Resumen de Medicina naturista y Fitoterapia
An historical and critical speech about the relationships of phytotherapy use in Naturist Medicine. In XVII century was written the book «El Promotor de fa salud, el médico del agua>> {Health promotor, the water doctor}, by Vicente Pérez. Phytotherapy represents in Naturist Medicine like a bridge between Mechanicist and Vitalist philosophies. There are several ways in medicinal plants use: 1- From a pharmacological point of view, with a dose related effect, in the realm of the phytotherapist; 2- Like all-heal remedies, usually with an insufficient dose (herbal teas, etc.), the realm of the healer; 3-With naturist criteria, with an activation of defense mechanisms, in the realm of Naturist M. D. There were discussed also writings from Paul Carton and Casiano Ruiz-lbarra, in the early XXth century.
