
New! coverage of the role of botanicals in healthy aging for women features phytoestrogens, Ayurvedic/Chinese herbs, and discussions of health promotion. Duke excellence in botanical literature Award!Current, evidence-based information covers more than 150 botanicals for over 35 different conditions. Case studies provide realistic scenarios and help you apply the content to the real world.
Treatment and formula boxes summarize the most important information. Color illustrations and photographs of plants enable you to identify herbs visually as well as by substance make-up. Logical chapter organization begins with the principles of herbal medicine and then covers women’s health conditions organized chronologically by lifecycle, from teen and reproductive years to midlife and mature years.
Appendices include practical, at-a-glance information on common botanical names, chemical constituents of medicinal plants, and a summary table of herbs for women's health. This edition includes new full-color photos of herbal plants along with a discussion of the role of botanicals in healthy aging.
The Natural Pregnancy Book, Third Edition: Your Complete Guide to a Safe, Organic Pregnancy and Childbirth with Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices

What’s more, straightforward information delivered in a calm, every mother wants clear, empowering voice from someone who knows the facts. Ten speed Press. In this newly revised third edition, Dr. A revised and updated edition of the classic handbook for women seeking a safe, featuring an integrative-based approach with new medical, and natural pregnancy, eco-friendly, herbal, organic, and nutritional information.
Every mother wants the best for her unborn child, from the baby’s conception to birth. Enter Dr. Aviva jill romm, an expert in natural childbirth with more than twenty years of experience in both alternative and allopathic medicine.
The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution: A Proven 4-Week Program to Rescue Your Metabolism, Hormones, Mind & Mood

While these ailments may seem unrelated, Dr. Aviva romm contends that they are intrinsically connected by what she calls Survival Overdrive Syndrome, a condition that occurs when the body becomes overloaded. HarperOne. The adrenal thyroid revolution explains SOS, how it impacts our bodies and can lead to illness, and most importantly, offers a drug-free cure developed through Dr.
When these systems become overwhelmed they lead to symptoms that can develop into full blow illnesses, including diabetes, osteoporosis, hypertension, and heart disease—all of which have medically provable origins in SOS. Romm’s research and clinical work with tens of thousands of patients. Sos can result from childhood survival patterns or adult life stressors that are compounded by foods we eat, lack of sleep, viral infections, disrupted gut microflora, toxins in our environment, and even prescribed medications.
Two of the systems most affected are the adrenal system and the thyroid, hormones, cholesterol, inflammation, which control mood, blood sugar balance, will power, immunity, weight, sleep, energy, and a host of other bodily functions.
Naturally Healthy Babies and Children: A Commonsense Guide to Herbal Remedies, Nutrition, and Health

Aviva'¬?s whole-child approach integrates herbal remedies, hygiene, nutrition, and alternative health techniques with supportive, informed parenting. Committed to finding natural ways to care for their children, many parents seek techniques that do not require the invasive procedures and medications often associated with Western medicine.
Naturally healthy babies and children is indispensable reading for families seeking safe, effective ways to practice healing techniques at home.
Varney's Midwifery

The voices of authors from practices across the nation allow for a robust presentation of evidence-based midwifery. These critical skills are evidence-based and include insertion of contraceptive devices, management of a fetus in a breech presentation, hand maneuvers for birth, and steps for managing postpartum hemorrhage.
Varney's midwifery is a primary textbook used in midwifery education. It also provides new content on social determinants of health, the changing face of the population, and the population that midwives serve. With chapters written by expert midwives with an emphasis on anatomy, physiology, and normal physiologic processes, this text will assist students and midwives in providing healthcare services today.
Jevitt Ten speed Press. King, Mary C. Completely updated and revised, this text reflects current evidence-based guidelines.
The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility

About the authorlisa hendrickson-jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner. HarperOne. And it provides you with essential information about your health. The fifth vital sign: master your cycles and Optimize Your Fertility brings together over 1, 000 meticulously researched scientific references in a textbook-quality guide to understanding your menstrual cycle.
In this book you’ll learn: what a normal cycle looks like; the best way to chart your cycle and increase your fertility awareness; How best to manage critical aspects of your health, including better sleep, exercise and a healthier diet; Natural methods for managing period pain and PMS; How to successfully avoid pregnancy without the pill; and How to plan ahead if you do want to get pregnant.
The fifth vital sign aims to better connect women with their menstrual cycles, to break the myth that ovulation is only important when you're ready to have a baby. Read the fifth vital sign to better understand your health and fertilitywhether children are a part of your future plans or not, your health matters.
Menstruation isn't just about having babiesyour menstrual cycle is a vital sign, just like your pulse, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure. Ten speed Press.
Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth

Following the easy to understand definitions are listings of all the individual herbs with that property or action. A complete handbook for the herbal practitioner. Ten speed Press. However, that is not all. The greatest value of herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth is that it will become a trusted reference book.
Learn how to collect herbs and make herbal extracts. There is a helpful section on collecting, drying and storing herbs with a chart on harvesting and preparation. An herb book that will become a cherished reference. Herbal medicine from the heart of the earth contains the most up-to-date, dosage, general uses, detailed information on 190 valuable herbs including, specific indications, active constituents, and contraindications.
Paul bergner said it succinctly when he wrote, This book is broad enough in scope that it contains within it enough material for three books. Surprisingly detailed information is given for making tinctures, glycerites, suppositories, oils, gruels, elixirs, capsules, compresses, poultices and salves.
Herbal Healing for Women

A complete women's health-care manual, herbal healing for women discusses: -common disorders and the herbs that are effective for treating them -how to select and store herbs -preparation of hundreds of herbal remedies -an alphabetical listing of herbs, including a brief description of the herb, the general medicinal usage, and when necessary, warnings about potential side effects.
Simple, safe, and effective herbal remedies for women of all ages. For centuries women have turned to herbs to cope with a wide variety of health problems and conditions. HarperOne. By explaining the properties of specific herbs and the art of preparation, Rosemary Gladstar demonstrates not only how to achieve healing through herbs but good health as well.
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The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety

Includes two useful appendices detailing herbal references for pregnancy and lactation considerations. Churchill Livingstone. With contributions from leading international practitioners and authorities, it contains comprehensive reviews, in monograph format, of the published safety data for 125 common herbs.
HarperOne. Ten speed Press. Winner of american Botanical Council's 2005 James A. You'll also find coverage of issues of quality, allergy, interactions, contact sensitivity, adverse reactions, toxicity, and idiosyncratic reactions. Provides the most current information on safety issues in herbal medicine. Presents authoritative and credible safety information from two experienced herbal practitioners.
Combines theoretical chapters with 125 well-researched monographs, making it the most thorough and comprehensive text on the market for herbal safety in practice. Provides clear information using the most current evidence-based reviews, including the negative placebo effects nocebo, covering factors that influence herb safety, the basis for interactions between herbs and drugs, various types of unpredictable effects, and quality issues.
Skills for Midwifery Practice

HarperOne. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. Churchill Livingstone. The new edition of this highly acclaimed step-by-step guide continues to offer readers with the relevant physiology, evidence-base and rationale for the key midwifery skills.
Medical Herbalism: The Science Principles and Practices Of Herbal Medicine

With additional sections devoted to the principles of green medicine, and a discussion of treatments organized by body system, an extensive resource directory, the variety of other medical modalities using medicinal plants, the history of Western Herbalism, Medical Herbalism is the comprehensive textbook all students and practitioners of clinical herbalism need to develop their healing practices.
. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. A foundational textbook on the scientific principles of therapeutic herbalism and their application in medicine• A complete handbook for the medical practitioner• Includes the most up-to-date information on preparations, and contraindications• By the author of The Complete Illustrated Holistic HerbalMedical Herbalism contains comprehensive information concerning the identification and use of medicinal plants by chemical structure and physiological effect, the limitations and potential of viewing herbs chemically, the art and science of making herbal medicine, dosage, and the challenge to current research paradigms posed by complex plant medicines.
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