Menstrual & Reproductive Health Resources

Books and readings exploring menstrual and reproductive health through multiple perspectives, lived experiences, and healing systems.

A carefully curated collection of books and resources exploring menstrual and reproductive health through multiple perspectives — biology, food, herbs, Ayurveda, trauma, womb healing, lifestyle, emotional wellbeing, body awareness, and other healing modalities.

These resources have either been personally experienced, written, practiced, or recommended by women, practitioners, researchers, and experts we have interacted with through this journey.

At Ruyii, we believe menstrual health is deeply individual and cannot always be understood through one perspective alone. Our intention with this curation is to create a more thoughtful starting point for people seeking deeper awareness and preventive understanding of their bodies.

In a space often filled with overwhelming and fragmented information, we hope these resources offer more meaningful direction and exploration.

Disclaimer: These resources are not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. They are intended only for educational and awareness purposes.

Suggested resources and readings:

• Sacred Woman — Queen Afua
• The Herbal Sutra: Indian Wisdom and Wellness Through 100 Herbs — Madhulika Banerjee
• Beti Kare Sawal — Anu Gupta
• What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls — Lynda Madaras
• Natural Healing in Gynecology — Rina Nissim
• Rtu Vidya: Ancient Science behind Menstrual Practices — Sinu Joseph
• Everyday Ayurveda — Bhaswati Bhattacharya
• Swadeshi Chikitsa — Rajiv Dixit
• Red Moon — Miranda Gray
• The Inner Cause — Martin Brofman
• You Can Heal Your Life — Louise Hay
• The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
• The Mind-Gut Connection — Emeran Mayer
• The Secret Life of Water — Masaru Emoto
• Music as Medicine — Daniel J. Levitin
• Our Bodies, Ourselves — Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
• The Jamaican Herbal Remedy Encyclopedia — Mark Nebuchannezzar
• My Body Is Mine — Sabala and Kranti
• The Female Body Bible — Emma Ross, Bella Smith, Baz Moffat
• Can Maternity Services Open Up to the Indigenous Traditions of Midwifery? — Mira Sadgopal
• Siridhanyalu (Millets) — Dr. Khadar Vali
• Self Heal by Design — Barbara O’Neill

P.S. We’ll continue adding more to this list over time. :)

This is only a small part of the larger menstrual and reproductive health space we are trying to understand and reimagine.

Do explore more about the work and vision we are building at Ruyii: https://ruyii.in/

Happy to connect and converse: Poorna@ruyii.in