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Women's bodies, women's wisdom : creating physical and emotional health and healing / Christiane Northrup, M.D.

Summary:

"Emphasizing the body's innate wisdom and ability to heal, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom covers the entire range of women's health--from the first menstrual period through menopause. It includes updated information on pregnancy, labor, and birth, sexuality, nutrition, hormone replacement therapy, treating fibroids, avoiding hysterectomy, and maintaining breast and menstrual health. Fully revised and updated to include the very latest treatment innovations and research data, and reflecting today's woman's proactive involvement in her own health care, this important new edition will help women everywhere enjoy vibrant health with far fewer medical interventions. Filled with dramatic case histories, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom is contemporary medicine at its best, combining new technologies with natural remedies and the miraculous healing powers within the body itself"--Amazon.

Record details

ISBN: 9780525486114 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: xxiv, 1155 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: Revised and updated.
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From external control to internal 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 -- 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 -- Women's wisdom program for flourishing and healing -- Steps for flourishing -- Getting the most out of your medical care -- Eat to flourish -- The power of movement -- Healing ourselves, healing our world.