Botanical Medicine for Women's Health

This book covers the healthcare and treatment of women according to changes and conditions that occur within the context of the life cycles. The book deals with menstrual health, menstrual concerns, and disorders; fertility and the childbearing cycle, the menopausal years. There will also be sections on gynecologic malignancies, breast conditions, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Within each section, the conditions associated with that life cycle change will be covered; for example, dysmenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, and menorrhagia under menstrual health; infertility, contraception, miscarriage, and pregnancy and lactation related concerns under fertility and the childbearing cycle, and such topics as hot flashes, vaginal dryness, hormone replacement therapy, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease. The book will provide relevant patient teaching guides, such as how to perform a breast self-exam or how to effectively do pelvic floor exercise, as well as other topic-related information.