The Oxytocin Factor: Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love, and Healing

by Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg and Kerstin Uvnas Moberg

Book Overview

In recent years there have been exciting scientific discoveries about a powerful hormone whose role in the human body has long been neglected. Oxytocin is the hormone involved in bonding, sex, childbirth, and breast-feeding, as well as in relaxation and feelings of calm. It is the mirror image of the stress hormone (adrenaline), which triggers the "fight or flight" systems in the body. Much has been written about the latter but the many-sided importance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738207489
• ISBN13: 9780738207483
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"