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Christiane Northrup, M.D., a board-certified ob-gyn, is a visionary pioneer; beloved authority in women’s health and wellness; and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom, and The Wisdom of Menopause. Her third book, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, was voted Amazon’s #1 book of the year in both Parenting and Mind-Body Health in 2005. Following a 25-year career in both academic medicine and private practice, Dr. Northrup now devotes her time to helping women truly flourish on all levels through tapping into their inner wisdom. Website: www.DrNorthrup.com ALSO BY CHRI STIANE NORTHRUP, M.D. The Wisdom of Menopause Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change Mother-Daughter Wisdom Understanding the Crucial Link Between Mothers, Daughters, and Health The Secret Pleasures of Menopause The Secret Pleasures of Menopause Playbook: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Health through Pleasure The Wisdom of Menopause Journal Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATED: 2010 Christiane Northrup, M.D. EBook Edition published by Christiane Northrup, Inc. www.DrNorthrup.com Print Edition Published by Bantam Books: www.bantamdell.com Copyright © 2010, 2006, 1998, and 1994 by Christiane Northrup, M.D. All rights reserved. EBook Edition published by Christiane Northrup, Inc. 2008 Fully revised EBook Edition published 2010 All rights reserved. Print edition is available through Bantam Books www.bantamdell.com Illustrations by Scott Leighton. Copyright © 2010 by Christiane Northrup, Inc. Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to quote the following: Excerpt from Circle of Stones: Woman’s Journey to Herself, by Judith Duerk. Copyright © 1989 by LuraMedia. Reprinted by permission of LuraMedia, Inc., San Diego, CA; excerpt from Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healing, by Stephen Levine Copyright © 1991 by Stephen Levine. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.; excerpt from When Society Becomes an Addict, by Anne Wilson Schaef. Copyright © 1987, HarperSanFrancisco; Geneen Roth’s Eating Guidelines from Women, Food, and God by Geneen Roth, published by Scribner, copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. Reprinted by kind permission of Geneen Roth and Scribner, a division of Simon and Schuster. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Northrup, Christiane. Women’s bodies, women’s wisdom : creating physical and emotional health and healing / Christiane Northrup. — Rev. and updated. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-553-80793-6 (hardcover) / 978-0-553-38673-8 (trade paperback) 1. Gynecology—Popular works. 2. Holistic medicine—Popular works. 3. Generative organs, Female—Diseases—Popular works. 4. Women—Health and hygiene. I. Title. RG121.N59 2010 618.1—dc22 2010011802 Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Author photo by Charles Bush Photography EBook Published by Christiane Northrup, Inc. is a registered trademark of Christiane Northrup, Inc For more information about Dr. Northrup and her work, please visit: www.DrNorthrup.com. This book is for all who believe that it is possible to flourish, regardless of our present or past circumstances. It is for all who acknowledge the daily presence in our lives of mystery, uncertainty, and hope. It is for those who yearn to be well and know that there is something more to healing than simply external substances or techniques. This book is for every physician, nurse, health care practitioner, healer, or patient who keeps an open heart and an open mind and acknowledges the fact that scientific truth is constantly changing. It is for those who know that we heal and flourish to the degree that we consciously invite the Sacred into our lives. This book is dedicated with appreciation to the scientists and healers of the past, present, and future who have had and will have the courage to speak their truth and go forward in faith, hope, and joy, despite the deadening effects of conventional thinking. Contents List of Figures List of Tables Introduction to the Fourth Edition: The Medicine of Empowerment Part One From External Control to Inner Guidance 1 The Patriarchal Myth: The Origin of the Mind/Body/Emotion Split Our Cultural Inheritance Patriarchy Results in Addiction Fundamental Beliefs of the Dominator System Reclaiming the Authority of Our Own Feelings 2 Feminine Intelligence and a New Mode of Healing Energy Fields and Energy Systems Understanding the Bodymind Feminine Intelligence: How Thoughts Become Embodied Beliefs Are Physical Healing Versus Curing 3 Inner Guidance Listening to Your Body and Its Needs Emotional Cleansing: Healing from the Past Dreams: A Doorway to the Unconscious Intuition and Intuitive Guidance How Inner Guidance Works 4 The Female Energy System The Matter-Energy Continuum Earth’s Energy The Chakras The Lower Female Centers: Chakras One to Three Other Chakra Issues Part Two The Anatomy of Women’s Wisdom 5 The Menstrual Cycle Our Cyclical Nature Our Cultural Inheritance Menstrual Cramps (Dysmenorrhea) Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Irregular Periods Excessive Buildup of the Uterine Lining (Endometrial Hyperplasia, Cystic and Adenomatous Hyperplasia) Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB) Heavy Periods (Menorrhagia) Healing Our Menstrual History: Preparing Our Daughters 6 The Uterus Our Cultural Inheritance Energy Anatomy Chronic Pelvic Pain Endometriosis Uterine Prolapse Fibroid Tumors 7 The Ovaries Anatomy Ovarian Cysts Polycystic Ovaries (PCO) Ovarian Cancer
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