Carolyn Dean This is Me

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   Published on: 3/14/2007   Last Visited: 3/14/2007

   "Through the ages women have been the herbalists and community healers," says Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., author of The Miracle of Magnesium and co-director of The Body Rejuvenation Cleanse (www.brcleanse.com). According to Dean, natural medicine remedies and practices have always involved women. Traditional Chinese medicine, for example, has always included both men and women in its diagnostic and treatment procedures.
   
   "Herbalists are way ahead of conventional medicine," Dean says. "Because women have worked with herbs for thousands of years, they've been able to discern which are good for certain women's health issues like red raspberry leaf tea for pregnancy, black cohosh for menopause, and dong quoi for PMS." Dean also says the following herbs should not be taken by pregnant women as they are uterine stimulants: wormwood, southernwood, tansy, bayberry, golden seal, lomatium, pokeweed and thuja. "The field of natural medicine has known all along that effects of some herbs are different for men and women. Men would not be affected in the same way by these `women's herbs' at all," she says.
   
   Regarding complementary medicine procedures, Dean advises against acupuncture for pregnant women. "There are some stimulatory points in acupuncture that can actually cause contractions," she says.