Aum Healing Center

Aum Healing Center is awesome. This place carries amazing holistic supplements. They also carry a few natural beauty products. Dr. Arora is a well-​trained internist and you can expect exceptional care from her. Coach Chris is very passionate and motivated to help his patients live at their peak potential. I highly recommend them both! The location is also prime, located on Newbury Street, conveniently right next to the Hynes Convention Center T stop. I suggest everyone to take advantage of their services (especially since not many Internal Health Clinics take insurance!)

By the looks of some of the reviews, not everyone understands how a business needs to generate multiple streams of revenue in order to keep its doors open, especially a solo-​practitioner at the mercy of large insurance companies for payment (hint the doctor has no leverage). If you have a problem with paying upfront for scientifically-​validated supplements not the ones made with sawdust or worse you can find other places (the evidence for outright fraud in the industry is alarming), then take it up with your insurance company or support legislation to have those deemed worthwhile (e.g. Vit-​D) be covered as part of your plan. I wonder if these same people pitch a fit when they have to pay for prescription drugs? All that being said, Dr. Arora made it perfectly clear to me why she recommends the ones in her office because she knows she can trust their quality and they get results not to mention getting regular labs done allows for adjustments to be made including no longer needing to take recommended supplements or prescriptions. It is all about «practicing medicine» anyway regardless of the specialty, so don’t expect the doctor to have all of the right answers the first time, especially if you’ve been dealing with health issues for an extended period of time.
In regards to Dr. Arora as a physician, I have been exceptionally pleased with her guidance over the past several months and the progress I have made encourages me to stick with the prescribed program while continuously evaluating it for ways to improve based off lab results and other indicators. She has always been receptive and responsive to my needs, questions, concerns, etc. whether in person, phone, or email which goes a long way in any type of relationship. Her counterpart, Coach Carreiro, is another exceptional resource for lifestyle, nutrition, and exercise tips to help improve your overall health as well. I enjoy the synergy they bring to each appointment as it really helps the patient get to see the whole picture that is «health» instead of just one small piece. Moreover, I find them very approachable people without the air of superiority or ego you tend to find in a field full of talented professionals, who are able to talk just as comfortably about things like music, restaurants, and travel as they are about health and wellness. In closing, I recommend them to anyone seriously interested in exploring other paths to looking, performing, and feeling their best!

Dr Arora is a kind and committed practitioner who I believe is sincerely devoted to the well being of her patients. She is both inquisitive and thorough in her holistic approach. I have gained a great deal of self-​knowledge and have made tremendous progress with her prescription for my well being. I don’t think she is interesting in «selling» supplements, but rather in using them as an added means to healing beyond basic changes in diet. Some of the supplements are expensive, but I’ve had luck in finding cheaper supplements of equal quality.

Dr. Arora is a wonderful and talented doctor. She is extremely helpful and knowledgeable in accessing your complete health In a holistic way. I really liked the fact that she was trained in traditional medicine and is now working in a holistic way, I really feel that being trained in both fields brings a world of benefits I had a very positive experience, I went to see her for Premenopausal and weight issues and had a great results. I highly recommend the AUM Healing Center.

Dr. arora is eager to sell you supplements. And right away on your first visit before test results. In my visit, I described my health concerns and supplements I take but I felt she was not mentally present nor even interested. She gave no health advice or insight except to buy supplements from her, mostly the ones I told her I already have. And she made me very uncomfortable when I repeated that I already have them and take them regularly. She proceeded in suggesting more. I felt I had to say yes to at least one or she wouldn’t stop. It seemed she needed to sell me at least one. Creepy.
Beware of doctors who profit on their advice nor inform you she is profiting. And Arora does not indicate alternatives for purchasing the same supplements at other retailers. For the supplements I already have, she wanted me to buy only the brand she sells because she wasn’t familiar with the brand on the bottles I showed her even though they are commonly sold at Whole Foods. It tells me she is not knowledgeable enough in supplements to professionally recommend one brand over another. I definitely left with the feeling that she looked at me as a revenue stream for selling supplements and not as a patient. And I easily found the same brand supplement she recommended at another retailer at a lower price, so she also helps herself to full profit.
The conflict of interest is clear… and it’s particularly shameful in healthcare where the provider relationship needs to be trustworthy for the patient.
The reason it’s illegal for doctors to profit from the medications they prescribe is due to the conflict of interest. Prescription meds are regulated. Unfortunately, supplements are not regulated so there is no conflict of interest protection for patients. This leaves innocent and trusting patients vulnerable to unethical providers.
If you are Interested in finding a doctor who is motivated to help you be healthy then I hope this review provides you ways to detect when a provider is trying to take financial advantage of you instead.
If you like a provider who profits on advice to you, has conflict of interest, ignores your concerns, and not pay attention to what you tell her then Dr. Arora may be for you.
Or you can first try going gluten and dairy free, avoid sugar, take probiotic, vit D, vit C, and a multivitamin and see how you feel. You can also try taking Magnesium and B12. You might find you feel better. In addition, buy food from farmers markets and farm stands. Go vegetarian at least one day a week. Buy organic meats, fish, poultry. Allandale farm, Wilson farm, Russos, Volante are great places to get healthy local and in season fruits and veg. Check out Owen’s Poultry Farm in Newton for fresh eggs, chicken and other poultry. Lots of places specialize in fresh seafood: capt Mardens and Brighton fish company. I like to get my seafood from Jordan Brothers who sell at various markets on various days.
Be healthy. :)

I, unfortunately, had a very similar experience as Charlie and Gena. I went to Dr. Arora looking for relief from severe headaches and dizziness. Over the years, I have dealt with sinus issues, and even had sinus surgery in the past. However, there was little improvement in my condition post-​surgery. I was wary of going back to an ENT and was hoping a more natural approach might help.
The fact that Dr. Arora was an MD with a background in natural medicine attracted me to her practice, and I was hopeful that she could balance the two schools of thought in my treatment.
In my first visit with her, she spent a long time going through questions regarding my medical history, symptoms, lifestyle, etc. She then diagnosed me with food related inflammation and recommended an impressive number of supplements (all of which were sold through her practice). One of the supplements was a one-​month supply of a breakfast shake that was supposed to reduce inflammation.
In the mean time, she put me on an extreme version of a paleo diet — white, grass-​fed meat, wild-​caught fish, and leafy vegetables. No fruit, no sugar, no alcohol, no soy, no corn, no wheat. I told her I would be traveling 4 days a week, and she said I should cook my meals ahead of time. Upon telling her I could not travel with a week’s worth of food in a carry-​on, she responded, «If you have a bad attitude about this, there’s nothing I can do.»
After a month or two of religious adherence to the diet and supplements, I felt no improvement. After seeing her again, she changed my shake-​supplement to something else. When I asked her the reasoning behind the new supplement, she balked. Her explanation was that it was a «good product» and «should help» with no other explanation. Desperate for relief, I went with it, and continued the diet. Please note, Dr. Arora has been fined for not disclosing information about her connection to the supplements partners:
After another month, I saw no results. I returned to her, and her response was that I should go back to the original shake-​supplement along with the other supplements she was selling. At that point, I lost it. I asked her why, if the shake didn’t help the first time, she thought it would help me a second time? She said, «Because it fundamentally helps with inflammation. And you need help with that.»
If that was the case, why did she take me off of it in the first place? And why didn’t it help the first time? In front of two interns she had sitting in the room (whom she directed to go through all of my medical history for a second time on my third visit — while she was not in the room), I told her I would not be returning.
At that point I went back to a new ENT who ran a CT scan, discovered a dangerous blockage in my frontal sinus that was threatening my vision and required urgent surgery. I had the surgery, and my condition has improved greatly. If I had stayed with Dr. Arora, it would have been left completely undiscovered.
In my opinion, Dr. Arora is a dangerous practitioner. She may have good intentions, but she offers boiler-​plate solutions lacking in clear reasoning. The fact that her solutions bankroll her supplement business only makes it worse.

I was really hopeful when I learned that Dr. Arora had degrees from both an Indian and a U.S. medical school but sadly my experience with Dr. Arora was not very positive.
My experience with her indicates that she has the same treatment options for everyone and seems to think that all problems relate to food allergy. As another reviewer stated, she is quick to sell you as many supplements as possible. I also was very unhappy with her lack of attention to the test results. She was quick to prescribe for the food and flora issues but failed apparently to notice or discuss with me the test results that really were specific to my illness.
Dr. Arora previously practiced out of the Rothfeld Center but left Rothfeld to set up her own practice after a relatively short time there. She wrote to the patients that she saw at Rothfeld and tried to market her new practice but didn’t give any explanation as to why she had left Rothfeld so soon after joining it. The Rothfeld Center For Integrative Medicine gets good reviews and several of my friends have been happy with their treatment there so might be a good alternative to Arora.

I found this clinic and Dr. Arora from Unilocal.I’m leaving this review to balance out the other positive reviews so that you don’t experience what I did.
I went to Dr. Arora in really bad shape; I was in the worst health I’ve been in my life and needed compassionate and thoughtful care. Dr. Arora listened to me and it seemed like she was just listening to my symptoms to figure out which supplements she could sell me. I was really turned off because I had experiences in past working with more holistic doctors who were more like salesmen than healers. It seems like Dr. Arora is no different. She sells a bunch of supplements and powders in the front of the clinic. Look at how the State Board of Medicine took disciplinary action against her for «failing to disclose fully to a patient the nature of her agreement with a company to sell their products.» (Citation here:
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What REALLY turned me off was the fact that she told me to buy one of the powder shakes she sells, when it contained SOY, which I told her I was severely allergic to. She either doesn’t know what’s in her products or doesn’t care. Good thing I was vigilant and looked at the ingredients before I wasted $ 70. She then gave me a sample pack of that powder and told me to try it… Does she not understand how food allergies works? Eating a smaller amount of something still triggers a reaction.
On top of this, when I asked her about food allergy testing, she told me about two different options. Dr. Arora obviously recommended the more expensive option, which I ended up going with. Then she took out the kit (charged me $ 25 for it) and started reading the instructions on how to use it. WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD USED THAT KIT MANY TIMES WITH OTHER PATIENTS. That is clearly a lie or exaggeration. She did not know that the sample was supposed to be kept cold/​frozen. That was the ultimate blow to my confidence in her.
The story goes on. Dr. Arora calls me after my appointment to tell me I owe a co pay and deductible and asks me for a credit card. I told her I would send her a check because I didn’t want to give my credit card info over the phone. And she kept going on asking me when I was going to send the check and when would the money arrive? I felt harassed. Since when do doctors have free time to call up patients and harass them for money? I cancelled my next appointment because I didn’t want to entrust my health with a Dr. like her and she told me that I now also owed $ 100 because I didn’t cancel two days in advance. I was never notified about this policy BEFOREHAND.
Even after I told her I just wanted my test results and didn’t want to continue my care with her, she e-​mails me with another sales pitch, saying I could discuss the results with her and recommends that I go the Rothfeld Center in Waltham and that I should talk to Sara Raimundo if I make an appointment there. Does anyone else who read this far think that she probably has some deal with the Rothfeld Center to make patient referrals?
Save yourself a dehumanizing experience and go get your care somewhere else.
This is coming from someone who has extensive experience in the medical field, clinical research, health policy, and holistic care. I thought I had seen it all until this awful experience!

Dr. Arora is, in a word, amazing. Not only is she super sweet and considerate, but she is incredibly talented with what she does and she has a real passion for it. Backstory: I went into Dr. Arora’s office for the first time to address digestive issues, anxiety issues, and panic attacks. For the first time ever, I felt hopeful after leaving a doctor appointment. Traditional doctors have always just thrown antibiotics in my face or told me I was fine (even though I didn’t feel fine — I had a stomach the size of a pregnant woman on days of digestive distress). Despite having a healthy, plant based diet before going to see her, there was something missing. We thoroughly discussed my health history, what I was eating, and a plan for the future. She suggested some supplements from her office (she was never pushy about it though) and we scheduled blood work and a follow up appointment. I felt like she was really listening to me the entire time and not judging at all — so not only is her method effective, but her approach is calming and friendly.
Fast forward to one month after my initial appointment: I feel SO much better. My energy has improved, I have not had any panic attacks, and my digestion has improved immensely. I no longer have to stop in the middle of the workout because my digestive system is in knots, or turn down get-​togethers with friends because I’m not feeling well. I cannot thank Dr. Arora enough for what she has done for me. She’s smart, friendly, well-​versed in functional medicine, and just an all around great doctor. I would definitely recommend Dr. Arora!