1.关于藏红花：英文名字saffron

介绍：A corm-producing plant (Crocus sativus) native to the Old World, having purple or white flowers with orange stigmas. 藏红花：原产于东半球的产球茎的一种植物（番红花 番红花属） ，有桔**的花柱，柱头上有紫色或白色的花。

The dried aromatic stigmas of this plant are used to color foods and as a cooking spice and dyestuff.干藏红花柱头用作给食物添色、烹调香料和染料.

更多英文介绍：

Saffron

Description

Saffron is a herbal preparation harvested from the stigma of the Crocus sativus flower. It is dark orange and threadlike in appearance, with a spicy flavor and pungent odor. The plant is grown in India, Spain, France, Italy, the Middle East, and the eastern Mediterranean region.

General Use

In addition to its culinary uses, saffron is prescribed as a herbal remedy to stimulate the digestive system, ease colic and stomach discomfort, and minimize gas. It is also used as an emmenagogue, to stimulate and promote menstrual flow in women.

Preliminary studies have shown that saffron may also be a useful tool in fighting cancer. According to a 1999 study, use of the herb slowed tumor growth and extended lifespan in female rats. A 2002 study done at Indiana University indicates that saffron may not only be effective in treating certain types of cancer, but significantly less likely to cause birth defects if given to pregnant women than all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA), the compound most often given to treat these cancers. Saffron may thus be a preferable alternative to treating ATRA-sensitive cancers in women of childbearing age.

Additional human studies have indicated that saffron has powerful antioxidant properties; that is, it helps to protect living tissues from free radicals and other harmful effects of oxidation.

Two chemical components of saffron extract, crocetin and crocin, reportedly improved memory and learning skills in learning-impaired rats in a Japanese study published in early 2000. These properties indicate that saffron extract may be a useful treatment for neurodegenerative disorders and related memory impairment.

2.关于薰衣草：英文名字lavender

Any of various aromatic Old World plants of the genus Lavandula, especially L. angustifolia, having clusters of small purplish flowers that yield an oil used in perfumery. 熏衣草：任一种产于欧洲的熏衣草 属芳香植物，尤指 狭叶熏衣草 ，开成串的紫色小花，其香精油可用于制香水。

更多英文介绍：

Lavender

Description

Lavender is a hardy perennial in the Lamiaciae, or mint, family. The herb is a Mediterranean native. There are many species of lavendula which vary somewhat in appearance and aromatic quality. English lavender, L. augustifolia, also known as true lavender, is commercially valuable in the perfume industry and is a mainstay of English country gardens. French lavender, L.stoechas, is the species most probably used in Roman times as a scenting agent in washing water. The species L. officinalis is the official species used in medicinal preparations, though all lavenders have medicinal properties in varying degrees.

This fragrant, bushy shrub has been widely cultivated for its essential oil. The tiny, tubular, mauve-blue blossoms grow in whorls of six to ten flowers along square, angular stems and form a terminal spike. These flower spikes stretch upward beyond the 12-18 inch (3.6-5.4 m) height of the shrub, blooming from June to August. The blossoms are well liked by bees and a good source of honey. The needle-like, evergreen, downy leaves are a light, silver-gray. They are lanceolate, opposite, and sessile, and grow from a branched stem. The bark is gray and flaky. The herb thrives in full sun and poor soil. Ancient Greeks and Romans used lavender blossoms to scent bath water, a common use that gave the herb its name, derived from the Latin lavare, meaning to wash.

General Use

Lavender is best known and loved for its fragrance. The herb has been used since ancient times in perfumery. As an aromatic plant, lavender lifts the spirits and chases melancholy. Taking just a few whiffs of this sweet-smelling herb is said to dispel dizziness. Traditionally, women in labor clutched sprigs of lavender to bring added courage and strength to the task of childbearing. A decoction of the flower may be used as a feminine douche for leucorrhoea. The dried blossoms, sewn into sachets, may be used to repel moths and to scent clothing, or may be lit like incense to scent a room. Because of its fumigant properties, the herb was hung in the home to repel flies and mosquitoes, and strewn about to sanitize the floors. Lavender essential oil was a component of smelling salts in Victorian times.

The essential oil of certain lavender species has a sedative, antispasmodic, and tranquilizing effect. Lavender has been long valued as a headache remedy. It can be taken in a mild infusion, or can be rubbed on the temples, or sniffed like smelling salts to provide relief from headaches caused by stress. Lavender oil is antiseptic, and has been used as a topical disinfectant for wounds. In high doses, it can kill many common bacteria such as typhoid, diphtheria, streptococcus, and pneumococcus, according to some research. The essential oil has also been used as a folk treatment for the bite of some venomous snakes. When used in hydrotherapy as part of an aromatic, Epsom salt bath, the essential oils of some species will soothe tired nerves and relieve the pain of neuralgia. They are also used topically on burns and have been shown to speed healing. It is also a fine addition to a foot bath for sore feet. Lavender essence makes a pleasant massage oil for kneading sore muscles and joints. Acting internally, lavender's chemical properties increase the flow of bile into the intestines, relieving indigestion. Its carminative properties help expel intestinal gas. Lavender is an adjuvant and may be used in combination with other herbs to make a tonic cordial to strengthen the nervous system.

A 2002 report from Korea showed that aromatherapy massage with lavender oil and tea tree oil on patients undergoing hemodialysis for kidney failure received relief from the itching the treatment often causes.

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以上资料来源于美国传统词典以及Alternative Medicine Encyclopedia （医药百科词典）。

Wqofcn摘引。

梁以熏（陈怡蓉饰）患有先天复杂性心脏病，从小体弱，甚至连体育课都被请在一旁纳凉。在这样孤单的日子里，只有一个人伸出援手，那就是默默守候他的同班同学季晴川（许绍洋饰）。两人两小无猜的行径，甚至被同学起哄。

小川要全家移民美国了，出国前一天，他别别扭扭的把阿熏叫出来，带着以熏到他的一个秘密基地---废弃花坊，给了以熏一个熏衣草瓶，并许下承诺，在阿熏20岁生日那天，两人约在小学见面。

转眼阿熏20岁了，在一家牧场的花房工作，在那里，她得知熏衣草的花语是“等待爱情”。以熏有3个死党，其中牧场小开小童（王建龙饰），是个阳光般的大男孩，偷偷爱慕着以熏。当他知道以熏希望盖一间四季开满熏衣[更多信息...]草的玻璃花坊时，便一直默默努力实现这愿望……

电视上出现一个偶像明LEO，听说是国外回来的，不但长的帅，还非常有才气。还听说他非常地喜欢熏衣草，即将举办一场名为“寻找熏衣草恋人”的演唱会。回家的路上，阿熏终于看到这位传闻偶像的海报，他她一眼就认出他是当年的小学同学：季晴川，不确定的是，他想找的初恋情人是不是自己？

LEO演唱会上，小童陪阿熏鼓足勇气去找他，却在门口被经纪人挡下来，无论阿熏怎幺解释她就是那个初恋情人，经纪人就是不相信，阿熏只好拿出当年小川送她的熏衣草瓶，请经纪人代为转交。经纪人虽然收下阿熏的东西，但马上就把它丢垃圾桶。阿熏在下大雨的晚上，等到演唱会结束，都没有看到小川走出来。

车上，LEO忽然想起，刚刚在后台随手写的歌词掉在化妆间，马上把车子掉头回去找。众人翻遍化妆间，都没找到歌词，LEO却从垃圾桶捡起了熏衣草瓶，马上冲到外面，下过雨的地面全是湿的，只留下一小圈浅灰色的地，LEO猜想，是阿熏，才刚走。

LEO和初恋情人缘铿一面的消息，很快被杂志社加以渲染。LEO想办法找到以熏着住址，准备对报上造成以熏的困扰say sorry的时候，却看到小童送以熏回家。小童调侃以熏现在变成偶像明星的初恋情人，以熏不甘示弱的回话，以后自己就飞上枝头当凤凰。两人玩笑般的对话，却被LEO当真，他悄悄地将车驶离，觉得心冷……

经纪公司安排LEO到以熏工作的玻璃花坊和歌迷喝下午茶，刚好选中阿熏工作的花圃。经纪人叫阿熏来加水，阿熏不希望他认出自己，当作没听见，没想到经纪人发飙，故意摔破杯子，混乱中LEO终于发现阿熏，两人在众目睽睽相认，突然间，晴川亲了阿熏，并告诉他身为明星女友的光环感觉还不错吧！阿熏觉得好受伤，泼了LEO一杯水离去。两人的照片，又上了一次媒体封面。

国际知名的音乐教父小室敏雄来台，LEO希望能让他听听自己的创作，没想到评语是：“听这样没有感情的音乐，简直在浪费他的时间。”他要LEO去想想，谁是自己生命中想珍惜的人。的确，晴川到美国，遭遇家变后，个性整个都变了，他开始不相信人与人之间的真情，正因为如此，他对一切冷感，除了音乐。

而LEO和以熏共有的岁月，是LEO生命中唯一明亮的记忆，只是对这一段往事，他已经很久不能想起，直到他回来台湾。

以熏诧异晴川的改变，也知道自己跟偶像明星不可能有未来。即使这样，熏还是没办法把埋在记忆深处十年的男生忘掉。即使在路上看到他的海报在淋雨，熏都会下意识舍不得的帮这张海报撑伞。这样深情的举动，却让LEO不小心看到了，俩人开始交往…… LEO为音乐创作不受音乐教父青睐这件事，深深困扰着，阿熏见状，鸡婆地把录音带拿到唱片公司推荐，而这件事又上了娱乐新闻头版，让LEO十分地难堪，LEO下重话要以熏不要在出现在他面前……

我英语不好这么难我还不会翻译。。。

关于薰衣草：英文名字lavender

Any of various aromatic Old World plants of the genus Lavandula, especially L. angustifolia, having clusters of small purplish flowers that yield an oil used in perfumery. 熏衣草：任一种产于欧洲的熏衣草 属芳香植物，尤指 狭叶熏衣草 ，开成串的紫色小花，其香精油可用于制香水。

更多英文介绍：

Lavender

Description

Lavender is a hardy perennial in the Lamiaciae, or mint, family. The herb is a Mediterranean native. There are many species of lavendula which vary somewhat in appearance and aromatic quality. English lavender, L. augustifolia, also known as true lavender, is commercially valuable in the perfume industry and is a mainstay of English country gardens. French lavender, L.stoechas, is the species most probably used in Roman times as a scenting agent in washing water. The species L. officinalis is the official species used in medicinal preparations, though all lavenders have medicinal properties in varying degrees.

This fragrant, bushy shrub has been widely cultivated for its essential oil. The tiny, tubular, mauve-blue blossoms grow in whorls of six to ten flowers along square, angular stems and form a terminal spike. These flower spikes stretch upward beyond the 12-18 inch (3.6-5.4 m) height of the shrub, blooming from June to August. The blossoms are well liked by bees and a good source of honey. The needle-like, evergreen, downy leaves are a light, silver-gray. They are lanceolate, opposite, and sessile, and grow from a branched stem. The bark is gray and flaky. The herb thrives in full sun and poor soil. Ancient Greeks and Romans used lavender blossoms to scent bath water, a common use that gave the herb its name, derived from the Latin lavare, meaning to wash.

General Use

Lavender is best known and loved for its fragrance. The herb has been used since ancient times in perfumery. As an aromatic plant, lavender lifts the spirits and chases melancholy. Taking just a few whiffs of this sweet-smelling herb is said to dispel dizziness. Traditionally, women in labor clutched sprigs of lavender to bring added courage and strength to the task of childbearing. A decoction of the flower may be used as a feminine douche for leucorrhoea. The dried blossoms, sewn into sachets, may be used to repel moths and to scent clothing, or may be lit like incense to scent a room. Because of its fumigant properties, the herb was hung in the home to repel flies and mosquitoes, and strewn about to sanitize the floors. Lavender essential oil was a component of smelling salts in Victorian times.

The essential oil of certain lavender species has a sedative, antispasmodic, and tranquilizing effect. Lavender has been long valued as a headache remedy. It can be taken in a mild infusion, or can be rubbed on the temples, or sniffed like smelling salts to provide relief from headaches caused by stress. Lavender oil is antiseptic, and has been used as a topical disinfectant for wounds. In high doses, it can kill many common bacteria such as typhoid, diphtheria, streptococcus, and pneumococcus, according to some research. The essential oil has also been used as a folk treatment for the bite of some venomous snakes. When used in hydrotherapy as part of an aromatic, Epsom salt bath, the essential oils of some species will soothe tired nerves and relieve the pain of neuralgia. They are also used topically on burns and have been shown to speed healing. It is also a fine addition to a foot bath for sore feet. Lavender essence makes a pleasant massage oil for kneading sore muscles and joints. Acting internally, lavender's chemical properties increase the flow of bile into the intestines, relieving indigestion. Its carminative properties help expel intestinal gas. Lavender is an adjuvant and may be used in combination with other herbs to make a tonic cordial to strengthen the nervous system.

A 2002 report from Korea showed that aromatherapy massage with lavender oil and tea tree oil on patients undergoing hemodialysis for kidney failure received relief from the itching the treatment often causes.

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以上资料来源于美国传统词典以及Alternative Medicine Encyclopedia （医药百科词典）。

Wqofcn摘引。

薰衣草基本资料

名 字

学名/拉丁名lavandula pedunculata

英文名 Lavender

别名 香水植物，灵香草、香草、黄香草

科 属

界： 植物界 Plantae

门： 被子植物门 Magnoliophyta

纲： 双子叶植物纲 Magnoliopsida

目： 唇形目 Lamiales

科： 唇形科 Lamiaceae

属： 薰衣草属 Lavandula

颜色蓝色，紫色，蓝紫，粉色，白色

形态特征

薰衣草多年生草本或小矮灌木，虽称为草，实际是一种紫蓝色小花。薰衣草丛生，多分枝，常见的为直立生长，株高依品种有30～40厘米、45～90厘米，在海拔相当高的山区，单株能长到1米。叶互生，椭圆形披尖叶，或叶面较大的针形，叶缘反卷。穗状花序顶生，长15～25厘米；花冠下部筒状，上部唇形，上唇2裂，下唇3裂；花长约1.2厘米，有蓝、深紫、粉红、白等色，常见的为紫蓝色，花期6-8月。全株略带木头甜味的清淡香气，因花、叶和茎上的绒毛均藏有油腺，轻轻碰触油腺即破裂而释出香味。

薰衣草又分2个品种，是English lavender 和French lavender.不过并不是生长在哪里就叫什么．生长在法国普罗旺斯的薰衣草恰恰就是English lavender ，既耐寒性薰衣草

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