The Latin word doctor literally means “teacher”: one whose first task is not to treat illness, but to show patients how to heal and stay healthy on their own. Now Dr. Andrew Weil – America’s foremost authority on natural healing approaches – invites listeners to attend a comprehensive, one-on-one audio learning course designed to achieve this original goal of the healer’s art. Through 12 challenging sessions, Dr. Weil personally helps listeners take charge of their own well-being with proven, natural solutions to achieving optimum health. Listeners learn the same practical health recommendations that they would by attending a two-day seminar with Dr. Weil – at their convenience and all on one invaluable home resource. This complete course covers: Healing and the Mind – How thoughts and emotions influence health and many common disorders • Preventing Chronic Disease – Essential measures to prevent heart attack, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and more, often without turning to pharmaceutical drugs • Your Optimal Diet – A primer on eating for maximum health and pleasure • Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Supplements – Specific, up-to-date recommendations • Herbal Medicine – Dr. Weil’s guidance on dozens of herbal remedies • Plus seven more complete sessions covering exercise and fitness, optimal aging, and alternative healing therapies.

Dr. Andrew Weil is a clinical professor of internal medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona’s Health Sciences Center in Tucson. He received an AB degree in biology (botany) from Harvard and his MD from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Weil is an internationally recognized expert on medicinal herbs, mind-body interactions, and integrative medicine. He is the author of nine books, including such bestsellers as Spontaneous Healing, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, and Eating Well for Optimum Health. In addition, he has a monthly consumer health newsletter, Self Healing.