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Women's bodies, women's wisdom creating physical and emotional health and healing
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- ISBN: 9781401925376 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1401925375 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (xxxvi, 906 p.) : ill. - Edition: Rev. and updated.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, c2006.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [812]-878) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1: From external control to inner guidance -- The patriarchal myth: the origin of the mind/body/emotion split -- Feminine intelligence and a new mode of healing -- Inner guidance -- The female energy system -- 2: The anatomy of women's wisdom -- The menstrual cycle -- The uterus -- The ovaries -- Reclaiming the erotic -- Vulva, vagina, cervix, and lower urinary tract -- Breasts -- Our fertility -- Pregnancy and birthing -- Motherhood: bonding with your baby -- Menopause -- 3: Women's wisdom program for vibrant health and healing -- Steps for creating vibrant health -- Getting the most out of your medical care -- Nourishing ourselves with food -- The power of movement -- Healing ourselves, healing out world. |
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Based on the connection between physical and spiritual health, a revised edition of the popular holistic guide to alternative medicine for women contains an alphabetical list of women's ailments and conditions, including fibroids, menstruation, vaginitis, and menopause. Simultaneous. 25,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
When it was first published in 1994, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom quickly became an international bestseller, and for the past fifteen years it has remained the veritable bible of women's health. Now, in this revised and updated edition, world-renowned and much-beloved women's health expert Dr. Christiane Northrup shares with us the latest developments and advances that will maximize our potential for living well in our bodies today. Inside you will discover new material on sexuality'and how to have a more fulfilling sex life; the spiritual and scientific principles behind healing from terminal illnesses, and how you can utilize these principles for your own health and the health of others; vital information about how to truly dissolve PMS and ease menstrual cramps; extraordinary facts on Vitamin D'and why it is crucial for breast, cardiovascular, and immune system health; the importance of the preconception diet and how to greatly decrease your risk of birth defects; how to birth naturally, despite the current induction and C-section epidemic; all you need to know about thyroid function, including proper blood tests; life-saving facts about cellular inflammation'the root cause of all chronic degenerative diseases'and how to prevent this condition; and the essentials on the "fountain of youth molecule"'and how to enhance your levels of it for vibrant health. Living a healthy life in a woman's body can be downright fun'even ecstatic! And that's good news for everyone'women, men, and their children. - Random House, Inc.
When it was first published in 1994, Womenâs Bodies, Womenâs Wisdom quickly became an international bestseller, and for the past fifteen years it has remained the veritable bible of womenâs health. Now, in this revised and updated edition, world-renowned and much-beloved womenâs health expert Dr. Christiane Northrup shares with us the latest developments and advances that will maximize our potential for living well in our bodies today.
Inside you will discover new material on sexualityâand how to have a more fulfilling sex life; the spiritual and scientific principles behind healing from terminal illnesses, and how you can utilize these principles for your own health and the health of others; vital information about how to truly dissolve PMS and ease menstrual cramps; extraordinary facts on Vitamin Dâand why it is crucial for breast, cardiovascular, and immune system health; the importance of the preconception diet and how to greatly decrease your risk of birth defects; how to birth naturally, despite the current induction and C-section epidemic; all you need to know about thyroid function, including proper blood tests; life-saving facts about cellular inflammationâthe root cause of all chronic degenerative diseasesâand how to prevent this condition; and the essentials on the "fountain of youth molecule"âand how to enhance your levels of it for vibrant health.
Living a healthy life in a womanâs body can be downright funâeven ecstatic! And thatâs good news for everyoneâwomen, men, and their children.
