Women's Health

Hygieia

A Woman's Herbal

Written by Jeannine Parvati
Price: $20.00
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Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal combines the ancient practice of herbalism with women's holistic health. It's an encyclopedic work covering how specific herbs can help with birth control, menstruation, menopause, pregnancy, childbirth, nursing, and much more. Personal stories, dreams, and poems enliven the text. The author is an outspoken activist in the...

Earth Qi Gong for Women

Awaken Your Inner Healing Power

Written by Tina Chunna Zhang
Price: $18.95
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The special medical Qi Gong described in this book was developed and perfected over the course of 1,700 years by Taoists, traditional Chinese medical doctors, and Qi Gong experts in China to meet the needs of a woman’s unique anatomy. Author Tina Zhang leads readers through a variety of pleasurable postures...

A Barefoot Doctor's Guide for Women

Written by Georgette Delvaux
Price: $12.95
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In A Barefoot Doctor’s Guide for Women, Georgette Delvaux, DC, focuses on hormonal health explaining in a conversational tone how issues related to menstruation, pre-menopause, and menopause can begin as mere annoyances and gradually develop into major problems that affect both body and mind. She describes the harmful late effects of...

Life on Land

The Story of Continuum, The World-Renowned Self-Discovery and Movement Method

Written by Emilie Conrad, Foreword by Valerie Hunt
Price: $24.95
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Emilie Conrad’s approach to movement education, health, and healing is as varied and deeply textured as her life story. In Life on Land, she interweaves the story of her Brooklyn childhood and discovery of dance with the psychic and physical collapse that led to the development of Continuum, her groundbreaking movement...

The Anti-Estrogenic Diet

How Estrogenic Foods and Chemicals Are Making You Fat and Sick

Written by Ori Hofmekler, Contribution by Rick Osborn
Price: $16.95
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• Lower your risk of metabolic disorders, disease, and chronic weight gain

• Protect yourself against the estrogenic substances in the environment, products, water, and food

• Learn how certain foods and herbs can protect you!

Estrogenic chemicals—known for causing the near extinction of various living species—are found in some of the most common foods...

Queen Jin's Handbook of Pregnancy

Written by Fred Seligson
Price: $14.95
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This practical manual draws on the teachings of Queen Tae Jin in 12th-century B.C. China. Women in China, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea still follow these rules of pregnancy to benefit the physical health, emotional stability, and spiritual nature of their children while in the womb. This handbook brings together the author's...

Menopause and Homeopathy

A Guide for Women in Midlife

Written by Ifeoma Ikenze, M.D., Foreword by Lonnie Barbach
Price: $17.95
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As women grapple with the issue of whether hormone replacement therapy is necessary for them, they need a greater understanding of what the body is undergoing in menopause. Dr. Ifeoma Ikenze, an M.D. and a homeopath, writes from her experience of treating women daily in her Northern California practice. She explains...

Natural Skin Care

Alternative & Traditional Techniques

Written by Joni Loughran
Price: $16.95
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Loughran provides numerous natural approaches that one can take for healthy skin, such as stress aromatherapy, stress management, massage, nutrition guidelines, and Ayurveda techiniques. She emphasizes that skin care starts from the resolution to calm and clarify the mind and body, and presents simple and refreshing alternatives to commercial products on...

Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth

Written by Richard Moskowitz M.D.
Price: $18.95
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Homeopathy offers a useful alternative set of medications for the childbearing cycle. The book offers an introduction to the philosophy and practice of homeopathy, as well as case presentations of successful homeopathic treatments for mother and child, including labor pain, teething, depression, irritability, and marital discord.