For more information on Chinese medicine and community resources to suit your needs.
RECOMMENDED READING
Introducing and clarifying the concepts of traditional Chinese medicine:
- The Web That Has No Weaver : Understanding Chinese Medicine
By Ted Kaptchuk - Between Heaven and Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine
By Harriet Beinfield, Efrem Korngold - Healing With Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition
By Paul Pitchford
Couples trying to conceive:
- The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies
By Randine Lewis - Taking Charge of Your Fertility
By Toni Weschler
Pregnancy and breastfeeding:
- The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth
by Henci Goer & Rhonda Wheeler - Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You
By Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher, Suzanne Arms
Treating children with Chinese medicine:
- Keeping Your Child Healthy With Chinese Medicine: A Parent’s Guide to the Care & Prevention of Common Childhood Diseases
By Bob Flaws
HELPFUL LINKS
- Fertility Friend
A free online resource for charting your basal-body temperature
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ - An educational link exploring all the assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
http://www.fertilityjourney.com/exploring-therapy-options/assisted-reproduction/assisted-reproductive-technologies-art/index.asp
SACRAMENTO BIRTH RESOURCES
- The Birth Center
http://www.sactobirth.com/index.html - Birth Stream Midwifery
http://www.birthstream.com/ - The Maternity Maven
http://www.maternitymaven.com/meet.html - Better Birth Sacramento
http://www.betterbirthsacramento.com/ - Valley/Foothill Doula Collective (VFDC)
http://vfdoulacollective.com/default.aspx - Mother’s Support Network
http://www.motherssupportnetwork.org/ - Downtown Doula
http://www.downtowndoula.com/events.asp - Joyful Birth
http://joyfulbirthclasses.com/ - BIRTH RESOURCES IN AUBURN
- http://www.naturalchildbirthclass.com/nevada-placer-county-resources
- Valley/Foothill Doula Collective (VFDC)
http://vfdoulacollective.com/
MARTIAL ARTS AND YOGA IN SACRAMENTO
- The Aikido Center
http://www.theaikidocenter.com/ - Deep Art and Yoga
http://www.deepartandyoga.com/
ALLIED HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
- Veterinary Acupuncturist; Serving the Greater Sacramento and Auburn area
http://fivetailsdvm.com/about/