Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil—broadly referred by this name preceded by "Dr.", or simply as Dr. Weil—is an American physician, author, spokesperson, and broadly described "guru" for holistic health and integrative medicine, whose names also constitute an emerging brand of healthcare services and products in these fields...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth8 June 1942
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
powerful practice well-being
There's no single more powerful or simpler daily practice to further your health and well being than breath work.
dark giving drug
...Whole plants differ in their effects from refined drugs (:)...Plants are dilute preparations (of) the active principles...Plants usually go into the body through the mouth and stomach, whereas purified chemicals can be put...by snorting or injecting...directly into...bloodstreams without giving...bodies a chance to process them. Other compounds in drug plants...may modify the active principles, making them safer...
giving stronger antibiotics
If at the first sign of infection, you always jump in with antibiotics, you do not give the immune system a chance to grow stronger.
powerful sick people
We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.
medicine drug emergencies
I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency.
psychologist harvard skinner
As an undergraduate at Harvard in the 1960s, I was fascinated by my visits to psychologist B.F. Skinner's laboratory.
joy feelings spontaneous
Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.
decision humans survived
Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time.
medicine disease diagnosis
I'm not against high-tech medicine. It has a secure place in the diagnosis and treatment of serious disease.
views benefits planets
In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.
independent thinking contentment
I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.
struggle pay bills
American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.
fighting essential-oils may
I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria.
breathing imagine inhale
Imagine that each time you inhale, that the universe is breathing into you, and as you exhale it is breathing out of you.