The Natural Menopause Handbook
Author: Crawford, Amanda McQuade
ISBN: 9781580911962
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 21 Jul 2009
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
The Natural Menopause Handbook bases its healing advice on the belief that menopause is a natural process-one that does not necessarily require medication. This revised edition focuses on herbs, nutrition, and other natural health approaches such as exercise, aromatherapy, and visualization to offer a holistic plan for wellness during perimenopause (the time leading up to and including menopause) and the postmenopausal years. Experienced medical herbalist and author Amanda McQuade Crawford examines both the age-old wisdom of nature and new research on natural therapies to address a wide range of menopausal symptoms and bodily issues.
This comprehensive handbook features an extensive collection of healing remedies, such as "Tea for Restorative Sleep," "Ten-Minute Visualization," and "Elixir for Healthy Joints," as well as appendices on making your own custom herbal formula and creating an herbal home medicine chest. In clear, supportive language, McQuade Crawford explains the nature and physiology of the most common health concerns and provides more than fifty herbal therapies to ease all stages of this natural transition in every woman's life.
Learn how to holistically ease your symptoms throughout perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause with this comprehensive, research-based handbook.
While conventional Western medicine encourages menopausal and postmenopausal women to treat their symptoms using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), expert medical herbalist Amanda McQuade argues that natural, herbal-based remedies, combined with a nutritionally balanced diet, exercises, aromatherapy, and visualizations, can be just as-if not more-effective at safely balancing a woman's hormones during these stages of her life.
In The Natural Menopause Handbook, McQuade provides fifty herbal therapies for tinctures and teas that can-
. Increase metabolism
. Boost libido
. Support bone and joint health
. Brighten skin
. Provide cardiovascular support
. Ease cold and flu symptoms
. And much more!
Along the way, she presents a clear, science-based overview of common symptoms, explains the curative properties of more than 45 herbs, and offers nutritional advice to combat specific ailments. With helpful images, easy-to-follow instructions for brewing the perfect tea and making extracts and oils, and appendices on creating your own custom herbal formulas and starting an herbal home medicine chest, The Natural Menopause Handbook is an invaluable resource for any woman throughout the stages of this natural transition.
ISBN: 9781580911962
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 21 Jul 2009
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
The Natural Menopause Handbook bases its healing advice on the belief that menopause is a natural process-one that does not necessarily require medication. This revised edition focuses on herbs, nutrition, and other natural health approaches such as exercise, aromatherapy, and visualization to offer a holistic plan for wellness during perimenopause (the time leading up to and including menopause) and the postmenopausal years. Experienced medical herbalist and author Amanda McQuade Crawford examines both the age-old wisdom of nature and new research on natural therapies to address a wide range of menopausal symptoms and bodily issues.
This comprehensive handbook features an extensive collection of healing remedies, such as "Tea for Restorative Sleep," "Ten-Minute Visualization," and "Elixir for Healthy Joints," as well as appendices on making your own custom herbal formula and creating an herbal home medicine chest. In clear, supportive language, McQuade Crawford explains the nature and physiology of the most common health concerns and provides more than fifty herbal therapies to ease all stages of this natural transition in every woman's life.
Learn how to holistically ease your symptoms throughout perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause with this comprehensive, research-based handbook.
While conventional Western medicine encourages menopausal and postmenopausal women to treat their symptoms using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), expert medical herbalist Amanda McQuade argues that natural, herbal-based remedies, combined with a nutritionally balanced diet, exercises, aromatherapy, and visualizations, can be just as-if not more-effective at safely balancing a woman's hormones during these stages of her life.
In The Natural Menopause Handbook, McQuade provides fifty herbal therapies for tinctures and teas that can-
. Increase metabolism
. Boost libido
. Support bone and joint health
. Brighten skin
. Provide cardiovascular support
. Ease cold and flu symptoms
. And much more!
Along the way, she presents a clear, science-based overview of common symptoms, explains the curative properties of more than 45 herbs, and offers nutritional advice to combat specific ailments. With helpful images, easy-to-follow instructions for brewing the perfect tea and making extracts and oils, and appendices on creating your own custom herbal formulas and starting an herbal home medicine chest, The Natural Menopause Handbook is an invaluable resource for any woman throughout the stages of this natural transition.
