Dr Claudia Welch: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness Through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western Science

The Menopause Sisters

January 26, 2022 ∙ 57 mins
Episode 10

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Dr Claire & Caroline talk to Dr Claudia Welch, author of Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness Through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western Science and the book, How the Art of Medicine Makes the Science More Effective: Becoming the Medicine We Practice (How the Art of Medicine Makes Effective Physicians) She is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, an Ayurvedic practitioner and international speaker. Dr. Welch explores how ideas in Eastern medicine apply to women’s health, and

today’s reality in general.

 

www.drclaudiawelch.com

 

Twitter & Instagram & Facebook @drclaudiawelch

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The Menopause Sisters

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10

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January 26, 2022

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57 mins
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