"REAL HAPPINESS IS WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY FOR NO REASON AT ALL-YOU ARE SIMPLY BEING" - Deepak Chopra
Have you ever just been happy for no reason? I never thought it was possible. I am happy just for being present in the moment on a single given day. I am happy for each new day. I am simply being.... present. What a relief! I thought there had to be a reason to be happy. I have a hundred reasons to be happy--well, maybe not a 100, but certainly many. It sounds so poly-anna, but to be alive no matter where you are in life is a blessing beyond your wildest dreams. So, maybe all is not a bowl of cherries, but you are here. There are many who are worse off than you medically, psychologically, emotionally and spiritually.
The one word is grateful. BE GRATEFUL
Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health is a comprehensive resource of medical and herbal interventions related to women’s health issues, as well as health conditions organized chronologically by female life cycle. The book, a blend of traditional and modern scientific data on botanical medicine, contains detailed plant profiles that include principle uses, clinical indications, and safety information on the most commonly used botanicals for women’s health.
1"I was pleased to select it, as appealing to me as it is—and, I anticipate, to the general herbal reading public. Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health is as intellectually well-founded and needed as it is outstanding among its genre. And it is simply good reading,” said Dr. Duke. “It has an appropriate mix, to my taste, of folklore and modern and recent scientific evidence. I liked it best of the several others that were close runner-ups."Firmly rooted in traditional herbalism, Dr. Romm’s book contains up-to-date, evidence-based information on over 150 botanicals for over 35 different conditions, including coverage of fertility, menstrual health, and more.1
It includes appendices on common botanical names, botanical medicine resources, detailed plant illustrations and photographs that facilitate visual herb identification and substance composition, dose reference charts, and information on adverse effects/drug interactions. Dr. Romm demonstrates her experience as an herbalist, physician, and midwife—along with the contributions of over 30 experts with practical experience as clinicians—in this integrated approach to the blending of conventional medical and botanical treatments.
“Given the patterns of herb purchasing and use, the single most important herbal demographic is women,” said ABC Board of Trustees President, Steven Foster. “Dr. Romm’s Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health bridges the gap between an advocacy approach and an authoritative treatment of the subject [of women’s health]. She combines the empirical traditional observations of the botanical practitioner and herbalist with the detailed scientific nuance of a medical doctor,” he said. “The wisdom, limitations, and possibilities of divergent worlds usually separated by a gulf are bridged by her grasp of both worlds. Under Aviva Romm's guidance, the result is an authoritative-yet-accessible collaborative effort with other knowledgeable, respected experts, which seamlessly blends a rare and welcome balance of tradition and science.”
1"I was pleased to select it, as appealing to me as it is—and, I anticipate, to the general herbal reading public. Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health is as intellectually well-founded and needed as it is outstanding among its genre. And it is simply good reading,” said Dr. Duke. “It has an appropriate mix, to my taste, of folklore and modern and recent scientific evidence. I liked it best of the several others that were close runner-ups."Firmly rooted in traditional herbalism, Dr. Romm’s book contains up-to-date, evidence-based information on over 150 botanicals for over 35 different conditions, including coverage of fertility, menstrual health, and more.1
It includes appendices on common botanical names, botanical medicine resources, detailed plant illustrations and photographs that facilitate visual herb identification and substance composition, dose reference charts, and information on adverse effects/drug interactions. Dr. Romm demonstrates her experience as an herbalist, physician, and midwife—along with the contributions of over 30 experts with practical experience as clinicians—in this integrated approach to the blending of conventional medical and botanical treatments.
“Given the patterns of herb purchasing and use, the single most important herbal demographic is women,” said ABC Board of Trustees President, Steven Foster. “Dr. Romm’s Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health bridges the gap between an advocacy approach and an authoritative treatment of the subject [of women’s health]. She combines the empirical traditional observations of the botanical practitioner and herbalist with the detailed scientific nuance of a medical doctor,” he said. “The wisdom, limitations, and possibilities of divergent worlds usually separated by a gulf are bridged by her grasp of both worlds. Under Aviva Romm's guidance, the result is an authoritative-yet-accessible collaborative effort with other knowledgeable, respected experts, which seamlessly blends a rare and welcome balance of tradition and science.”
I have had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Romm teach and lecture. She is beyond reproach. I love her book. It has been such a useful tool for me in my clinical practice. It also is a book I can pick up a read a chapter and understand what is the next step. I am GRATEFUL for studying herbs with great mentors like Dr. Romm.
Dr. Romm is a recognized expert in women’s health, women’s and pediatric botanical medicine, and midwifery. She practiced as an herbalist and home birth midwife for over 20 years before becoming a physician, and was one of the first certified professional midwives (CPM) in the United States.
Other books written by Dr. Romm include The Natural Pregnancy Book (10 Speed Press, 2003), Naturally Healthy Babies and Children (10 Speed Press, 2003), ADHD Alternatives (Storey Publishing, 2000; with her husband Tracy Romm, EdD), and Natural Healing After Birth: The Complete Guide to Postpartum Wellness (Healing Arts Press, 2002).
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