Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way (Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90) (Paperback)

~ Susun S. Weed (Author)

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Product Description

The menopause "bible" for 350,000 women who've chosen strong bones and healthy hearts without recourse to hormones. A treasure trove of accessible, reliable, non-drug remedies.

About the Author

Susun Weed, green witch and wise woman, is an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit, a powerful presence, and an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health. She is the voice of the Wise Woman Way, where common weeds, simple ceremony, and compassionate listening support and nourish health/wholeness/holiness. She has opened hearts to the magic and medicine of the green nations for three decades. Ms. Weed's four herbal medicine books focus on women's health topics including: menopause, childbearing, and breast health. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Ash Tree Publishing; Other Printing edition (September 24, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961462043
• ISBN-13: 978-0961462048
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #675,868 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most helpful book on alternative medicine I have read!, January 5, 2000

By A Customer

This book deals with many women's problems, from an alternative healing approach.

Susun Weed considers the whole person, not just the physical symptoms.

She discusses herbs, diet and nutrition, exercise, meditation, medications, and as a last resort, surgery.

She also introduces the reader to ancient ways to deal with anger, sorrow, and life changes. She gives you a whole new way to look at change, not as something to be feared; but as a new opportunity for personal growth and service to your community.

She deals with giving up the child bearing years, to embrace a new phase in life. Something most books on menopause do not even touch on.

She truely does impart wisdom, and bring hope and help to women going through changes, whether menopausal or not.

A book my family will never be without! MB

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Susan gives an encouraging & uplifting view of menopause, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

Susan Weed gives a menopausal woman an entirely different view than that presented by the medical professionand the world at large. She gives the post menaupausal woman a reason to go forward with confidence into this new stage of life. The TRADITIONAL way of handling the physical and spiritual problems one encounters are explained easily and poetically. A big contrast to the sterile and totally unsympathetic view of doctors. They tend to look on this time as a chance to dehumanise the woman, whereas Susan shows how to become a better and more fulfilled being. As an amateur herbalist (I make my own tinctures that have successfully replaced the dreaded Premarin that I was put on after my hysterectomy) I found her information on herbs extremely useful I had found out, by trial and error, much that she explains on the use of herbs, but there is much that i did not know. A great book for those who do not want to be dehumanized by the medical profession and want to enjoy their many final years with health and vigour!

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Menopausal Years:Wise Woman Way, alternative approach, May 19, 2000

By A Customer

Excellent book! For any woman who cannot take synthetic estrogen or just prefers natural alternatives. This book approaches menopause in a positive way. It will help you find the herbs that can help alleve or relieve any and all symptoms of menopause- pre,mid,or post- that we all love and hold dear to our hearts (smile). I read this book and came away with a much better attitude towards the old crone ceremony that I and many other women are now apart of ....