Dear Friends,
Join us for a refreshing Forest Bath at Lower Pierce Reservoir... follow by a relaxing picnic.
Lower Peirce Reservoir is a reservoir in Singapore, located near MacRitchie Reservoir and Upper Peirce Reservoir. It is 6 hectares in size and contains many trees that are over 100 years old. There is a Lower Peirce Trail, which is a 900-metre boardwalk that takes visitors through a mature secondary forest. The reservoir is the source of the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore.
In Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, people commonly engage in so-called forest bathing to breathe in phytoncides emitted by plant and trees, in order to improve their health.
Phytoncides are antimicrobial allelochemic volatile organic compounds derived from plants. The word, which means "exterminated by the plant", was coined in 1937 by Dr. Boris P. Tokin, a Russian biochemist from Leningrad University. He found that some plants give off very active substances which prevent them from rotting or being eaten by some insects and animals. Various spices, onion, garlic, oak and pine trees, and many other plants give off phytoncides. Oak contains a substance called greenery alcohol; garlic contains allicin and diallyl disulfide; and pine contains alpha-pinene, carene, myrcene and other terpenes. More than 5000 volatile substances defend the surrounding plants from bacteria, fungi and insects. Phytoncides work by preventing the growth of the attacking organism.
Today phytoncides are widely used in Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese medicine, including holistic medicine, aromatherapy, and veterinary medicine.
Join us for a refreshing Forest Bath at Lower Pierce Reservoir... follow by a relaxing picnic.
Lower Peirce Reservoir is a reservoir in Singapore, located near MacRitchie Reservoir and Upper Peirce Reservoir. It is 6 hectares in size and contains many trees that are over 100 years old. There is a Lower Peirce Trail, which is a 900-metre boardwalk that takes visitors through a mature secondary forest. The reservoir is the source of the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore.
In Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, people commonly engage in so-called forest bathing to breathe in phytoncides emitted by plant and trees, in order to improve their health.
Phytoncides are antimicrobial allelochemic volatile organic compounds derived from plants. The word, which means "exterminated by the plant", was coined in 1937 by Dr. Boris P. Tokin, a Russian biochemist from Leningrad University. He found that some plants give off very active substances which prevent them from rotting or being eaten by some insects and animals. Various spices, onion, garlic, oak and pine trees, and many other plants give off phytoncides. Oak contains a substance called greenery alcohol; garlic contains allicin and diallyl disulfide; and pine contains alpha-pinene, carene, myrcene and other terpenes. More than 5000 volatile substances defend the surrounding plants from bacteria, fungi and insects. Phytoncides work by preventing the growth of the attacking organism.
Today phytoncides are widely used in Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese medicine, including holistic medicine, aromatherapy, and veterinary medicine.
Venue: Meet at Lower Pierce Reservior , Casuarina Road Carpark. (next to famous Roti Prata place)
Time: 18 March 07, Sunday 7.45am sharp
Journey: 15-20 min forest walk to the picnic area. (Bring your own Light food as you have to carry food in to the picnic area.)
Bus to take: 169 from Ang Mo Kio interchange.
Anyone can join in!!!
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