Este libro recoge una muestra de cien de las más eficaces plantas medicinales seleccionadas de todo el mundo, pensamos por ejemplo en el eucalipto, la valeriana, el boldo, el ginseng o el sen. Además de una explicar profusamente las características de cada planta, la autora añade una ficha en la que se sintetizan sus principios activos, propiedades, partes utilizadas, uso interno y externo, dosificación, efectos secundarios y contraindicaciones. Un libro inapreciable tanto para el profesional como para todo lector interesado en las plantas medicinales, y que desee iniciarse en su terapéutica. Alfredo Ara Roldán es naturópata en ejercicio desde 1983 y está vinculado al mundo de las terapias naturales en diferentes terrenos que abarcan la práctica profesional, la divulgación, la docencia y la investigación. Su actividad como conferenciante es bien conocida tanto a nivel nacional como internacional y participa asiduamente en diversos programas de radio, revistas, periódicos y prensa especializada. Esta considerado un especialista en fitoterapia y ha colaborado estrechamente como asesor de distintos laboratorios en el desarrollo de nuevos productos y recuperación de recetas tradicionales. Ha escrito varios libros, entre los que cabe destacar Las 40 plantas medicinales más populares de España; Los grandes remedios naturales; 100 plantas medicinales escogidas; El libro de la salud natural para la mujer y Los alimentos de la A a la Z, todos publicados por Edaf, y que se han convertido en referentes clásicos para los lectores por su solvencia, rigor, documentación así como por su fácil comprensión.

La toterapia, o uso de plantas medicinales, es uno de los tratamientos naturales mas efectivos que existen para aliviar o curar los sintomas de muchas dolencias. Y, lo mejor de todo, se encuentra mas cerca de lo que pensamos: en la madre naturaleza. Esta guia te ayudara a conocer las propiedades y beneficios de estas plantas para mejorar tu salud.

Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while, agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime. For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of Cecilia Valdés opens a new window into the intricate problems of race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia Valdés thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in Cuba.

Healthcare providers, consumers, researchers and policy makers are inundated with unmanageable amounts of information, including evidence from healthcare research. It has become impossible for all to have the time and resources to find, appraise and interpret this evidence and incorporate it into healthcare decisions. Cochrane Reviews respond to this challenge by identifying, appraising and synthesizing research-based evidence and presenting it in a standardized format, published in The Cochrane Library (www.thecochranelibrary.com). The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions contains methodological guidance for the preparation and maintenance of Cochrane intervention reviews. Written in a clear and accessible format, it is the essential manual for all those preparing, maintaining and reading Cochrane reviews. Many of the principles and methods described here are appropriate for systematic reviews applied to other types of research and to systematic reviews of interventions undertaken by others. It is hoped therefore that this book will be invaluable to all those who want to understand the role of systematic reviews, critically appraise published reviews or perform reviews themselves.

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