The healing power of nature, vis medicatrix naturae, has traditionally been defined as an internal healing response designed to restore health. Almost a century ago, famed biologist Sir John Arthur Thomson provided an additional interpretation of the word nature within the context of vis medicatrix, defining it instead as the natural, non-built external environment. He maintained that the healing power of nature is also that associated with mindful contact with the animate and inanimate natural portions of the outdoor environment. A century on, excessive screen-based media consumption, so-called screen time, may be a driving force in masking awareness of the potential benefits of nature. With global environmental concerns, rapid urban expansion, and mental health disorders at crisis levels, diminished nature contact may not be without consequence to the health of the individual and the planet itself. In the context of emerging research, we will re-examine Sir J. Arthur Thomson's contention that the healing power of the nature-based environment - green space, forests and parks in particular - extends into the realm of mental health and vitality.
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机译：传统上，自然界对自然医学的治愈能力被定义为旨在恢复健康的内部治愈反应。大约一个世纪前，著名的生物学家约翰·阿瑟·汤姆森爵士（Sir John Arthur Thomson爵士）在vis medicatrix语境中提供了对自然一词的另一种解释，将自然一词定义为自然的，非构建的外部环境。他坚持认为，自然的治愈能力还与与室外环境的有生命和无生命的自然部分的有意识接触有关。一个世纪以来，过多的基于屏幕的媒体消耗（所谓的屏幕时间）可能是掩盖对自然潜在利益的认识的驱动力。考虑到全球环境问题，快速的城市扩张以及处于危机水平的精神健康障碍，减少自然接触可能不会对个人和地球本身的健康造成影响。在新兴研究的背景下，我们将重新审视J. Arthur Thomson爵士的论点，即基于自然的环境（尤其是绿色空间，尤其是森林和公园）的治愈能力扩展到心理健康和活力领域。
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