The oxytocin factor : tapping the hormone of calm, love, and healing / Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg ; translated from the Swedish by Roberta W. Francis ; drawings by Airi Iliste.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Contents
Oxytocin -- The environmental context -- An essential balance -- The body's control centers -- How oxytocin works -- Effects of oxytocin injections -- The oxytocin tree -- Nursing: oxytocin's starring role -- Oxytocin and touch -- Oxytocin and other senses -- Oxytocin and sexuality -- Oxytocin and relationships -- Massage -- Eating: an internal massage -- Cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs -- Medication-induced calm and connection -- Motion and stillness -- Our inner ecology.
