1. 1/1/1992 This accurately illustrated guide gives detailed descriptions of over 200 plants to enable easy identificaiton, and provides information on the distribution and natural habitat of each species.
  2. 7/5/2019 Alternative medicine and natural healing have reached into every facet of our lives. Lack of confidence in commercial medicine and an interest in getting closer to nature have made formerly-considered "alternative" treatments mainstream. Packed with nearly 300 color photographs and over 120...
  3. 6/6/2013 Looking for a faster, easier, and engaging way to identify plants? Related plants have similar characteristics, and they often have similar uses. Rather than learning new plants one-at-a-time, it is possible to learn them by the hundreds, based on plant family patterns. Each family of related...
  4. 15/12/2000 In this handy companion to the best-selling bookThe Green Pharmacy, leading herbal authority James A. Duke, Ph. D., delivers the lowdown on virtually every healing herb available in today's marketplace: its description and history, therapeutic uses, medicinal properties, prescription...
  5. El árbol de nim es propio de las regiones áridas de Burma y de la India. Ha sido introducido a otras regiones áridas tropicales de Africa, Asia, y el Nuevo Continente.
  6. 26/3/2015 Plants have been used since ancient times to heal and cure diseases and to improve health and wellbeing. Despite ancient nature of the tradition, medicinal plants still form the basis of traditional or indigenous health systems and are reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to still be...
  7. Rural people of Ethiopia are endowed with a deep knowledge concerning the use of wild plants. This is particularly true for the use of medicinal plants, but also for wild plants, some of which are consumed at times of drought, war and other hardship. Elders and other knowledgeable community...
  8. 11/7/2016 La siembra complementaria es una forma de cultivo intercalado que por lo general se practica en huertos de pequeña escala en los cuales dos o más especies de plantas son cultivadas unas junto a otras para compartir beneficios. Por ejemplo, las hortalizas que gustan de la sombra como la lechuga...
  9. 1/4/2010 Existen muchos factores que complican el trabajo agrícola, la salud de la familia y la nutrición cuando uno o más miembros de la familia son VIH positivas o tienen entre ellos un caso de SIDA. Esta comunidad más amplia es conocida como Personas que viven con el VIH/SIDA (PLWHA por sus siglas en...
  10. 18/10/2016 La morera de papel es nativa de China, Japón, Corea, Laos, Camboya, Tailandia, Burma y Assam (India), pero se cultiva ampliamente en otras partes de Asia y el Pacífico. También se ha naturalizado en partes del sur de Europa y los EE.UU. (Kew 2016). De acuerdo con el Centro Mundial de...