Music. It’s the safest medicine there is. Take as much as you like and the side effects are all good. Music improves your quality of life — no Rx needed.

What do you get when you combine the medical symbol of the serpent with the music symbol of the G clef? You get the MediClef™!

Music is a powerful force. It’s been used to rally crowds and marshal armies into war.  But it also can help a restless child fall asleep, or bring comfort to a confused and apprehensive Alzheimer’s patient. It penetrates our deepest emotions and can make a fifty year old memory seem as fresh as if it had happened this morning. Music can reach into the heart and mind of those who have difficulty communicating with words and can be the only way for some people to connect with the world around them. Music helps reach into our emotional, spiritual, social, physical, and cognitive needs. It is an essential requirement in our lives.

I’ve practiced internal medicine for over thirty five years. I’ve written countless prescriptions during my career. The only treatment I’ve ever prescribed that has no adverse side effects is music. There is no addiction, no abuse, and you can use as much music as you choose. Just close your eyes, listen, and let it take you where you want to go, or you can be an active participant and create your own music by singing playing an instrument. You can sing by yourself in the shower or be your own unique voice in a larger chorus. My experience has taught me an important lesson:  “Music Makes It Better!”

One morning while driving to the hospital to make morning rounds on my patients (and listening to some music, of course) I was trying to think of how to communicate the brand idea of “Music Makes It Better!”. How could I, in one visual instant, symbolize the fusion of music and medicine? That’s when the concept of combining the serpent staff of the medicine with the treble clef of music, and the logo of the serpent in the shape of the treble clef was born!

I created this branded clothing line to raise awareness of the important health benefits of music and to support music therapy and research. A portion of all our profits is donated to support music therapy and research.

Thank you for visiting my web site and for your support. I hope you will help spread awareness and wear the brand to proudly display your support of health through music!

(Dr. Leon Waller is a board certified Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine)