Sembrando Y Sanando En Puerto Rico/Sowing Fields and Healing in Puerto Rico: Tradiciones Y Visiones Para UN Futuro Verde/Traditions and Visions for a Green Future (Spanish Edition) by Maria Benedetti

by María Benedetti

Sembrando Y Sanando En Puerto Rico the authentic healing and agricultural traditions of Puerto Rico through lively dialogues with herbalists, midwives and farmers. This volume explores the relationship between the natural healing methods used for generations in Puerto Rico and traditional practices of ecological agriculture. Both interviews and essays help to illustrate how these traditions can help us to face the ecological challenges of today. Finally, easy-to-use reference sections includde a glossary, healing and sustainable agriculture "remedies," a table identifying the plans mentioned in Spanish, English and Latin, bibliography, an up-to-date list of people working in Peurto Rico for the health of our ecosystems, a carefully crafted index and more. This book is entertaining, inspiring.... and very useful.

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1998