DrRic (as his patients fondly call him) Saguil is Licensed as a Physician/Surgeon in the state of Illinois. He comes from a family of doctors and teachers and has modified his practice of medicine to provide healing, comfort, and education. His belief is that insurance-based medicine is a godsend for rescuing the most severe and catastrophic diseases/ailments but it is not the way to optimal health and longevity. 

Since completing a Family Medicine residency in 1995, DrRic has dedicated the last 28 years to learning the newest concepts in how to optimize health. DrRic feels that the education and empowerment given to patients is precious to the patient-doctor relationship. When the goal is to use lifestyle changes to halt suffering and reverse disease the root cause must be identified in order to prioritize our efforts and bring back youth.

It was after a 2-year fellowship training in Sports Medicine that DrRic realized finding a diagnosis was easy but implementing lifestyle change quickly and effectively was difficult depending on insurance and approvals. During this time when diagnoses like fibromyalgia didn’t exist, DrRic had much success with deploying rehabilitation not only for musculoskeletal derangements, but also for problems like high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and even depression! He observed that just allowing patients to embrace the natural flow of healing energy with movement had value in expediting the reversal of disease.  

Taking on the task of facilitating forward movement on a physical, emotional and spiritual basis lead him to UCLA and learning medical acupuncture. This is where DrRic learned to combine ancient wisdom (some are 2500 yrs old!) with modern medicine as the most efficient way to get patients to feel better fast.

In the millennium, Dr. Andrew Weil was teaching Integrative Medicine to the world and it had an appeal to the public in addition to a few physicians. DrRic was invited to participate in his 2nd post degree fellowship training in Arizona. The experience was life changing and he brought this new mixture of combining proven measures in modern medicine with ancient healing traditions to his community.

Unfortunately, working for large hospital systems does not allow the time required with a patient to question, contemplate and build a lifestyle map of change.  With the deployment of this knowledge base, patients could be directly involved with reversing disease, often times without prescription medicines. When a patient is given control over their disease, true freedom from lifelong suffering and unhappiness is granted.

Consults with DrRic start with patients registering at his www.herbal411.com website.  DrRic created this to give patients ways to review common concepts discussed during visits. Herbal411.com is home to DrRic’s answers and suggestions summarizing the current research on supplements, medical interventions, exercise style and newest data for popular treatments. He has patients from around the world that found him through his videos and he currently has 9,000+ subscribers who are trying to optimize health.

DrRic holds two bodybuilding titles, raced in autocross competitions, has studied martial arts, ran marathons and guides hikes in national parks. On the softer side, he learned to teach yoga from Deepak Chopra, meditates regularly, is strong in his Catholic faith and places great significance on his family, including his wife, two grown children and a grandson.

Science is constantly evolving and refining itself; and so is DrRic. As he ages, he continues to hone his own “vision board” of surviving & thriving and his mission is to help others on that quest.  

 “If we can build a healthier community, not only will we thrive but disease expression will be generationally avoided within a family and within a community!”