  We present a concrete model of a low energy effective field theory of QCD,
the well-known Skyrme Model. Specifically, we will work with the BPS submodel
in order to describe the binding energies of nuclei. This BPS Skyrme model is
characterized by having a saturated bound for the energy proportional to the
baryon number of the nuclei. After presenting this classical result, we will
proceed with a semi-classical quantization of the coordinates of spin and
isospin. Then, with the further inclusion of the Coulomb interaction as well as
a small explicit breaking of the isospin symmetry, we finally calculate the
binding energies of nuclei, where an excellent agreement has been found for the
nuclei with high baryon number. Besides this, we also apply this model to the
study of some thermodynamic properties and to neutron stars.
