Healthy Living Books Books

Rating: - Wonderful book and resource!
This is wonderful book for both practitioners and laypeople alike. I initially found this book through a patient and have used it extensively with every fertility patient I've seen since then. Dr. Lewis has information that ranges from dietary changes that anyone can get started with immediately to Traditional Chinese Medicine patterns in infertility and acupuncture protocols that any practitioner who uses acupuncture can use. This is also a great book for patients to bring to their doctors, naturopaths or acupuncturists. Acupuncture and (sometimes) herbs are now being encouraged by many mainstream fertility clinics and this book allows me to have much of the information I need at my fingertips.

If you are trying to become pregnant or if you are a practitioner that uses Traditional Chinese Medicine with your patients, this book is a must.

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Rating: - The Infertility Cure
Wonderful book, I read this book after strying to get pregnant for one year when a friend recommended acupuncture. I knew very little about Chinese medicine and thought it sounded a little weird. This book explains acupuncture and Chinese medicine so you can understand. She is also so encouraging which was refreshing. I was quite hesitant to diagnose myself after reading this book so I sought the professional help of someone trained in TCM and acupuncture and 2 months later was pregnant. Skeptics may say its a coincidence, but I believe that it helped balance my hormones so pregnancy was possible. I encourage everyone I know who is struggling to get pregnant to read it.

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Rating: - My gratitude overflows
If Chinese medicine can cure me, it can cure you. I was hopelessly infertile and hadn't had a natural period in 19 years before I discoved TCM. I read this book as a complement to the therapy I was receiving, and amazed at the detail Dr. Lewis provides. She gives us so much credit! The checklists for self-diagnosis are more detailed than most TCM doctors know, and I have brought the book along to my visits so my TCM doctor and I can speak the same language. It's invaluable. Don't dispair until you give this a try.

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Rating: - Hope for the Fertility Struggle
This book was recommended in my fertility-support group, and it has been a great read. I've tried everything I'm going to from Western medicine, but no solutions have been forthcoming. (And I have a great doc -- not like the "specialist in a top US clinic" I first went to (see negative review #2) who did a few tests and told me I had no problems... oops, she missed the endo and my low hormone levels!) I highly recommend this book not only for people who have tried everything else, but also for those who haven't started trying everything yet, and those who are pursuing medication and/or surgical treatments. Try this early, and save yourself a lot of heartache and expense.

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Rating: - Dr. Randine Lewis will show you that you are NOT Infertile!
Dr. Randine Lewis' book addresses the problem of infertility from the standpoint that most women who are of reproductive age, with the proper anatomy are FERTILE; the inability to conceive is an expression of an imbalance within their system that can be improved through the techniques that this book teaches. The text is both scientific and a self-help primer. Through the pages in this book you will learn to diagnose your underlying imbalance and then follow the approach that Traditional Chinese Medicine advocates for your diagnosis. The treatment generally includes the use of acupuncture or self-performed acupressure, stress reduction, dietary changes, supplement use, restorative exercise (yoga, Qi Gong), and relaxation techniques.
Perhaps most encouraging is the fact that Dr. Lewis has experienced approximately a 75% success rate with achieving pregnancy with her patients, many (if not most) of whom came to her clinic after years of failed Western procedures. The Western medicine definition of "infertile" is rather narrow, defined by inability to become pregnant after one year of unprotected sex. I never believed I was infertile, despite solidly falling within Western medicine's definition and it has been reassuring to find an approach that has validated my intuition about my body: namely, I am not infertile, I am just very imbalanced and stressed and I need help to restore my reproductive health. While this book contains the information that is necessary to self treat, it can be complicated and I'd recommend that you seek the treatment of a licensed acupuncturist, preferably one who specializes in infertility or, at least, women's health.
If you undertake this approach for yourself, you cannot lose. Surely, you will be more hopeful, feel more relaxed, experience increased vitality and generally improved health. This is a book that will help you to reclaim your body and, in so doing, you can reclaim yourself and recognize that you are not broken, a failure, nor infertile.