水油混合 and six teaspoons of emulsifying wax,
使它达到良好的膏霜状态 to give it a nice creamy consistency.
我总觉得这东西看上去有点像 I always think this stuff looks a little bit like
椰肉什么的 desiccated coconut or something like that.
当然闻起来不像 Certainly doesn't smell like it, though.
当蜡融化的时候 While the wax melts away,
燕麦已经令水变粘稠了 the oats have now turned the water nice and gooey.
所有的纤维都可以过滤掉 So all the fibre can now be sieved out.
不可思议地吸引人 That's weirdly really attractive
同时也很恶心 and really gross at the same time.
-真的很恶心 -是的 - Just gross. - Yeah!
现在就可以开始做霜了 So now we can make the cream,
把这稠厚的水同油 蜡搅拌在一起 by combining this thickened water with the oil and wax.
你来搅拌 我来倒 我们搞定它 You whisk, I'll pour, and between us we'll figure it out.
这个时候会出错吗 Can it go wrong at this point?
会的 会出大错 It can go wrong. It can go horribly wrong.
我之前就搞砸过几次 I've done it a few times.
但用对了方法 还是很简单的 But it's so easy to do if you do it right.
简单的原则就是一点一点慢慢地搅拌 The simple rule is whisk in little by little very slowly,
并且确保油和水这两部分都是热的 and make sure both the oil part and the water part are both warm.
如果你按这个做就不可能出错 If you do that it's almost impossible for it to go wrong.
-要我来吗 -好的 - Do you want me to take over? - Yeah.
我想差不多了 I think we're about there.
我想那也许 That is, I think,
那比你能买到的任何东西都令人兴奋 way more exciting than anything you could get off a shelf.
还有什么能比 And what better combination with oats
在燕麦中加几茶勺蜂蜜更好的 than a couple of teaspoons of honey -
蜂蜜不仅很滋润而且很香 which is not only moisturising, it also smells delicious.
稠度刚刚好 还是热的 The consistency is really, really lovely, and it's still warm.
真的很不错 It's just really nice.
加入两种防腐剂 I'm adding two preservatives -
十二滴甘菊精油 12 splashes of camomile essential oil,
也是抗炎的 which is also anti-inflammatory,
还有两茶勺维生素C粉末 and two teaspoons of vitamin C powder.
我想我们完成了 I think we're done here.
-你想试试么 -当然 - Do you want to give it a go? - Sure.
它不是太油腻 我喜欢 So I like that it's not too greasy,
你可以想涂多厚就涂多厚 that you can just sort of slather it on as much as you like
它不会令你的皮肤感觉油腻 and it's not going to grease up your skin.
真的很好闻 Smells really good.
闻着像早餐 Smells like breakfast.
再加一杯茶 就真的配在一起吃了 I could do with a cup of tea to go with it.
绝对的 Totally.
把它放在冰箱里可以保质一个月 This cream will last up to a month if you keep it in the fridge.
但是你可以做一大批冷冻起来 But you can make a huge batch, stick it in the freezer
可以保存一年 and it'll last for up to a year.
试用我的任何疗法前 Before you try any of my remedies,
请先做24小时过敏测试 do a 24-hour allergy test
在皮肤上擦一小块 by rubbing a small amount onto a patch of skin.
如果没有过敏 你就可以用了 If there's no irritation, you're good to go.
Gemma使用燕麦霜每天一次 用了两周 Gemma used the oats cream once a day for two weeks.
效果如何呢 So how was it for her?
我第一次试用的时候 它闻起来有点怪 When I first tried it, it smelt a bit weird.
我有点怀疑它是否有用 I was a bit sceptical of whether it would work,
因为它跟我用过的的其他霜一样 because it's going to be the same as every cream
但是它不一样 I've ever used... but it wasn't.
我手臂上干燥皮肤的斑块大大减少了 The patches of dry skin on my arms have gone down immensely.
现在真的很光滑 I mean, they're really smooth now.
这个周末我出门了 I went out this weekend,
我用它擦了满腿 and I put it all over my legs and
我的腿整晚都很光滑 they stayed beautifully smooth all night,
这是我从小到大十年来的第一次 which was the first time that's happened in about ten years
跟男朋友在一起的时候 since I was a kid. I even got a few looks of other men
甚至吸引到其他男人的目光 when you're with your boyfriend.
真的很成功 That's quite an achievement, I think.
每个人都可能不时有喉咙痛 Everybody suffers from a sore throat now and again.
但是Jade和Louise长期如此 But Jade and Louise have been driven mad by the constant irritation.
无论何时只要我告诉我爸爸我喉咙痛 Whenever I tell my Dad I've got a sore throat,
他说我总是生病 he says I'm ill all the time and
总是抱怨我喉咙痛 I'm always moaning about the fact I've got a sore throat.
我常常患有喉咙痛或者咽喉炎 I usually get sore throats or a throat infection
每两个月一到两次 once or twice every two months.
最糟糕的是 The worst thing is that
喉咙肿痛到无法吞咽 lump in your throat when you can't swallow,
甚至无法吃喝 and you can't even swallow a drink so you can't eat as well.
我用过很多漱口剂 I've tried a few gargling things,
但是它们经常... 我有点咽反射 but they usually... I get a bit of a gag reflex.
不是太好 So it's not very good.
为了减轻他们的症状 我打算做个漱口水 To try and soothe their symptoms, I'm going to make a gargle
用一种意想不到的成分 with a rather unexpected ingredient.
康瓦尔的哈里根失乐园
这是世界上最普通的一种蔬菜 One of the world's most popular vegetables,
自从有记录开始它就被用作食物和药物 and it's been used in food and medicine since records began,
洋葱 the humble onion.
当你把它们从地里挖出来的时候 They make this wonderfully satisfying crunch
它们发出了好听的吱呀声 when you pull them out of the ground.
这很容易被忽略因为太常见了 And it's so easy to overlook them, because they're so common,
但我想它们是最原始的超级食物 but I think they're the original superfood.
它们含有一种叫蒜素的东西 They contain a substance called allicin,
一种硫基化合物 a sulphur-based chemical
是它们味道的主要成分 which gives them their taste.
也是关键的药物成分 It's also the key medicinal ingredient.
它能杀菌抗炎 It's antiseptic and anti-inflammatory,
这意味着它被用于各种内科疾病 which means it's been used for all sorts of medical complaints
从脚癣到细菌性皮炎 from athlete's foot to bacterial skin infections,
对咳嗽感冒以及类似喉咙痛这些也很好 right down to coughs and colds and things like sore throats.
但是如果你希望洋葱 But if you want your onions
能够保存一个冬天 to last you through those dark winter months,
你得把它们弄干 you need to hang 'em out to dry.
弄干洋葱听上去 Drying onions might sound
好像很复杂 like something that's really complicated,
但其实仅需一个有板条的工作台 but all you need is a slatted bench like this
和一个充满阳光的地方 and a relatively sunny place.
将洋葱倒过来 Grab an onion and pop it upside down.
如果你把它方向向上 If you had it the right way up,
叶子里面所有的汁液 all the liquid that's in the leaves
就会流到洋葱里 这也许会导致腐烂 would drain into the onion and possibly cause rot.
如果你向下液体就会排出 If you do it that way it drains out,
洋葱就能保持干燥不烂 and this bit stays nice and dry.
就是这样 And that's it.
现在 我知道用洋葱冲洗你的喉咙 Now, I know that swilling your sore throat out with onions
也许听起来有点奇怪 might sound a bit weird,
但是这个疗法是个人喜好 but this remedy is a personal favourite.
我做硕士论文的时候在拉丁美洲学会的 I learnt it in Latin America when I was doing my Master's thesis,
那时候我有很严重的链球菌性喉炎 and I got really bad strep throat.
有人向我推荐了这个 And someone recommended this to me,
我成为忠实的使用者 and I have been a dedicated convert
到现在已经五年了 for about five years now.
它真的很值得 It's worth just spending
你花上几分钟将它们切碎 a couple of minutes really going samurai.
那样你会得到活性成分 That way you'll bring out the active ingredient.
我不懂清洁你的喉咙 I don't know about cleaning out your throat
但是这时候它倒是清洁了我的眼睛 but it's certainly doing it with my eyes at the moment.
我要加半个红辣椒 I'm going to add just half a chilli into that.
红辣椒含有可以减轻疼痛的化合物 Chillies contain chemicals that help reduce pain,
而且还可以 and you add to that the fringe benefit
让粘液更稠厚 of the fact that it helps thin mucus.
所以如果你还有鼻塞 So if you've also got a bunged-up nose
或任何由咽喉感染引起的病痛 or anything like that attached to your infected throat,
这也许也会很有效 this might just work wonders for that too.
一茶勺盐 One teaspoon of salt will
可以帮助洋葱出汁 help draw out the juice from the onions,
盐也是温和的抗菌剂 and it's mildly antiseptic too.
好了 这个漱口水有点辛辣 OK, so this gargle is shaping up to be a little bit pungent,
我再榨两个柠檬 so I'm working on that by juicing two lemons
帮助中和臭味 to help neutralise the pong.
基本上就完成了 再简单不过了 And that's basically it. Couldn't be simpler.
把它在冰箱里放一小时 Leave this to stand in the fridge for about an hour.
会产生更多汁液 This will create more juice,
让有效成分更好释出 and give the ingredients time to infuse.
哦 我不想骗你 Oh... I'm not going to lie to you.
这不好闻 This doesn't smell fresh and fragrant,
但是它真的很有用 but it is really strong,
那些细菌不会知道是什么在攻击它们 and those bacteria are not going to know what's hit them.
你只需要把液体过滤出来 So, all you need to do is strain out that liquid.
看看 它看上去有点稠度呢 Oh, look at that. It's almost sort of thick and gloopy. Ha-ha.
如果你经常喉咙痛 If you frequently suffer from sore throats,
这是很好的日用漱口水 this is a great gargle to use daily.
但我建议你每次随做随用 But I'd recommend you make it up fresh each time.
好的 干杯 管它呢 Right... Cheers, here goes nothing.
真吃惊 它真的不坏 Surprisingly, it's really not that bad.
吃起来有点像沙拉酱调料 It tastes a bit like salad dressing.
事实上 我觉得加点龙舌兰 In fact, I think with some tequila
就可以把它调成一杯很烈的鸡尾酒 that could make a pretty mean cocktail.
哦 不好意思啊 Ooh, sorry...
洋葱 我从来没想过会需要洋葱 An onion. I never expected it to be an onion.
这配方看起来像晚上出去玩时 The remedy looks a bit like something that you'd
你不得不喝的惩罚性的饮料 have to drink on a forfeit on a night out or something.
他们一喉咙疼就用这个疗法 They used the remedy whenever they got a sore throat.
Jade试了5天 Jade took it for five days...
Louise试用了超过四个礼拜 while Louise gargled with it over four weeks.
事实上 它不像我预期的那么糟糕 It's not actually as bad as I thought it was going to be.
当然不会很讨人喜欢 但还能接受 It's obviously not delightful, but...it's all right.
非常非常非常冲 Really, really, really strong.
但它的疗效如何呢 But did it do the trick?
我肯定还会再用这个疗法 The remedy I will definitely use again,
因为第一次用它的时候 because the first time I used it
我只用它漱了两次口 晚上一次 下午一次 I gargled twice - one in the evening, one in the afternoon -
但第二天我喉咙的刺痛感就消失了 and by the next day my scratchiness had gone
而且呼吸顺畅很多 所以我一定还会再用它的 and I could breathe better. So I will definitely use it again.
它确实有效 因为它减轻了症状 It did help, cos it took the edge off it,
但疗效在一天内会慢慢减弱 but it did wear off throughout the day.
我想如果我不需要整天工作 I think if I wasn't working all the time,
或者它制作简单 or it was something that you could
并且可以随身携带 就更好了 make up and take somewhere, it would have been better.
但我很担心如果带到工作场合 But I was conscious if I took some to work,
也许口气会不清新 I'd have bad breath in work.
我的疗方显然对一部分人更有效果 My remedies clearly work better for some people than others.
但只有一个办法能检验它是否对你有效 But there's only one way to find out if they work for you.
我们都会有疼痛的时候 We all have to deal with general aches and pains,
但风湿性关节炎尤其 but rheumatoid arthritis is a condition
令人崩溃 Elayne和Ian非常了解这一点 which can be crippling, as Elayne and Ian know only too well.
症状如下 有点关节痛 Symptoms - sort of aching joints,
和关节肿胀感 and it's swelling joints as well.
这听起来很简单 但实际情况却很严重 It sounds short and simple, but it's...it is significant.
问题总是出在膝盖上 It's always been my knees that have been affected.
病况的严重程度从几乎不能行走 It varies from being almost unable to walk
到完全僵硬不等 to being just extremely stiff.
简单到像刷牙 开车 The mundane things like brushing your teeth, driving the car
甚至是穿衣服 or even getting dressed -
一切都变得更困难更痛苦 those things become more difficult and painful.
关节炎是我的一块心头病 真的 Arthritis is quite a burden on my life, really.
这...这真是很痛苦 So it's...it's very hard.
我将要制作一种饮料 I'm going to make a drink
它能减轻肌肉酸痛 that will hopefully ease the symptoms of
伊甸园计划 康沃尔
风湿病和一些关节炎的症状 muscular aches and pains, rheumatism and some types of arthritis.
我打算用一种品相奇特的植物 I'm using a rather exotic-looking plant that you've
你可能在咖喱中吃到过 但我打赌你肯定没喝过 probably tasted in a curry, but I bet you've never drunk before.
这个植物 不管你信不信 就是姜黄 This, believe it or not, is turmeric or Curcuma longa.
如果你以前用姜黄做过烹饪 If you've ever cooked with turmeric,
你可能会想那橙色哪来的 you're probably wondering where's the orange
因为它是那种很漂亮的橙色粉末 cos it's fluorescent orange powder.
它其实在地下 在根部 It's down there, in the root.
它是种强力抗氧化剂 It's powerfully antioxidant,
并且有消炎作用 所以它被普遍认为具有 it's anti-inflammatory, and it's believed that that property
治疗关节炎和牛皮癣的特性 could make turmeric useful in treating arthritis and psoriasis.
如果想找与众不同的室内盆栽植物 If you're looking for an unusual house plant,
那就没有比姜黄更好的了 you don't get any better than turmeric.
它有粉色柔软的漂亮花朵 It has beautiful pink waxy flowers,
像这样宽大的叶子 而且还有可食用的根茎 great leaves like this and you get the root as well.
它浑身是宝 It's just like a whole package, and
而且再没别人把它种在厨房的窗台上 no-one else will have one growing on the kitchen windowsill.
你可能以为姜黄要种在温室里 You might think you need to grow turmeric in a bio dome,
其实不是 but that's not the case.
英国的气候非常适宜这种室内植物 This will grow quite happily as an indoor plant in this country.
你只需要截取姜黄的一小块根茎 All you need to do is pop one of these little tubes of turmeric
放在可以排水的培养料里 into a pot of free-draining compost
再放在向阳的窗台上就可以了 and put it on a sunny windowsill.
你甚至可以加快它的生长 And you can even speed up the process
只要把它整个包在大塑料袋里 by popping the whole thing in a big plastic bag
来保证湿度 to maintain the humidity,
再把它放进通风的晾衣柜 and popping it in an airing cupboard.
这样长速会快些 等它们差不多有五厘米高了 It'll send up little shoots, and once they're about 5cm high,
再把它放到窗台上 它就能顺利成长了 pop it on a windowsill and it'll grow away happily.
姜黄含有姜黄色素 Turmeric contains curcumin,
可以消炎 which is anti-inflammatory.
我打算做个姜黄茶 只要每天喝 I'm going to make a turmeric tea, and by drinking this daily
姜黄色素就可以通过 the curcumin reduces aches and pains
减轻关节肿胀来减轻疼痛 by easing swelling in the joints.
我给关节炎做的饮料很像一杯打泡的拿铁 My drink for achy joints is like a frothy latte,
不过是用的非常新鲜的姜黄做配料 except using this wonderfully vivid turmeric.
和你在本地咖啡店买到的不完全一样 Not exactly what you'd get at your local coffee shop.
温馨小贴士 别忘了系上你的围裙 And a word of warning, you might want to wear an apron.
这是天下最脏的工作 This is the messiest job in the world.
你可以看到它是多么有效 因为 You can see how powerful it is, because it's
拥有药效的正是它的有色成分 that colouring ingredient that's got the medicinal benefit.
它还会把你的手指染色 It's also very good for dyeing your fingers.
你所需要的不过是三英寸左右长度的根茎 About three inches of root is all you need,
一些碾磨好的黑胡椒 and a couple of twists of black pepper
它可以促使身体对姜黄的吸收 which will help your body to absorb the turmeric.
我还打算放些生姜进去 I'm just going to pop in a little bit of ginger,
味道和姜黄差不多 which has a similar flavour to turmeric.
生姜也可以消炎 It's also anti-inflammatory,
并且有缓和疼痛的作用 and has mild pain-relieving properties.
拇指大小的一片就足够了 About a thumb-size piece is plenty.
把它们捣成均匀的糊状 Pound them until you get an even paste.
看 你再也找不到 Look... You don't get any
金黄得那么漂亮的食物了 other food with such a gorgeous golden colour.
倒入一满杯的牛奶 来把姜黄色素泡出来 Pour in a cupful of milk to draw out all the curcumin.
再加一些红茶 With the addition of some black tea,
我打算把它做成我独家的 I'm going to turn it into my version
马来西亚拉茶 of an iconic spiced tea from Malaysia.
放入一勺红茶 Pop in one teaspoon,
再用温火煮 put it on a low heat,
煮大约十分钟 and let it simmer away for about ten minutes.
这疗方只有一个缺点 就是手会被染色 There's only one downside to this remedy, and that's the dye.
晚上约会前做这个 绝不是个好主意 This is definitely not a remedy on the night before a first date.
亡羊补牢为时不晚 Hindsight is a wonderful thing,
但是做饮料的时候戴双手套也许更好 but wearing gloves might be useful when you make this drink.
哦 看起来不错 Oh, that's looking good.
最后一样配料 棕榈糖 Just one last ingredient - and that's some palm sugar
你能在任何一家亚洲食品店里买到 which you can pick up in any Asian food store.
它能让配方具有很特别的太妃糖的味道 This really adds an incredibly fudgy, caramelly tang.
也就是增加甜味 Just sweeten to taste.
这种饮料在马来西亚出人意料地受欢迎 This drink is so unbelievably popular in Malaysia.
Teh halia tarik在马来语是"拉姜茶"的意思 "Teh halia tarik" Means in Malay stretched ginger tea.
"拉茶"可能听起来很奇怪 Now that might sound a bit confusing
待我演示一下就知道了 till I show you the stretching bit.
这可以让饮料起泡并且增强口感 This actually aerates the drink and makes it taste stronger.
先一点一点开始 Now everyone starts out small like that,
然后就可以拉得越来越长 我可不专业 and they start getting longer and longer, and I'm by no means...
哦 该死的... Oh, damn. ..an expert.
但是他们可以在身后拉 But people can do this behind their head,
还能在拉茶的时候快速旋转 或者配合音乐做拉茶... they can spin round while doing it, they do it to music...
还有一些全国性的比赛 There are huge national competitions
专为评选最棒的"拉茶师" where everyone competes to be THE best bartender at it.
不过我想只有我会往里加姜黄 把它做成一杯 But I think only I would add turmeric to it, to make
四处乱溅还到处染色的饮料 a splashy drink that gets everywhere and stains everything!
如果你担心你的地毯 But if you're worried about your lino,
你可以不做这种 you don't need to do the gymnastics
锻炼身体的"拉茶操" to get the same health benefits.
你可以喝一杯不带泡的奶茶 You can just drink it unfrothed,
而且就算你没有新鲜的原料 and if you don't have the fresh ingredients
用干货替代也是可以的 you can even use dried instead.
还好大部分都还在杯子里 真难以置信 Most of it is still in the cup. Incredible.
大部分 不是全部 只是大部分 Most of it. Not all of it, most of it.
我知道主厨自吹自擂是很不礼貌的 I know it's really rude for chefs to sing their own praises.
幸好我不是 因为这真的非常棒 So it's a really good thing I'm not one, cos this is amazing!
这个饮料要经常饮用 This drink needs to be taken regularly
才能对你的关节产生长期效用 in order to feel the long-term benefits on your joints.
最好一天一杯 如果你的糊糊捣太多了 Aim to drink one cup a day, and if you make a big batch of the paste,
你可以把它放进冰箱 它的储存期可达一个月 you can store it in the fridge for up to a month.
关节炎患者Elayne和Ian Arthritis sufferers Elayne and Ian
他们每天一杯 喝了两个星期 both drank the remedy once a day for two weeks.
很好闻 Smells lovely.
口感很特别 我从来没喝过这样的东西 It is a funny taste, it's like nothing I've ever tasted before.
但也不糟糕 But it's not nasty.
干杯 Cheers.
当然 这不是处方药 但是他们感觉如何呢 Obviously this wasn't a clinical trial. But how was it for them?
很显然你需要起码20分钟来做这个饮料 Clearly you need a good 20 minutes to make this drink,
还要坐下来喝了它 and sit down and drink it.
是的 很费时间 And yes, it's time-consuming,
但我觉得值得一试 but I think it's worth it to make the effort.
老实说 我还没有什么感觉 I must be honest, I haven't noticed a difference
但我觉得两个星期时间太短了 but I don't think two weeks is really long enough.
我会一直坚持的 But I will persevere with it,
希望它能有疗效 and let's hope it makes a difference.
我感觉到我的左膝盖 I have noticed an improvement
有所好转 它以前总是最糟糕的 in my left knee which is always the worst.
肿胀得不那么厉害了 行动也便利很多 It's not as swollen, and movement is much easier.
它...我知道我的膝盖还是有问题 It's... I'm still aware that there's a problem with my knee
所以这个方子没办法治愈 so it hasn't cured it completely -
但这药方确实让症状减轻了 还不错 but it certainly has relieved the symptoms, noticeably.
牛津郡 Ewelme地区 Ewelme Oxfordshire
有一种很神奇的可食用植物 There is one edible that is truly incredible.
它比橘子含有更多的维他命C It's got more vitamin C than oranges,
比菠菜含有更多的铁 还比牛奶含有更多的钙 more iron than spinach and more calcium than milk.
那就是西洋菜[豆瓣菜] I'm talking watercress.
-早上好 Des -早上好 James 你好吗 - Morning, Des. - Oh, morning, James. How are you?
牛津郡有一群充满热情 A group of keen volunteers in Oxfordshire
热衷于保护地方史的志愿者 are so passionate about preserving their local history,
他们已经花了20年的时间 that they've spent the last 20 years
把这个维多利亚时代的西洋菜苗圃 restoring this Victorian watercress bed
还原成以前的繁荣景象 back to its former glory.
我想冬天来的时候会多棒啊 It's great in the winter I guess
要知道冬天里几乎没有新鲜的绿叶蔬菜 cos there's very few fresh green vegetables.
我猜这就是为什么它在维多利亚时代那么受重视 I guess that's why it was so important in Victorian times
因为冬天正缺维他命C cos there's no vitamin C in winter,
而西洋菜正好含维C多 and watercress is so rich in it.
那时候它确实非常重要 It was very important.
它是你唯一能得到的绿色食物 It was the only green food you'd get.
因为人们都住在村子里 是吧 Cos people stayed in villages, didn't they?
他们没办法远行 也没有超市 They didn't travel, they didn't have the supermarkets.
几个世纪以来 西洋菜一直被看作重要的滋补品 Watercress has been considered a great tonic for centuries,
现在作为很好的保健品 and it's now enjoying a renaissance
它又一次经历了复兴 as a wonderful health booster.
那在郊区寻找野菜的时候 So if you were foraging in the countryside
看到水 泥土什么的 可以采那里的西洋菜吗 you saw water, muddy and stuff, could you just pick watercress?
不行 那会有各种问题 比如肝吸虫... No. There's all sorts of problems with that. The liver fluke...
什么是肝吸虫 What is liver fluke?
肝吸虫从羊身上跑到草堆里 Liver fluke goes from the sheep to the grass.
然后草堆里的蜗牛作为携带体把它带给了西洋菜 In the grass the snail picks it up and takes it to the cress.
幸运的是在这片地区 我们还没有 But luckily enough we haven't got that
那种蜗牛 所以也没有肝吸虫 type of snail in the area, so it doesn't go anywhere.
那感染上肝吸虫的话会怎样 And what happens if you were to get liver fluke?
那就感染上肝吸虫呗 一种在肝脏的吸虫 You'd get liver fluke. A fluke in the liver.
-听起来不怎么样 -是不怎么样 - That doesn't sound attractive. - It isn't.
这样的解释已经非常清楚了 That's crystal clear, then.
事实上 商农种植的西洋菜 In fact commercial growers cultivate watercress
有严格的生长条件控制 under very strict growing conditions,
要保障水源的清洁 where a supply of pure spring water is guaranteed.
所以记得购买这样的西洋菜 而不要在野外采摘哦 So go for this option and definitely DON'T pick it from the wild.
这能让你变超人了 你看 I think it's made you superhuman, because look -
那八英尺的西洋菜就搞得我精疲力尽了 that one patch of eight feet has completely knackered me.
我觉得我们该去喝点茶 I think we should go get some tea.
不过你可以不用穿着长雨靴 But you don't need to don your wellies
到处找最好的西洋菜 in search of the finest watercress.
它可以在室内种植 It's really easy to grow indoors.
随便一个玻璃碗就行 只要放点装饰用的鹅卵石 Any glass bowl will do. Just drop in some ornamental pebbles,
再买一捆带着根须的西洋菜 然后埋进去 and buy a bunch of watercress complete with roots and pot it up.
加满矿泉水 直到没过顶部的石头 Add mineral water to the top of the stones,
保持在需要的时候就加水到相同的水位线 and keep topping up to the same level as and when necessary.
经常摘掉一些 以防它开花 Pick a little and often to stop it from flowering,
因为开花以后的叶子会变苦 as the leaves will otherwise taste bitter.
如果你运气好 这可以保持几个月 If you're lucky this could last a good few months,
然后只要你想 你就可以随时在餐桌上 leaving you to graze happily at the kitchen table
尽情地享用它 whenever you feel the urge.
我打算用西洋菜 And it's watercress I'm going to use
做一道超级维他命汤 to make a vitamin-boosting soup.
有非常棒的提神作用 It is a great pick-me-up.
只需要粗粗切上几刀 All I'm going to do is give it a really rough chop.
你可以看到这棵西洋菜有多棒 You can see this is fantastic watercress because
它有一些粗壮 it's got some of these larger,
的茎 叶子也比一般的大 more mature stems, and bigger leaves.
切一捆葱 再切五瓣大蒜 Chop up a big bunch of spring onions and five cloves of garlic,
另外刨一块拇指大小的姜 and grate a thumb-size piece of ginger.
哦 我不敢再刨下去了 Ooh - that's about as far as I dare go with grating.
接着我要把它们放进锅里快炒一下 I'm going to pop these in a pan for a quick saute.
往锅里多倒一些橄榄油 Pour in a good glug of olive oil
然后把姜 大蒜和葱都倒进去 before chucking in the ginger, garlic and spring onions.
如果你不想在菜里吃到细碎的姜 If you don't like little bits of ginger in your food
我就不能忍受那种感觉 I can't stand biting into them -
那就用力挤一下 把汁儿挤出来 把渣子扔掉 give it a good squeeze to get all the flavour, none of the fibre.
留炒锅在小火上煎差不多五分钟 Let that saute away for about five minutes.
把一颗土豆大致切成小块 然后放进炒锅 Now roughly chop one potato before adding it to the mix
再倒入750毫升的蔬菜高汤 with 750ml millilitres of vegetable stock.
闻起来很香 This is smelling pretty good.
我打算用温火炖上大概20分钟 I'm now going to let it simmer gently for about 20 minutes,
直到土豆煮好 just until the potato's cooked.
接下来要加的是 两个桃子 Next up for the soup - two pears.
我知道加桃子这种做法看起来有点"非主流" Now, I know adding pears may seem a little bit left-field,
这是个传统配方 it's a pretty old-school flavour combination
我觉得效果不错 that I think works really well.
还有 往食谱里加点水果 Also, adding some fruit to the recipe
可以帮助铁的吸收 could help how you absorb the iron,
西洋菜里可含有丰富的铁 which is so rich in watercress.
为了尽可能地保留维他命 I'm going for maximum vitamin content.
我只是简单地用搅拌机把他们混合在一起 So rather than cooking up the pears and the essential watercress,
而不打算再煮这些桃子和西洋菜了 I'm simply blending them together
加入煮好的土豆汤 with the cooked potato stock mix.
调味的时候别客气[此处疑是黑胡椒]... Then season generously...
看看这个颜色 Look at that for colour.
绝不是有时候你会吃到的那种 Doesn't compare to those really brown, murky,
黑黑的 淡然无味的东西 flavourless ones you get sometimes.
我老是被告诫要多吃绿叶蔬菜 Well, I was always told to eat my greens,
你还能吃到比这个更绿的吗 and you don't get much greener than this.
有西洋菜的辛辣感 Sharp and peppery from the watercress
还有桃子甜甜的润滑的口感 but sweet and buttery from the pears.
味道好得无可比拟了 This tastes way too good to be good for you.
如果你想大量补充营养 So get a real boost of nutrition,
或者即便你有点贫血 or even if you're a bit anaemic,
试着往你的食谱里 try to incorporate this soup
加入这道汤 每星期喝上几次 into your diet a couple of times a week
你就能感觉到它的好处了 to really feel the benefits.
我的疗方做起来简单 方便又便宜 My remedies are quick, cheap and easy to make,
而且他们可能正适合你 and they might just work for you.
我是植物学家 并非医生 But I'm an ethnobotanist, not a doctor -
我也不排斥传统的药物 and I'm not against conventional drugs.
而医生对你状况的诊断 A doctor's diagnosis of your condition is important,
对你确保该疗法适用于你 非常重要 to make sure the treatment is suitable for you.
倘若您处于妊娠期 哺乳期 或正服药 So if you're pregnant, breast-feeding or on medication
请务必事先和医生确认 it's really important that you check with your doctor beforehand.
下一集里 我将利用外来植物 Next time, I'll be using exotic plants
来制作柠檬味杀虫剂 to make a lemon-scented insect repellent.
烧伤后的冷敷剂 A cooling treatment for burns.
一种用茶叶制作的抗菌漱口水 An antibacterial mouthwash using tea.
以及极尽享受的橄榄叶面膜 And an indulgent olive leaf face mask.
我的疗方的制作方法 You can find the recipes for my remedies
以及使用说明都可以在以下地址找到 and advice on how to use them at: