A Barefoot Doctor's Guide for Women

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In A Barefoot Doctorx2019;s Guide for Women, Georgette Delvaux, DC, focuses on hormonal health explaining in a conversational tone how issues related to menstruation, pre-menopause, and menopause can begin as mere annoyances and gradually develop into major problems that affect both body and mind. She describes the harmful late effects of treating hormonal imbalances with artificial hormonesx2014;a popular practicex2014;and introduces Thermography, the exciting but still little-known method of detecting dangerous changes in breast tissue. With spirit and intelligence, Dr. Delvaux takes on these and other often-taboo topics, encourages women to trust subtle changes in their own sensations, and helps them understand both alternative and conventional medicine.

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Georgette Delvaux was born in Luxembourg, studied anatomy in Geneva, and came to the United States to study Rolfing. She graduated from the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration in Boulder, Colorado in 1979, and was certified as an Advanced Rolfer in 1986. A licensed chiropractor, Delvaux also practices craniosacral osteopathy, is interested in herbalism, homeopathy, and acupuncture, and is a student of Taoism and Buddhism. She currently shares a Rolfing practice with her husband, Michael Salveson, in Berkeley, California.