CLASSICAL HOMEOPATHY
A Distinct Whole Person Approach
Homeopathy is a full-fledged medical system with its own diagnostic logic, therapeutic principles, and clinical methods—Unlike conventional, disease-centered medicine, Classical Homeopathy aims to gently stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal instead of just suppressing symptoms.It is suitable for all ages and can be used for both acute and chronic health concerns.
Individualized care
Homeopathy looks at you as a whole person, not just a diagnosis.
During your visit, we consider:
- Physical symptoms
- Emotional and mental patterns
- Stress responses
- Sleep, digestion, energy and constitutional tendencies
This full picture guides the selection of one precise, individualized remedy.
“Homeopathy evaluates the entire individual, not just an isolated symptom or diagnosis.” – Dr. Luc Maes
Advanced Homeopathy
In Santa Barbara, Dr. Luc Maes is the only homeopathic doctor to provide Advanced Classical Homeopathy, integrating the work of great homeopathic Masters of our time
- Rajan Sankaran M.D. on Superclasses
- Jan Scholten M.D insights on mineral and plant remedies
- Michal Yakir and her wondrous order of plants
Safe , gentle and effective
- Non-toxic
- Free of drug interactions
- Safe for newborns, children, pregnant women, adults, and seniors
- Homeopathy is especially valuable when pharmaceuticals are too strong, poorly tolerated, or contraindicated
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Conditions that homeopathy can address
- Acute issues: colds, fevers, ear infections, coughs, digestive upsets, injuries, and emotional shocks.
- Chronic conditions: allergies, asthma, eczema, migraines, PMS, hormonal imbalance, anxiety, digestive disorders, autoimmune tendencies, and many others.
Core guiding principle of like cures like
The guiding law of Classical Homeopathy is “like cures like.”A substance that can cause certain symptoms in a healthy person can, when prepared in a highly diluted homeopathic form, help someone who has a similar symptom pattern.This “Law of Similars” dates back to Hippocrates and appears in healing traditions around the world.
Homeopathic remedies are chosen not for the name of the disease, but for the unique pattern of symptoms you experience. The goal is not to suppress symptoms, but to gently stimulate your body’s own healing response and restore balance.
The Potentized Homeopathic Remedy
Homeopathic remedies are prepared through potentization, a process discovered by Samuel Hahnemann:
- Repeated dilution and vigorous shaking (succussion)
- The original substance becomes energetically enhanced while losing its physical toxicity.
- Remedies come in different potencies (strengths):From mother tinctures to high dilutions. For example, a 6C potency is like one drop of the original substance diluted into a “lake,” each step 100× more dilute than the last
- Although science has not fully explained how these ultra-dilute remedies work, centuries of clinical use suggest they can act with surprising strength and precision, helping the body activate its own natural healing mechanisms.
The Healer Within
Classical Homeopathy sees the body as intelligent and self-organizing, not a simple machine.
- Ancient healers called this inner healing capacity Vis Medicatrix Naturae – the Healing Power of Nature
- Homeopathy calls it the Vital Force
When the Vital Force is balanced, we experience health, energy, and resilience.
When it is disturbed by stress, trauma, environment, or lifestyle, symptoms appear.
Homeopathy views symptoms as messages, not enemies—signals from the Vital Force pointing toward deeper imbalance. Treatment seeks to work with these messages, not silence them.