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I have found quite a bit of information on herbs that are helpful for problems of "heaviness", "dragging" and "falling out", improving elasticity, treating "congestion in the pelvic area", "strengthening the pelvic muscles" and "connective tissues" and as tonics for the womb. These herbs are recommended as supplements to correct diet and nutrition.

I am a firm believer in the wonders of proper diet and nutrition and believe that a lot of pain and disease can be avoided through proper diet. We need to be particularly vigilant these days as most of the food we get has very little (and in some cases, no) nutritive value.

I think in moving to a healthful diet it is important to go thru a period of cleansing and detoxification, involving such techniques as enemas (I hear that coffee enemas are good) and juice fasting. There are also cleansing herbs and herbs that stimulate proper liver function. (Natural healing is a slow and demanding method but worth it in the long run.) For me, this means STRICT adherence to the diet for a prolonged period of several months. I also think cooking methods are important but that a large proportion of raw foods in the diet is necessary.

I am willing to share my source but need to know if I can name the book here. Please advise.

Hi Girl,

By all means share the source, but I want to add a cautionary note. This same thing came up for me yesterday as I considered sharing some anecdotal information on decongesting the uterus.

Over the past several hundred years we've lost the vast portion of our herbal knowledge. This is being regathered by such notables as Susan Weed, T. Low Dog and Michael Moore, but a true natural medicine is still in its infancy in the West and we still don't know as much as we do know...particularly in the area of uterine health.

What I don't want WW to become is a clearinghouse where all sorts of remedies are being recommended, some of which may be useless or even harmful. I guess the best way to manage that is to keep mindful of the sources and always stress best judgement.

I have to reiterate that pelvic organ prolapse is a postural problem and to also stess that the uterus is a highly dynamic organ extremely influenced by diet...and you are right on when you say it is a commitment to total diet change.

Let's all use our best judgement here and see how we do.

Christine

The book is: The Nutritional Health Handbook for Women by Marilyn Glenville PhD. Her website is: www.marilynglenville.com