Reclaim Your Life - Your Guide to Aid Healing of Endometriosis

I found this book to be quite helpful. Especially if you have been battling endometriosis for a long period of time. This book will help you with questions that don't seem to be answered by your doctors.

The author clearly illustrates the 'vitalistic belief premise' of various alternative medical systems, including naturopathy, and vitalism's many synonyms: "reiki is really two Japanese words - rei and ki [...] ki means vital or life force. This 'life force' energy has many other names within different cultures throughout the world e.g. 'chi' in Chinese, 'prana' in Sanscrit, and 'bioplasmic energy' by Russian scientists. All living things on earth have a 'vital force', an unseen energy [...] we all have this vital energy [p.127...] part of the theory of homeopathy, the body is said to be integrated by a 'vital force', which maintains it in a state of homeostasis. If this force is put under strain, illness can result [p.136...] naturopathy. Also known as 'natural medicine' [...] modern naturopaths [...] maintain that many factors such as unhealthy diet, lack of sleep, exercise, or fresh air, any emotional or physical stress, pollution, in the environment, even negative attitudes, allow wast products and toxins to build up in the body and upset self-regulation. This in turn can overload the immune system and weaken the vital force, the body's innate ability to maintain good health [p.141]." Scientifically speaking, there is no such thing as a vital principle; just as naturopathy's 'autotoxicity premise' lacks scientific credibility. -r.c.

I have read most books that deal with natural treatments for endometriosis and this is by far the best one I have read. This book has been written in such a way that the author gives you a full understanding of how and why natural treatments will work. She explains that a lot of the problems associated with endometriosis stems from a stressed immune system and give loads of advice and tips of how to help boost your immune system. I have tried many of the self help tips and advice and I have definitely felt a great improvement in my health, a big reduction in my pain symptoms and improvments in my digestive problems. This book has been a huge inspiration to me and has given me more confidence to continue to improve my own health because it includes stories of other women who have been able to rid themselves of this dreadful disease, as well as the authors own story of how she healed from endometriosis. An excellent book all round and I am very, very glad I found it and I would recommend it to any woman who has endometriosis.

This book has really given me inspiration. There is so much in here that I have not read before including a fascinating section on the immune system. The book is full of anecdotal stories about other women who have recovered from endo, or who have had successful pregnancies by using natural therapies. There is lots of information about natural therapies and suggestions of what you can do to help yourself with the symptoms, the emotional side, and just coping with life in general. I really recommend this book most highly to other women who need a huge boost to help them take on this disease with the aim of reducing the symptoms and starting to heal both physically and emotionally. Brilliant work.