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Summary: An enduring classic!
Review: This book is a classic of the caliber of Our Bodies, Our Selves, one that I would recommend to all women beginning a journey of knowledge about natural healing, fertility, and our many plant allies. The information is extremely self-empowering, teaching readers how to develop the curiosity, trust and sensitivity to treat and heal themselves using natural elements, how to learn empirically what is best for our own bodies. It is an early publication of a dynamic and outspoken teacher and life-long learner of this subject. Check out her other books!
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Summary: Books for turning points in our lives!
Review: This most wonderful book found its way into my heart and life when I was just 19. It was the first herbal I ever bought and my book shelf has never been without a copy, though I keep a spare for lending. After nearly two decades of "female" and gynecological challenges I must have been ready for a change because when I saw HYGIEIA on the shelf at my local healthfood store I didn't hesitate to buy it. I never even looked inside until I got it back home, I was so sure. What is not to love about this healing herbal that reaches far into the essence of the writer and is offered as a gift to every reader? The letters from other women, the dreams, the questions, the lovely photographs, and especially the way the information has been preserved and handed down based on empirical experience of women eons before myself...it was/is a cover to cover treasure! It has been a precious ally through the pregnancies and births of our four beautiful children, postpartum, and now as I begin the dance of the menopausal woman. It will be an honor to pass it on to my daughters.
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Summary: Fills a void on herbal healing....
Review: When HYGIEIA-A WOMAN'S HERBAL by Jeannine Parvati was first published in July 1978, it filled a void. Much of what she had to say needed to be said. If you're interested in historical artifacts (how dumb we were), this book is a good read. I believe much of Parvati's text will interest most contemporary women-at least women who have difficult questions and want to know more about the female body. Two decades ago, many of us fit that description as most medical research was conducted with male subjects. Most of what affected the female body was not discussed in public or even in books. In spite of their notoriety, Master's and Johnson didn't cover this stuff and I doubt Dr. Ruth did either. Imagine your deepest secrets about your body, those things you might not be able to discuss with your best girl friend without difficulty. Well, Parvati is the girlfriend you never had. Much of Parvati's material is geared to younger woman-probably because she was younger when she wrote the book and authors tend to write about their experience, but she does have some good stuff on menopause. Given the outpouring of books on the topic of herbal healing in recent years, you might wonder what this book covers not found in other herbal volumes, and the answer is plenty. Parvati's book is about herb uses and the reproductive organs of the female body. Parvati organizes the herbs by topics, covering subjects such as aphrodisiacs to whet the sexual appetite, as well as herbs to improve fertility, assist with birth control, boost lactation, ease menstruation, et cetera. She has lots of graphic illustrations and pictures (naked bodies) and discusses herbal applications you probably won't find discussed anywhere else. Parvati is Native American with a few other good qualities thrown in such as six children conceived and delivered a la natural. This is a book for liberated women (and men) or those who want to be.
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Summary: Fills a void on herbal healing....
Review: When HYGIEIA-A WOMAN'S HERBAL by Jeannine Parvati was first published in July 1978, it filled a void. Much of what she had to say needed to be said. If you're interested in historical artifacts (how dumb we were), this book is a good read. I believe much of Parvati's text will interest most contemporary women-at least women who have difficult questions and want to know more about the female body. Two decades ago, many of us fit that description as most medical research was conducted with male subjects. Most of what affected the female body was not discussed in public or even in books. In spite of their notoriety, Master's and Johnson didn't cover this stuff and I doubt Dr. Ruth did either. Imagine your deepest secrets about your body, those things you might not be able to discuss with your best girl friend without difficulty. Well, Parvati is the girlfriend you never had. Much of Parvati's material is geared to younger woman-probably because she was younger when she wrote the book and authors tend to write about their experience, but she does have some good stuff on menopause. Given the outpouring of books on the topic of herbal healing in recent years, you might wonder what this book covers not found in other herbal volumes, and the answer is plenty. Parvati's book is about herb uses and the reproductive organs of the female body. Parvati organizes the herbs by topics, covering subjects such as aphrodisiacs to whet the sexual appetite, as well as herbs to improve fertility, assist with birth control, boost lactation, ease menstruation, et cetera. She has lots of graphic illustrations and pictures (naked bodies) and discusses herbal applications you probably won't find discussed anywhere else. Parvati is Native American with a few other good qualities thrown in such as six children conceived and delivered a la natural. This is a book for liberated women (and men) or those who want to be.
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