QUARTERLY HOMOEOPATHIC DIGEST

VOL . III NO . 3 September 1986

CONTENTS

1. ADDITIONS TO KENT’S REPERTORY

2. CANCER RUBRICS

3. PROBLEMS IN REPERTORISATION PRESENTED THROUGH A

CASE OF ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS

4. KENT RUBRICS FOR TREATMENT OF ASTHMA

5. IN THE SMALL RUBRIC IN THE REPERTORY

6. THE DISADVANTAGES OF REMEDY WEIGHTING IN

HOMOEOPATHIC REPERTORY ANALYSIS

7. TWO METHODS OF REPERTORISATION

8. SYMPTOM “AS IF”

9. REPERTORISATION WITH THE LARGE RUBRICS

10. MENIERE’S DISEASE – A CASE REPORT

11. IS KENT THE FINAL ?


ADDITIONS TO KENT’S REPERTORY
( Compiled by the Rhus Tox Study Group)
INTRODUCTION
This is the first in a series of reports to be
presented to the homoeopathic community from the
work being done by study groups in North America
and Europe . To be presented in this paper are
symptoms of Rhus toxicodendron which are listed in
Allen’s Encyclopedia of Materia Medica , or
Hahnemann’s Materia Medica Pura and yet are not
listed in Kent’s Repertory of the Homoeopathic
Materia Medica . Only symptoms which have been
shown to be clinically verified in the literature are
included in this list ; and redundancy within the
repertory was avoided whenever possible .
THE RHUS TOX STUDY GROUP
This group is composed of five
homoeopathic physicians with an average of more
than nine years of homoeopathic clinical experience
each . We had an first meeting in a secluded setting,
one hour’s drive from Denver , Colorado , August
14 , 1985 . Each individual prepared material for
presentation and discussion prior to the meeting . The
working sessions lasted approximately 12 hours per
day , from noon Thursday until noon Sunday , a total
of 35 hours , which work divided equally between
materia medica , homoeopathic doctrine and clinical
cases . We will be meeting four times per year ,
studying a different remedy each time . The group is
named after the first remedy studied , following the
pattern established by Homoeopathic Europea . The
first study group of this type , to be organized in his
country , is the Kali Carb Group , located in
Washington , D . C . The Kali Carb Group recently
held its third meeting. Study groups of this type have
been in existence in Europe for the past ten years .
METHODOLOGY
Each individual is assigned sections of
the materia medica from a specific source , so that
each section of the three main reference texts (Allen,
Hering , Hahnumann) are studied by at least one
person . Every individual studies the mental and
generalities sections of his / her assigned materia
medica . The provings and clinically-verified
symptoms are studied , and each symptom is
searched for in the Repertory of Kent . Those
symptoms not found in the Repertory are added to a
list of proposed additions , together with the specific
source of the symptom (the page and line numbers
are the symptom number) and the page in the
Repertory where the symptom may be added . These
lists are presented and reviewed by the group as a
whole , and those symptoms which are clinically
verified and which are not found in the Repertory
through cross referencing are added to the final list of
additions .
An effort was made to avoid redundancy .
For example , “lassitude before stool” was not added
to this list . It is symptom number [115] in Allen’s
Encyclopedia and it is not in the Repertory as such ,
yet a nearly equivalent rubric , “weakness before
stool” does contain Rhus-tox . In another example ,
“Aching in left wrist” is a symptom recorded in
Allen’s Encyclopedia , symptom number [913] . Such
a rubric exists in the repertory on page 1085 , “Pain ,
aching , wrist , left,” and Rhus-tox is not listed there .
On the other hand , Rhus-tox is listed under “Pain ,
aching , wrist” on page 1085 of the Repertory and is
also listed under “Pain , upper limbs , left” on page
1049. An addition to the Repertory was felt to be
unnecessary in cases such as this .
Any symptom found with reference to
one proving , with no confirmation from other
provings and no verification from clinic experience,
was not included . If multiple verifications were
found for a specific symptom , the addition was
entered as grade 2 , or italics . Otherwise the
additions were made as grade 1 , or Plain type .
ADDITIONS TO KENT’S REPERTORY FOR RHUS
TOXICODENDRON
Each addition to the Repertory is listed
with the symptom first , followed by the page number
on which the rubric can be found or should be added ,
Following this is the grade of the addition (in
parenthesis), and the source , for the addition [in
brackets , with the author’s name and the symptom
number or the number of the page on which the
symptom can be found]. Allen’s symptoms are listed
by number , as are Hahnumann’s . Hering ‘s
symptoms are listed by page number . The following
abbreviations are used for source names ; A1 = Allen,
Hn = Hahnmann , Hg = Hering .
MENTAL
Grief ; p . 50 ; [ A1 , 3 ]
Gestures , Plays with fingers , sleep ,
during ; p . 50 (1) ; [ A1 , 1362 ]
Indifference , business affairs , to ; p . 54; (1); [ A1 , 1060 ] , [ Hg , p . 77 ] Pain ,
[A1,45] calf , walking , beginning ; p.
1077 ; (1) ; [ A1 , 1032 ] Pain ,
Genitalia , Male : boring , forearm , bones ; p. 1089 ;
(2) ; [A1 , 907 ] Pain ,
Erections , urinating , with urging to urinate ; gnawing , knee ; p . 1116 ; (1) [ Hg , p . 81 ] Pain ,
p . 696 ; (1) ; [ A1 , 697 ] sprained , wrist , motion ; p. 1135 ;
Erections , violent ; p . 696 ; (1) ; [ A1 , 679 ] (1) [ Hg , p . 76 ] Pain ,
Redness , penis ; p . 709 ; [ A1 , 1161 ] stitching , joints , on touch ; p. 1138 ;
Redness , prepuce , spots ; p . 709 ; (2) ; [ A1 , 683] (1) ; [ Hg , p . 84 ] Paralysis ,
upper limbs , sudden ; p . 1177 ;
Genitalia , Female : (2) ; [ Hg , p . 76 ] Paralysis ,
sensation of , left ; p . 1178 ;
Menses , return after having ceased , the (2) ; [A1 , 868 ] Swelling ,
periods ; p . 728 ; (2) ; [ A1 , 706 ] Metrorrhagia , wrist , painful ; p . 1197 ;
during pregnancy ; p . 731 ; (2) ; [ A1 , 693 ] (1) ; [Hg . p . 76 ] Swelling ,
ankle , sitting , after , too long ; p .
Larynx and Trachea : 1201 ; (1) ; [ Hg , p . 83 ] Tension ,
knee , short , as if too ; p . 1205 ;
Hoarseness , weather changes ; p . 760 ; [ Hg , p. (2) ; [ Hg , p . 81 ]
70 ]
Skin:
Respiration: Difficult , Eruption , red , striped : p . 1318 ;
stomach , from pressure and pain in ; p . 771 ; (2) (1) ; [ A1 , 1269 ]
[ Hg , p . 70 ] Erysipelas , vesicular , discharge , slimy ; p . 1324 ;
(2) ; [ A1 , 1204 ]
Cough: Heart
affections , with ; p . 793 ; (2) ; [ Hg , P . 71 ] Generalities:
Evening , 6 P . M . ; p . 1342 ; (1) ; [ A1 , p . 376 ]
Expectoration: Storm , during storm ; p . 1403 ; (1) ; [ Hg , p . 84 ]
Bloody , exertion , too much , on a wind instrument;
p . 813 ; (1) ; [ Hg . p . 73 ] ************

Chest: This is not a complete listing of additions

Pain , excitement agg ; p . 843 ; (2) ; [ Hg , p . 73 ]
Stiffness , on beginning to move ; p . 880 ; (1) ;
[ Hg . p . 73 ]
Back:
Pain , lumbar region , warm , becoming , in bed
aggrav ; p . 908 ; (1) ; [ Hg , p . 74 ]
Extremities:
Eruption , itching , immersing hands in water
agg ; p . 986 ; (2) ; [ Hg , p . 84 ]
Heaviness , leg , standing , preventing ;
1017 ; (2) ; [ A1 , 1019 ]
Heaviness , leg , walking amel ;
1017 ; (2) ; [ Hg , p . 1019 ]
Inflammation , erysipelatous ;
1018 ; (2) ; [ Hg , p . 84 ]
Jerking , wrist , right ; p . 1030 ; (2) ; [ A1 , 907 ]
Pain , storm aggrav : p . 1046 ; (1) ; [ Hg , p . 84 ]
Pain , forearm , ulna ; p . 1057 ; (2) ; [ A1 , 910 ]
Pain , fingers , evening ; p . 1060 ;
to the Repertory that can be found in the literature ,
nor is it a complete listing of those additions that can
be found in the three meteria medica mentioned
above . Our group is small , so we selected those
parts of the Repertory that we felt would be most
useful in the study of this particular remedy . Those
sections of the Repertory that we did not cover
include Vertigo through Urine , and Sleep through
Perspiration . Future efforts will include all sections
of the Repertory for each remedy studied .
p. This information is provided to the
homoeopathic community with the hope that it will
p. add to the usefulness of the body of knowledge that
makes up the science of our therapeutics . Those
p. interested in contributing to this effort by joining one
of the existing study groups or starting a new one
should contact Robert Schore , M . D . , 9618 W .
Lake Highlands Dr . Dallas , Texas 75218 , (214)
3287713 .
(2) ;
Submitted by : Dean Crothers , M . D . , Jennifer
Jacobs , M . D .,
Nick Nossaman , M . D., Robert Schore , M . D .,
Jacquelyn Wilson , M . D., with thanks to
Jacques Imberechts , M . D., for his invaluable
guidance .
[ From the JOURNAL OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF HOMOEOPATHY , Vol . 78 , No.4 , December
1985 , for private communication only ].
CANCER RUBRICS
Ahmed N . Currim . M . D ., Ph . D .
The following remedies are additions to
cancer remedies given in Kent’s Repertory . I have
collected them from various articles on cancer written
by Dr . A . H . Grimmer . Page numbers refer to
Repertory . These articles , edited by me , will appear
in a fourth –coming book . Many of the articles
appeared in previous journals , but many have never
been published and the manuscripts were entrusted to
me by Dr . Grimmer’s family
NOSE (p .324) : Aur . Sulph ., Symph (antrum
cancer)
LIP (p . 355) : Ant . Mur ., Aur . Sulph .
TONGUE (p . 398) : Arg . cy ., Aur . m . n ., Galium
Semper . tect ., Rad . brom .
MOUTH (p . 398) : Hydr . mur
THROAT (p . 448) : Esophagus : Plat . mur ., Phos.
STOMACH (p . 482) : Actea spicata , Cadmium
met ., All the Cadmiums , Euphorbia corrolata , Lap a
(cancer of cardia and pylorus), Methylene – blue ,
(Methylenucoerulem), Plat . Mur ., Sul . ac .,
calendula (hemorrhage from stomach cancer and
metatasis to liver or other organs ) .
ABDOMEN (p . 541) : Intestines : All the Cadmium
preparations ; Euphorbia corr ., Kreos ., Methylenum
coerulem , Phos .; Liver ; Calc . ars ., Calen .,
(Hemorrhage of stomach cancer and metatasis to
Liver) , chion ., choles ., Hydr. Phos ., Therid ., all the
Cadmium preparations but especially Cad . met .,
Cad .phos ., Cad . sulph . Spleen : Cad met ., Cad .
iod .; pancreas : Calc . ars., Cad . iod .
RECTUM (p . 606) : Alumn ., Paeonia (malignant
hemorrhoids) , Phyt ., Thios . (stricture) , Toxicophis
(sarcoma)
BLADDER (p . 645) : Congo-red , Sabal . Serrulata
PROSTATE (p . 667) : Sabal , serrulata
MALE GENITALIA (p . 715) : Aur . m ., Brom .
(testes) , Scrotum , Soirrhus : Alum .; Testes : Ox .
ac ., Brom .
FEMALE GENITALIA (p . 746) : Uterus : Equis .,
Erodium , Methylenum-coeruleum, 01.-an ., Thios ,
Cad . –met ., Benzoquinine ; Ovary : Aur . m . n .
LARYNX (p . 746) : Arg .-cyan .
CHEST (p . 824) : Breast : (mammae) : Acon ., Alum
.-sil . (indurated with ulcers , axillary glands enlarged
); Bar .-iod ; Cad . met ., Congo-red ., Formalin ,
Hippoz., Iod ., Lac.-C (after amputation of one breast
and spread to another), Lap .-a., Lop .-erin ., Nat-
thio.-cyan ., plb . (hemorrhages and serum
discharge) , Sars., Scirrh ; Sternum : Ars .-s.-r.;
Lung : Acalypha Indica , Aran diad ., Cobalt-mur.,
Methyleneum coeruleum , Phos ., Therid .
GENERALITIES (p . 1346) : Cancerous affections;
Mer .-cor ., Aur.-ars ., Syph., Thios .
Fungus hematodes : Sabal .-serrulata .
Epithelioma : Ars .-s . f , Ars .-s .-r ., Bufo , Cad.-
met ., Cic ., Cund ., Epiphigeus , Formalin Hippoz ,
Jeq ., Kali .-ars ., Kali-thio-cyan ., Methyleneum
coeruleum , Sol ,(sunlight) , X-ray .
Bones : Aur .ars ., Aur .-m.-n., Gum-euphorbium,
Hippoz . (Skull , Phos ., Symph., Hecla (jew) , Cad.-
met (sarcoma : skull , upper arm) Symph . (sarcoma
jaw) ; Calc .-fl., Toxicophis (sarcoma of tibia and
fibula)
Glands : Aur .-ars ., Aur .-m-n ., Carb.-an ., Cist.,
Ferr- I ., Hippoz ., Iod ., brom . (thyroid , maxillary
Parotid , testes) , Lap ,-a ., Sars ., Sil ., Thios ., Natsil-
fl (neck glands)
Lupus : Alumn ., Ars ., Aur .-ars ., Hippoz ., kali-bi
., Sol ., Thios .
Pains of cancer : Bell , 30 ; Codeine-phos 1x to 3x
(Cancers rich in sentient nerves ex . optic and other
nerves ) ; Cham .30 (morphine addicts to decrease
anxiety). Euph . –heter ., Gum .-euph ., Ox.-ac .
(extreme pains in breast cancer) , Phyt .; Bis .-ox .
(gastric Cancer pains) Mal . odor in Cancer : Bufo .
Advanced stages of cancer : Alum .-sil ,
Anantherum , Ant .-ars ., Ant .-iod ., arg.-met.,
Bell .-p., Benzoquinine , Cad .-chrom ., Cad.-sulph.,
all Cadminiums ,Calc .-f ., Con., Hydr ., Kali-thio-
cyan ., Lap.-a ., Metastatic melanoma , Nat .-hexa-
metaphos ., Phyt ., Phos ., Scirrhinum , Scrophularia
–nodosa , Symphytum .
[ From THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
INSTITUTIE OF HOMOEOPATHY , Vol . 78 , No .
4 / 1985 for private circulation only ]
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PROBLEMS IN REPERTORISATION
presented through a case of acute
hemorrhagic cystitis
Dr . E . H . SCHMEER
On 13 th May 1983 evening I got a
telephonic call from a colleague . She had an acute
catarrh of bladder since the previous day . At the
commencement she had frequent urging for urination
in the night . due to which there was painful spasm ,
almost a tenesmus . Once she passed a fully red urine
. Warm pad did not relieve the pain . Only
spasmolytics gave some relief . Now despite the
palliatives the pain was severe .
As I could not decide upon a medicine
straightway , I requested her to come in person and
give further details : Sediment : large quantity of
erythrocytes some leuco ., no thrist , appetite poor ,
no elevation of temperature . The causative : She had
been to an improvised theater in the evening , which
was in a large unheated shop . The seat was quite
cold . She also got drenched in heavy rain . At other
times she used to take a warm bath after exposure to
cold but this time as it was already very late she did
not do so . Otherwise she suffered from bladder
troubles frequently .
As probable cause the cold and dampness
have to be considered . As one or the other cannot be
ignored and we have to come to “approximation”,
both the factors are to be taken into consideration .
For repertorisation the following
symptoms were taken :
“Bladder , spasms “urging for urination,
frequent” “painful urging for urination” “Bladder
affections from cold and dampness”.
Evaluating the symptoms , the ‘causa
efficiens’ comes first , followed by the spasms of
bladder and other mediocre symptoms . The
important rubric ‘urine , bloody’ contain too many
remedies and was not helpful in differentiating the
remedies .
After repertorisation the following
remedies came through : Lycopodium , Nux vomica ,
Pulsatilla . I chose Nux vomica mainly because of the
intensity of the spasms of the bladder and the hectic
condition of this patient since commencement of her
illness . The medicine was given in LM 12 potency –
as I did not have deeper potency then-10 drops in a
glass of water , one sip every 1/2 hour until relief set
in after which to increase the interval between doses .
The symptoms were removed in two days . The call
on the next day revealed a further peculiar point : The
tenesmus was gone immediately as also the
troublesome urging for stool . This unusual symptom
is further indication for Nux vomica . This was not
told to me by the patient during the first consultation
as she thought it to be a reflex action . Such Cartesian
ideas , analogous to analytical geometrical
transmutation of natural sensations , hinders
discussion during homoeopathic consultation .
The key symptom of “Bladder affections
from cold and dampness” , used by me , had
CAUST . as the main remedy ; “Urging constant
from becoming cold” has Dulc . (2 nd grade) “Urging
constant from becoming cold” has in addition , In 2 nd
grade : Eup-pur ., Ip . and Lyc . : “Cystitis from
taking cold” with 3rd grade Puls . and finally
“Albumin in urine after exposture to cold and
dampness” where for the first time Nux vomica was
found in first grade . The difficulty in finding the
remedy was that it was not expected in a relatively
clinical rubric . In Kent Nux vomica is not seen under
modalities consequent on wetting but in
Boenninghaussen and Synthetic repertory it is there .
It is hoped that this lacuna of which this case is only
an example will be rectified in an improved Kent . As
the organism functions totally even in the so-called
local diseases , nothing is to be overlooked if the
appropriate medicine was missing in the relevant
organ rubrics as this case teaches .
[ From the “Zeitschrift fur KLASSISCHE
HOMOEOPATHIE , and Arzneipotenzierung”
translated from the Germen and condensed by Dr .
K . S . SRINIVASAN , Madras , for private
communication only ]
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numbers and formulations which can be chosen . I
think that with 3 or 4 characteristic symptoms of the
case the suitable remedy can be found out .
The objective symptoms of the attack :

These are the directly observeable

KENT RUBRICS FOR TREATMENT respiration symptoms . It is sufficient to listen to and
OF ASTHMA observe the altered respiration . It is then possible to
note the following characteristic symptoms :
Dr . R . Bourgarit
Res., difficult , expiration ( 769 )
Res., difficult , inspiration ( 769 )
My own experience as paediatrician and
Res., difficult , inspiration , rapid expiration (769)
those of colleagues of general medicine indicate that
Res., difficult , open mouth with inspiration ( 770 )
it is difficult to treat acute asthma attacks with
Res., deep , impossible (766) Res., gasping ( 772 ) ,
classical homoeopathy alone .
panting ( 774 ) Res., irregular (773)
Res., irregular ,at one time slow , at
The indicated remedy is in different places
another time hurried ( 774 )
and is difficult to find out . The patient either
Res., loud (774)
presented only the pathognomonic symptoms such as
Res., loud , expiration ( 774 )
are common to all asthmatics and no fine
Res., loud , inspiration ( 774 )
individualizing is possible . It is then a ‘one sided
Res., difficult , from mucus in the trachea ( 770 )
disease’ as explained by our teacher Pierre Schmidt.
Res., whistling (776)
Or too many remedies appear which pose problems
Res., wheezing ( 776 )
in differentiating . Lastly our knowledge of material
Res., moaning ( 774 )
medica and repertory may by insufficient .
The position of the patient during the attack :
My work here is to present different rubrics
in the repertory which may help good prescribing in
The body position which the patient adopts
an acute asthmatic attack . It will be easily seen that
to get relief and each patient instinctively adopts such
one cannot restrict oneself with the rubric
in his / her own manner , can therefore be a distinct
“Respiration , asthmatic’ (p.736) . I have attempted to
symptom :
investigate the symptoms which are valuable for
choice of the remedy .
Resp., difficult , standing , can only breath when
(771)
I propose the following sequence to be kept in view:
Resp., asthmatic , bending back amel . (768)
Resp., asthmatic , bending head backwards amel.
--The socalled objective symptoms of the attack , the
(764)
type and nature , how the patient breaths :
Resp., diffricult , bending foreward amel . (768)
--behaviour and postures adoped by the
Resp., diffricult , hang down legs amel . (769)
patient for obtaining relief ;
Resp., diffricult , lying while ,amel . (770)
Resp., diffricult , lying back amel . ( 770 )
--the desires and aversions during the course of the
Resp., diffricult , lying side amel ( 770 )
attack;
Resp., diffricult , lying right side amel ( 770)
--the agg . modalities , the time or others ;
Resp., diffricult , lying left side amel ( 770 )
--the accompanying symptoms and alternating
Resp., diffricult , lying back , arms outstretched
symptoms , if they are there .
amel ( 770 ) Resp., diffricult
, lying back , with shoulders elevated amel
All these symptoms are found in the ( 770 ) Resp., diffricult , lying on
repertory , but it is not always easy to find them out, knees and elbows amel.( 770 )
when one is under pressure for finding a quick and Resp., diffricult , sitting amel . ( 771 )
often instantaneous remedy to help the patient . Resp., diffricult ,sitting bent forward amel ( 771)
Resp., diffricult , sitting , half sitting amel .( 771)
It is not my idea to copy out here all the Resp., diffricult , sitting , upright amel . ( 771 )
rubrics and remedies but only to give the page
Resp., diffricult , sitting with head bent
forward on knees amel ( 771 )
Resp., diffricult , walking , while , amel . ( 772 )
Resp., diffricult , walking rapidly while , amel .
(772)
Resp., diffricult , walking slowly about , amel .
(772)
Resp., diffricult , motion amel . ( 770 )
Resp., asthmatic , rocking amel . ( 765 )
Resp., asthmatic , eructations amel . ( 765 )
Modalities which ameliorate :
Resp., asthematic , open air amel . ( 764 ) + Resp.,
difficult , open air amel . ( 768 ) Resp.,
asthematic , cold air amel ( 764 ) + Resp.,
difficult , cold air amel . ( 768 ) Resp.,
asthematic , eating amel . ( 764 ) + Resp., difficult
eating amel ( 769 ) Resp., difficult ,
reading amel . ( 771 ) Resp., difficult ,
riding amel . ( 771 ) Resp., asthematic ,
cold water amel . ( 764 ) Resp., difficult ,
wants doors and windows open (770)
Modalities Which agg :
Times of the day : Resp., asthmatic ,
morning , forenoon , noon , etc . ( 764 )
Seasons : Resp., asthmatic , autumn ( 764 ) , spring
( 765 ) . winter ( 765 )
weather : Resp., asthmatic , chage of weather (764) +
difficult , change of weather ( 768 )
Resp., asthmatic , cold air , cold damp weather
( 764) + difficult , cold wet weather ( 768)
Resp., asthmatic , wet weather ( 765 ) + difficult
wet weather ( 772 ) Resp.,
asthmatic , warm wet weather ( 765 ) Resp.,
asthmatic , thunderstorm ( 765 ) + difficult ,
stormy weather ( 771 )
thunderstorm , before ( 772 )
Resp., asthmatic , walking against wind ( 765 ) +
difficult walking against wind ( 772 )
Resp., difficult , windy weather ( 772 )
Different environments :
Resp., asthmatic , warm room ( 765 ) +
difficult , warm room ( 772 )
Resp., asthmatic , warm room from the open air (765)
Resp., asthmatic , warmfood ( 765 ) , +
difficult , warmfood ( 772 )
Resp., asthmatic , cold air ( 764 ) , +
difficult cold weather ( 768 )
Resp., difficult , open air ( 768 )
Resp., difficult , handkerchief , cannot bear to
have,approach the mouth , ( 769 )
Resp., difficult dressing while ( 769 )
Resp., asthmatic , talking ( 765 ) + difficult , talking
(769)
Resp., asthmatic , eating ( 769 ) + difficult , eating
(769)
Resp., difficult ,drinking ( 769 )
Sleep : Resp., asthmatic , coming on sleep ( 765 ) +
difficult , falling asleep ( 771 )
Resp., difficult , sleep , during ( 771 )
Journey , Transport ; Resp., asthmatic , riding
( 765 ) + difficult , riding ( 771 )
Menses : Resp., asthmatic , menses ( 765 ) +
difficult , menses (770)
Mental condition : Resp., asthmatic , anger ( 764 ) +
difficult , anger ( 768 )
Resp., asthmatic , mental excertion ( 765 ) +
difficult , mental excertion ( 770 )
Resp., asthmatic emotions after ( 764 )
Resp., asthmatic excitement ( 765 ) + difficult
excitement ( 769 ) Resp.,
difficult , fright ( 769 ) Resp.,
asthmatic , vexation ( 765 ) + difficult , vexation
( 772 )
The concomitant symptoms :
Cough : Resp ., difficult , with cough
( 768 ) Cough , asthumatic ( 782 )
Pollen : Resp., asthumatic ,hay asthma ( 765 )
Fever : Resp., difficult , with heat ( 769 )
Chill : Resp., difficult , chill , during ( 768 )
Palpitation : Resp., difficult , palpiration , during
(770)
Perspiration : Resp., difficult , perspiration , during
(770)
Convulsions : Resp., difficult , convulsions , during
(768)
Cyanosis : Face , discoloration , bluish , in
asthma , with dyspnoea ( 358 )
Extr., discoloration , blue , upper ,
limbs , with asthma ( 978 )
Extr., discoloration , blue , lower limbs ( 981 )
The patient types :
Children : Resp., asthumatic , children ( 764 ) +
difficult , children ( 768 )
Old people : Resp., asthumatic , oldpeople ( 765 ) +
difficult , old people ( 770 )
Hysterical : Resp., asthumatic , hysteric ( 765 ) +
difficult , hysterical ( 769 )
Sailors : Resp., asthumatic , sailors as soon as they go
ashore ( 765 )
Aetiology :
This should be differentiated from the
atmospheric and mental aetiology which are included
as modalities in the aggravation and causation . Like
an asthma after catching cold (Resp., asthmatic from
taking could p . 764 ; after suppression of an eruption
(Resp., asthematic after suppresion of eruption , 765 )
; after suppression of an acute eruption (Resp.,
asthmatic after suppression of a rash 764 ) ; after
measles (Resp : asthumatic , after measles , 765 )
All these Kent rubrics , in my opinion ,
would help every physician to choose the medicine.
[ From the “zeitschrift fur KLASSISCHE
HOMOEOPATHIC and Arzneipotenzierung” ; Band
28 , Heft 4 / 1984 ; translated from the German by Dr
. K . S . SRINIVASAN , for private communication
only ]
IN THE SMALL RUBRIC IN THE
REPERTORY
Dr . J . F . Paille
The following onservation in a case
illustrates approach to the Repertory : the constant
search , the care taken for the details , the particular
interest for the “peculiar , queer , rare unusual”
symptoms according to para 153 of the Organon as
also the inseparable link between the analytical
repertory and the synthetic study of the materia
medica . All these we have learnt in the past from our
master Dr . Pierre Schmidt who has taught us with
examples .
Mrs . Marcelle , L ., born 1941 , consulted
me on 8th June 1981 for a periodic infection of the
salivary glands , particularly Parotid , Since 13
years .
Personal anamnesis : Uncomplicated
appendectomy , at 12 years , uncomplicates parotitis
at 13 years , 3 pregnancies with normal deliveries
who are now 19 years , 13 years , daughters and 11
years son , all healthy .
Family anamnesis : the mother died 18 years
ago at 56 years , from cancer of breast the father in
the previous year from cancer of stomach . The
patient is the seventh of 8 children . The oldest sister
died at 11 years from leukaemia , a brother died in an
accident .
Occupation anamnesis : The patient did
housework for 10 years in a kindergarten . after the
first pregnancy she worked in a large jewellery works
which she gave up in 1976 .
Important symptoms : Periodical
inflammation of the salivary glands , particularly
parotid glands . The recurrence occurs all of a sudden
without any prior indication or causative factor . At
worst occurs a purulent secretion from the Ductus
stenoni sometimes from the Ductus Wharton . The
manifestation is onesided and of course on alternating
sides . This disease recurs about thrice a year , since
13 years . Everytime antibiotics were given , There
was never fever .
During the illness the face becomes bloated
and inflamed and painful swelling of the salivary
glands . Also trismus which made eating
impossible .Only liquids could pass and cold things
best . The mouth is dry , but the patient had no thrist
and must be compelled to drink . In the region of the
gland the pain is diffused but in the ramus of the
lower jaw it was very intensive , “extending into the
ear”. The teeth are very painful and unable to bear the
pressure . At nights the pains become worse and
hence sleeplessness .
Two Sialographies were taken in two
positions . In 1980 everything was normal .
Four wisdom teeth had been pulled out at 20
years of age . Dental examination have been regular
and found to be normal .
Regarding desires and aversions there was
only aversion to tea .
Appetite , thirst digestion , urination and
gynecological were all usual .
The patient suffered from repeated anginas
in her youth and could not feel the change of season
and since that time she has been spending her
holidays in the meditarraenean . She has , however ,
such a fear of water that she could not bring herself to
bathe in the sea . She is sensitive to temperature
changes but can tolerate extreme heat and cold .
Lastly she has repeated dreams of falling into a
precipice . Otherwise refreshing and sound sleep .
 Findings : 61Kg / 163cm ; RP 140 / 75 . Puls
70. Local : the glandula submandibularis is hard and
painful and the glandula parotis also is so, both left .
Buccal mucous membrances left side showed Koplik
‘s spots . The tingue is thick , coated white and takes
imprint of teeth . One does of Mercuris XM , one
dose produced a severe aggravation on the next day
and the condition shifted to the right side .
Inflammation and suppuration continued for 12 days
and the patient could not sleep due to the pains .
Finally she consulted a dentist who relieved the
condition through anti – inflammatory drugs . Three
months later recurrence of inflammation with a new
symptom : “small plugs” came out through the left
Partid excretory duct . The patient despaired of
recovery . She was convinced that she was certainly
suffering from cancer . At the same time a further
new symptom : an eczema at the spot where wrist-
watch clasp comes into contact with skin (it was a
new strap with a chromium clasp)
On September 3 , 1981 she revealed another
new symptom . She insited in saying that before the
collection of purulent matter in the salivary gland
there was a sensation as if “sand in her mouth”.
There was also a ‘renula’ , that is , a sudden
painful swelling of a salivary gland whose excretory
duct is obstructed by a concretion . The repertory was
consulted under the rubric ‘ranula’ and ‘ranula
periodic’ (p . 416) which was the unsual and specific
symptom of our patient . There are only two remedies
under this rubric : Chr . ac ., Lyss . The reliable
symptoms of Chr . ac .was looked for in the Materia
medica of Allen , Clarke and Hering
General symptoms from Clarke : The
symptom appear suddenly and disappear suddenly
and come periodically . This suddenness of many
symptoms is very pronounced Agg . at nights and
mornings .
Local symptoms from hering : Trismus :
periodic ranula with dryness of mouth .
Now to complete the interrogation : “what
was the exact nature of your Job when you were
working in the jewellery factory ?” The reply was
enlightening : “I was doing chromium plating of
straps”. Because of the agreement of her symptoms
with the materia medica and the reaction of her skin
to chromium acid she was given chromium acidum 5
CH six doses in interval of 2 weeks .
The similie rule was proved : There was no
relapse of the salivary glands when the patient was
examined on 15th January 1982 , 21 January 1983 and
2 January 1984 , We may perhaps say she was ‘cured’
.
This case shows how a small rubric from the
repertory can be applied to the study of matria
medica and through interrogation of the patient so as
to see the correspondence of the materia medica to
the patient’s symptoms .
I may be reproached for the repatition of the
dose . I could not help it as I did not have then in my
medicine chest a higher Korsakoff potency .
[ From the ‘Zeitschrift fur KLASSICHE
HOMOEOPATHIE and Arzneipotenzierrung’ Band
28 , No . 4 / 1984 ; translated from the German by Dr
. K . S . SRINIVASAN , for private communication
only ]
THE DISADVANTAGES OF REMEDY
WEIGHTING IN HOMOEOPATHIC
REPERTORY ANALYSIS
Dr . E . A . A . A . D . de RUYTER
Samuel Hahnemann stresses the strict
individualization of the treatment of each patient . He
stresses the importance of the selection of the remedy
most similar to the totality of the patient’s
symptoms . Hahnemann admits that this is a
laborious task and he commends von Boennighausen
for developing the first repertory . He emphasizes
that in the selection of the homoeopathic remedy
particular attention must be paid to the unusual ,
peculiar , characteristic and mental symptoms . He
also warns against the use of ‘favourite’ remedies
which one is inclined to use if not careful . An
excellent safeguard against this is a repertory analysis
of all new cases or of cases where symptoms have
markedly changed .
However , in actual practice this is much too
time consuming . Thanks to the computer it is now
practical to repertorize all symptoms easily . Remedy
selection is then based on all symptoms including the
characteristic ones , as Hahnemann said it should be .
Repertory analysis can be done by listing the
patient’s general symptoms and other symptoms and
the remedies also listed according to the repertory .
when all symptoms have been repertorized the tally
marks for each remedy are totalled and written
down . This completes the repertory analysis . Even
for a case with only 20 symptoms such a
repertorization may take two or more hours .
Repertory analysis only indicates a number of likely
remedies from the hundreds in the materia medica ,
from which the final selection must be made . This
final selection is usually done by the novice by
checking the patient’s symptoms against the most
likely remedies in the materia medica . The more
experienced homoeopath can make a final selection
by looking at the names of the remedies with the
highest repertory analysis tally marks and then
making a mental , intuitive , decision as to which is
the most appropriate . Such final remedy selection is
done by the mental process called “recognition” in
learning theory . For people who know their subject
well there is nothing wrong with remedy selection by
recognition , since they will know a sufficiently large
number of remedies well enough to make a sound
decision based on recognition . For the beginner , it is
difficult . He ,in order to acquire this knowledge , has
to study the material medica for a long time . And
even then he might only have a thorough knowledge
of perhaps 50 of the most common remedies after
two years of study . No wonder homoeopathy is
considered a timeconsuming , if not difficult , study .
The mental recognition of something or
someone is not based on conscious logical analysis of
a set of data from which a conclusion is then drawn .
Some people think that unless a decision is made
consciously it is not much good . It is well to bear in
mind that much of our knowledge in many fields of
life is based learnt by conscious study and practicing
recall . We never learnt our mother tongue that way ,
nor how to walk . Even the experienced homoeopath
who makes his remedy selection on the basis of the
recognition mechanism never really knows how close
his instuitive selection was to the most similar
remedy as based on a through repertory analysis . The
fact that his remedy works does not mean that
another , “more similar” ,remedy might not have
worked even better .
Through computer repertory analysis over
the past 9 years I have come to the conclusion that is
no such thing inhomoeopathy as one single
exclusively indicated remedy . For each case there
are a number of remedies which are likely to work ,
some quicker , some slower , some treating first one
group of symptoms , some another group .
In the past few years interest in computer
repertory has awakened , and various programs are
available or under development in various parts of
the world , However , a number of these computer
programs give each remedy a “weighting” of 1 , 2 or
3 marks based on the type of print used in the
repertory . Kent’s Repertory used three types of print
and Boericke’s used two .
These weighted totals do not represent the
frequency with any remedy occurs . A remedy that
only occurs under 6 of the patient’s total 10
symptoms may yet end up with a total of 12 marks in
the weighted toatal if two of its marks counted double
and two counted treble . Another remedy which
occurred under everyone of the patient’s 10
symptoms and hence would be the simillimum ,
might ony get a total of 10 weighted marks if none of
its remedies obtained double and treble marks . It
would seem quite obvious from the above that this
sort of 1 , 2 , 3 weigjting seriously distorts the final
tally each remedy obtains . An experienced
homoeopath can , of course , correct such distortions
when he makes his final remedy selection . But an
experienced homopath does not really need a
repertory analysis in the first place . However , the
novice homoeopath is likely to be influenced ,and
therefore misled , by the weighted remedy totals in
his final remedy selection . If he is told to ignore the
weighted totals when making his final remedy
selection , then what is the point of giving remegies
weighted marks in the first place ?
Certainly , not all remedies are equal for a
certain symptom , so some form of remedy weighting
would be desirable . what is questioned is the 1, 2 , 3
type of weighting . when the distortion that this type
of weighting gives in the final result was pointed out
in April , 1982 to a professor in computer science
who wrote a repertory analysis program , he
immediately agreed that it would have been better if
the weighting had been perhaps : 1 , 1 . 1 , and 1 . 2
or something similar .
[ In order to illustrate more fully what
happens with the various forms of weighting
here , follow five examples .* ]
Weighring , even the mild from of 1. 1 and 1 . 2
weighting , gives a distorted and misleading result .
However , by concentrating the analysis mainly on
the generals , the distortion is less severe . In any
event it can be corrected by a final material check . It
is interesting that those homoeopaths who have used
weighted repertory analysis recommend that one
concentrate mainly on the generals and analyse only
a few of the other symptoms , but certainly NOT ALL
symptoms .
 It would be clear that Hahnemann was right
when he insisted that remedy selection should be
based on ALL symptoms , with particular emphasis
on what we now call generals . So , if anything
should be weighted , symptoms rather than remedies
should be weighted . Since inexpensive computers
are now available to dchigh speed weighting
calculations , it would be desirable to develop a
weighting system that does not distort .
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[ From the JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
INSTITUTE OF HOMOEOPATHY , March , 1985
Abstract drawn . *The examples which run to nearly
10 pages have been omitted in this condensation .
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY . ]
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CORRESPONDENCE
To the Editor , THE BRITISH HOMOEOPATHIC
JOURNAL
Dear Sir ,
Remedy weighting undesirable and unnecessary .
Over three years ago I asked homoepethic bodies in
Australia , the UK and and the USA to give me
Continental homoeopathic literature references
advising remedy weighting . I have none to date .
My paper ‘The Disadvantages of Remedy
Weighting in Homoeopathic Repertory Analysis
demonstrated clearly how distoring remedy
weighting is . To date my reasoning has not been
shown to be wrong , nor has it been challenged .
Appropriate use of program options made it
possible to select the similumum directly from the
computer print-outs in many cases in the past twenty-
two months . In sixty consecutive analyses the
similumum was the top remedy in each of the three
print-outs in 33 . 38 % (20) . In 58 . 38 % (35) it
could be selected from the top three remedies in each
print-out and in 8 . 3 % (5) came from below the top
three remedies ; without remedy weightiong. If the
computer results were irrelevant it would seem fair to
expect the similimum to have an equal chance (20) to
be at the top in each of the three print-outs . The chi
square was 22 . 5 . For two degrees of freedom the
result would seem highly significant .
It would seem obvious that remedy weighting
apparently introduced by Dr . H . A . Roberts in the
1930s (he used up to five points per remedy) should
now be abandoned .
Yours sincerely
E . A . A . A . D . DE RUYTER
Med . Drs . (Amsterdam) FAIH , AACS
[ From the BRITISH HOMOEOPATHIC
JOURNAL , Vol . 75 , No . 2 , April , 1986 ]
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TWO METHODS OF
REPERTORISATION
Dr . G . V . KELLER
KENT distinguished two methods of
repertorisation : the scientific method which is
mechanical is mechanical and the artistic method .
Repertory study must be science and art at the same
time . The listing of all the symptoms and writing
down all the remedies against those symptoms and
add their value , is the mechanical method . The
artistic method is better but not all have command
over it . It requires the capacity to recognize the
peculiar rare symptoms which could lead to the
remedy , provided the general symptoms do not
contraindicate .
KENT recommended the mechanical for the
novice . By this method 5 to 10 medicines are arrived
and they are studied in the material medica in the
context of the case on hand . For this method the
rubrics must be complete which is not so in KENT’s
repertory . For example , the symptom “stomach
pains better from eructation” , the remedy is
Phosphorous . But the rubric “stomach pain am .
from eruction” does not contain Phosphorous .
Phosphorous is found only under pressing and
stitching stomach pain” with these modalities .
Therefore if KENT’s repertory is to be suited to the
mechanical method it has to be done by laborious
work , thorough detailed work through-out the
repertory . This can be clarified as follows :
Boenninghausen wrote two repertories : The
first , The Systematic Alphabetic repertory in 2
volumes (1832-35) and the second the Therapeutic
Pocket Book which was arranged in such a manner as
to be useful to the novice . The Systematic
Alphbetical Repertory was translated by Boger in
1900 and later revised and enlarged by him and
printed in India in 1936 .
The Pocket Book has been prepared on the
principle of analogy , that is , if a remedy produced
stitching pain in one place it may produce stitching
pains in other places too . If there is agg . of pains
from movement of the leg , such agg . can also occur
from movement of the arm . The entire book has been
produced on these principles .
This repertory is easy for the mechanical
method than the KENT’s repertory which is more
comprehensive . The mechanical method was also
easier for the students for the study of comparative
meteria medica . Also errors by too early working
with the Key symptoms , - the artistic method – were
thus avoided : that is , when a key symptom is
obtained , referring it in the repertory and
automatically prescribing the remedy without
verifying whether that remedy agreed with all the
symptoms of the patient . When we work with a key
symptom it is necessary to verify whether any of the
other remedies also has that symptom .
We cannot , generally , find the key symptom in
the Pocket Book . Take the case given by T . F . Allen
in the Introduction to his translation of the Pocket
Book : A 65 year old women complained of pains in
epigastrium and right hypochondrium , am. While
sitting , and from eructation ; agg . from lying on
back and lying on right side , turning over in bed . A
pulling and ulcerative pain . Mouth extraordinarily
dry , without thrist , aversion to strong odours and
vomiting of the water drunk as soon as it becomes
warm in the stomach .
All the symptoms could be repertorised in the
Pocket Book expect the last , that is vomiting of
water as soon as it becomes warm in the stomach .
The resulting remedies : Sul ., Phos ., Nux v ., Puls .,
Bry and Acon , The last symptom clearly indicates
Phos .
Here we see working from generals to the
particulars , which KENT recommended for the
novice . But KENT went further and prepared the
repertory for the busy practitioner at the sick bed ; for
the art prescriber who has a thorough knowledge of
the materia medica and who will not prescribe
blindly and automatically on a key symptom . By his
arrangement KENT made it possible to gather a
proving symptom in correlation with the repertory .
Therefore he has not given Phosphorous under
“stomach pains am . from eructation” ; only remedies
which do not qualify the pains have been included
here .
By this the composite symptom was retained in
the contest just as BOENNINGHAUSEN did in his
Systematic Alphabetical Repertory . So we see that
both BOENNINGHAUSEN and KENT differentiate
the repertories for the NIvice and Experienced . One
proceeds from the general symptoms to the special
symptoms while the other begins with the key
symptom and uses the general symptoms as control .
Even the experienced physician will , on hearing the
symptom “the water drunk is vomited as soon as it
becomes warm in the stomach “use the repertory to
verify whether the other symptoms of the case are
also covered by Phosphorous .
As it is , we are all beginners with every case .
Every case is unique , never-before-existed . In the
course of the examination we observe the symptoms
of the patient , we wait until a similarity to a remedy
is recognized . As much more experience we have ,
so much frequently do we hear symptoms “which
would lead to the remedy.” Mostly , however , the
similarity is only vague and we have to have sharp
attention so as to distinguish the case better .
Here begins the artistic method of
repertorisation . In the light of the peculiar symptom
we look into the repertory to confirm our recognition
of a remedy to the Key symptom and then we
proceed to hear the exact text of the key symptom
and finally verify whether not only the key symptom
but also the totality of the symptoms of the patient
agree with the remedy symptoms . That is the turn
around of repertorisation , of the Particulars to the
Generals .
Which of the two methods depends upon the
individual physician ; in which grade and connection
the two methods are to be used is dependant upon the
individual case also .
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SYMPTOM “AS IF”
Dr . H . V . MULLER
The patient , a woman , occupied as secretary
was suffering from heart attacks from 1978 mostly
while alone sometimes while at work like the last
attack which was just three weeks ago . The attacks
begin with an oppressive feeling in the heart region
with perspiration and diarrhea , pain in the left arm
which becomes heavy and numb . She has anxiety
and restlessness and during such attack takes
sedatives and goes off to sleep . She has unusual fear
especially for the super-natural . Her friend said that
once she was on the floor when some others were
doing table-turning . She does not take part in those
sessions since she knows what the consequences
would be .
Other symptoms are : tenacious mucous in the
throat . She strains and attempts to swallow it but in
vain . She has a sensation as if “a pot of boiling water
in her stomach region”, “a pot which was boiling
color : orange .. Repertorisation was not successful .
Arg . nit ., Ars ., Bell ., Acon ., Arnica or Coffee were
not suitable .
Finally the last symptom “simmering cooking
pot” in stomach was considered and referred to
ROBERTS , “AS IF” p . 291 and 323 . ‘Sumbulus’
was given there for sensation as if “warm water
flowing in stomach” . For further evaluation
Boericke’s Materia Medica was referred . The picture
matched totally . A single injection of Sumbulus C30
brought a complete cure .
[ From the “zeitschrift fur KLASSISCHE
HOMOEOPATHIE and Arzneipotenzierung” Band
30 , Heft 4 / 86 , translated by Dr . K . S .
SRINIVASAN , Madras ; for private communication
only .]
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REPERTORISATION WITH THE
LARGE RUBRICS
Dr . R . Eisenmann.
KENT’S advice :
In his Foreword to the first edition of his
Repertory , Kent wrote :
“The method of working out a case from its
general symptoms without modalities first and then
proceed to the particular symptom is the most
satisfying . That has been confirmed by the old
practitioners . When a case is worked out from
symptoms limited by their modalities it is possible
that the right remedy was overlooked because the
modalities of the remedies contained in the large
general rubrics have not been observed and recorded .
Therefore if choice is made from a small group of
remedies containing the modalities it is possible that
the remedy which is more suitable to the case on
hand is excluded”.
The large rubrics also contain individual symptoms:
To remove the wrong impression that the large
rubrics do not contain individual symptoms , a case
of obstipation is presented . Assuming , you have a
patient with migraine who has at the same time a
stubborn , chronic obstipation . Are we to ignore or
set aside this symptom because the rubric contains
too many remedies and is a general rubric? Is it not
that for this patient , this is a characteristic ,
individual symptom which we should not ignore and
which would help us further because we will not
exclude any remedy from the large rubric .
Experience shows that from such ten to fifteen large
rubrics a small number of remedies can be narrowed
down which may be suitable for the case . An
example from actual case for demonstration : A 28
years old lady : Since 15 years suffering from left
sided trigeminus neuralgia . Begins early in the
morning , becomes worse during the course of the
day , becomes better in the evening but again the
pain begins at 22 hours and continues till 3 or 5 in the
morning . Usally localizing in the left eye ball ,
extending to the entire left half of the face . It
culminates in flow of tears from the affected eye . IN
damp weather asthma , with rheumatic pains in the
left chest and very violent , visible palpitation . Facial
expression sad , anxious , despairing .
Symptoms for Repertorisation :
1. Face , pain left side (p . 380) apporoximately 35
remedies ;
2. Chest pains left side (p . 846) apporoximately 55
remedies .
3. Palpitations violent , tumultuous sound
(p . 877) apporoximately 95 remedies .
4. Lachrymation (p . 245) apporoximately 150
remedies (Note : our indicated remedy is not to
be found in the small rubric .)
5. Asthma (p . 763) apporoximately 135 remedies.
 There is least ‘peculiar’ symptom in these 5 -----------------------------------------------------------
large rubrics but there are characteristic , individual
symptoms and we look for the required remedy . If MENIERE’S DISEASE - A CASE
these are not sufficient then we may take the REPORT
remaining symptoms also .
Dr . K . H . Gypser
REPERTORISATION :
A 38 year old man complained of roaring
1. Face , pains , left (approximately 30 remedies) noise in the left ear since many years without any
known cause with hardness of hearing and attacks of
2. Chest , pains , left side (apporoximately 30 vertigo . The diagnosis of the University Hospital
remedies) ; the following remedies come through was Meniere’s disease . After unsuccessful
in the differentiation : Dulc ., Kalibi ., Phos ., conservative treatments a saccotomy was perfomed
Spig ., Staph . after which there was relief for two months . The
attacks then returned with greater intensity and the
We are astronished that with these two peculiar patient therefore sought relief from so-called
symptoms alone which we got without alternative therapies which did not however , cure .
questioning the patient we have arrived at a
small number of remedies . Symptomatology :
3. Palpitation , violent , tumultuous 1. Permanent roaring noise in left ear with hardness
(apporoximately 90 remedies) The following of hearing with some sensation of pressure .
remedies remain : Phos., Spig., Staph.
2. Vertigo : Begins from sudden turning of the head
4. Asthuma (apporoximately 135 remedies) only . , slowly developing into a rotating verigo,
Phos ., Spig ., remain . increasing pronenss to easily fall on the left , he
becomes pale and must then lie down , then
Final choice of the remedy : If we refer to a good vomiting which brings about a speedy relief ; the
material medica it will be easily seen that Spigelia is condition lasts for about half an hour and it
the most suitable and indeed that was the remedy that comes irregularly .
cured the patient . However , we should keep in view
Phos . also since as a deeper acting mineral 3. Cough since many years , always in spring and
complimentary medicine it could be considered in autumn , for 6 weeks : dry worse in the evening
cases Spig . did not give the required relief or cure . lying down (for some time) in the evening and
morning on awaking am . in fresh air : wakes up
Repertorisation technic Naturally without at night from cough .
appropriateequipment it would be difficult to
repertories with the large rubrics since it would 4. Angina , 4-5 times an year .
require much time which may not be possible in busy
practice . For that we should have card repertory 5. Heartburn
which contains large rubrics .
6. Dry sensation in throat
In the present times it is ideal that this can be
done through computer . But this does not mean that
7. Pain in nape of neck , cramping
homoeopathic remedy selection is a mechanical
action . The evaluation of the symptoms and the
8. Feet cold
questiong of the patient , is the core of our work and
the study of materia medica cannot be had through
Anamnesis :
computer . But computer will help us in the
mechanical part .
Whooping cough , measles , mumps , chiken –pox ,
during childhood ; all overcome well .
[ From the Zeitschrift fur KLASSISCHE
Warts on fingers and heels in childhood
HOMOEOPATHIE and arzneipotenzierung , Heft 4 /
Sinusitis maxillaries , right side , at 23 years
86 translated by Dr . K . S . SRINIVASAN , Madras ;
Appendectomy at 24 years Tibia
for private communication only .]
fracture at 28 years
Rheumatic pains , particularly in the thighs , at 30
years ; Car accident at 35 years , due to
which he lost 2 fingers . vertigo on …. Turning the head
Lumbago now and again Sleep , mind , weather
changes , appetite etc : NAD
Symptoms Chosen :
1. Vertigo followed by vomiting which am
2. vertigo from turning the head suddenly
3. Cough in evening , from lying down for a
few minutes
4. Cough , awakened at nights due to
5. Anginas , relapsing .
Repertorisation : Kent’s Repertory :
1. VERTIGO , vomiting after , am .(p . 105)
As this rubric has only one remedy which
would restrict our remedy choice at the
beginning itself ‘VERTIGO, vomiting
with’ (p . 105) was taken .
turn back ….”( Al ., VIII , p.482 ,
No . 23) “Head is dizzy at times , and
quickly ….”
For 3 : “Mostly in evenings in evening after
lying down , a cough from tickling
throat” (He . Ar ., p.140 , No . 232)
(He . Ar ., p.140 , No.233) “Dry
cough …in the morning” . (Al . VIII ,
p.490 , No . 400) “Paroxysms of
coughing … in the morning”. (Al .
VIII , p.491, No . 407)
For 4 : “Tonsillits , chronic , recurring
frequently” (He . G . S ., IX , p.
2 .5)
For 5 : “Burning in pharynx …”
(He . Ar ., p.134 , No . 96) “Burning
in throat” (He . Ar ., p.134 , No . 97)
“Pyrosis and nausea” (He . AR .,
p.136 , No.146)
For 6 : “Dry sensation in pharynx ….” (He .
Ar . p.134 , No . 92)

2. ‘VERTIGO’ turning the head quickly ‘ (p . For 7 : “Pains in nape” (He . Ar . p.141 , No .
105) 269)

3. ‘COUGH, lying first lying down on’ For 8 : “Feet cold in the afternoon” (He .
(p . 797) Ar ., p.143 , No . 315)

4. ‘COUGH , sleep ,wekens from ‘ ( p. 804) The agreement of symptoms 5 to 8 is of less

5. ‘THROAT , inflammation , tonsils ,
recurrent’ (p . 454)
Only Sang . comes through all these rubrics . Ars .,
Calc ., Kali-c ., Lach ., Merc., and Sep. Come thrice.
singnificane since these are met with in almost all
medicines . The characteristic symptoms-vertigo
followed by vomiting , vertigo from turning the head
quikely , cough in evening from lying down and
waking up at nights from cough-are sufficiently
similar under Sanguinaria . The other remedies are
not found comparatively similar .

The patient’s symptoms and the proving

MATERIA MEDICA : symptoms come closest in Sanguinaria . It is clear
from this that reference to the Materia Medica is
Sanguinaria : indispensable .

For 1and 2 : “…..Vertigo with singing before ears Kent has wrongly placed Sang . under
….” (He . Ar ., p. 130 , No .1) “Vertigo ,vomiting , with” . A further rubric may
“Frequent Vertigo with loss of therefore be added “Vertigo , vomiting , followed by”
vision before vomiting ….” to which Lachesis also belongs . Repertories give
(He Ar . p.130 , No .2) only clues and final choice should be by comparison
“Vertigo from turning the head with the material medica only .
quickly ...’(He . Ar . p.130 , No . 5)
“Head fels dizzy and can not
Therapy : Sanguinaria 200 , 1 glob . Report after 3
weeks : on the third day after taking the medicine ,
increased corza for more days : Vertigo rarely and in
the last few days not at all ; no pyrosis or pains in
nape of neck . further report after 2 , 4 and 6 months :
Same : “There has been no further vertigo”. There
was no cough during the autumn . The roaring in left
ear with hardness of hearing is in a very weak from .
References :
Allen , T . F . Encyclopedia of
Pure Materia Medica (A1) Hering ,
C : “Sanguinaria Canadensis, “Archiv . fur
die homoeopathische Heilkunst ,
22 (1845) , H . 2 , 114 – 160 .
(He . Ar .) Hering , C :
The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia
Medica . Vol . I – X . Kent , J . T .:
Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia
Medica .
[ From the ‘Zeitschrift fur KLASSISCHE
HOMOEOPATHIE and Arzneipotenzierung’ Band 30
, Heft 4 / 1986 ; translated from the German by Dr .
K . S . SRINIVASAN , for private communication
only ]
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IS KENT THE FINAL ?
Dr . H . V . Muller
Many use KENT exclusively but there are
cases where Kent is not sufficient . There is no
symptom which cannot be located in some repertory
or the other . Here are some examples to cite some of
the literature which should be kept alongside KENT .
Case 1 : An Israeli lady 52 years who has been my
patient since years . She now complained of
abdominal pains . She has had similar pains before
and everytime relieved by the appropriate medicine
but this time it gave her much worry . She had now
sensation of fullness in abdomen and rumblings but
the peculiarity was that these rumblings were
aggravated at nights and so loudly that it awakened
her from sleep . Otherwise nothing . Eating did not
either agg . or am . and no passing of flatus , with one
exception : When she passed urine it was with flatus .
Only the last symptom was peculiar of
course . It was not found in KENT . I found it in
GERTRY , Vol . 3 , p . 648 : “Flatus during
micturition : Merc . Sol .” Comparing other
symptoms in KENT : “Flatulence , nights” : “noise,
rumbling , nights”, agreed .
Case 2 : Patient 20 years who did not make it secret
that he was homosexual said that since some months
he had a rare sensation in anus which could best be
described as “a foreign body , sensation as If”. The
nearest si milar in KENT the “sensation of a plug”
was rejected since the patient said that the sensation
was not only while passing stool when it is agg . but
that it was always there . Finally I found in KENT in
Rectum “Foreign body , sensation of” wherein 5
remedies were given : Lil . –t ., Nat. –m, Rumex ,Sep
., Sulph .
He further had pain in the left testicle from
time to time which did not seem to be connected with
anything and lastly a troublesome fissure in the
prepuce which was there since long and which could
not be healed by anything .
I could not begin in anyway with the first
symptom and the second symptom I searched in
KENT in vain and finally found in KNERR p . 624
“Prepuce , fissured” : Sep .
With a high potency Sepia (200) all the
complaints were speedily removed .
Case 3 :40 years lady suffering since 3 years with
throat inflammation . Treated with massive anti
biotics and since then suffering from , as is often the
case , micotic ailments . The mycotic condition
alternates often and when she came to me the forearm
, leg and feet were affected . Mycosis of the vulva
also . I always prescribe in such cases Sulphur and
Psorinum in D12 potency in alternation daily and in
addition the nosode Mykot-Fluor (Stauffen-Pharma)
in higher potency generally .
In the meantime the skin eruptions receded
leaving a rare symptom : Persisting severe itching on
the mons veneries . It was not a pronounced itching
but rather , she opined , that something alive crawling
there . She has a similar sensation in the nose also .
I did not find the symptom “as if something
alive on the mons veneris” anywhere but the
symptom “itching” was found . “Itching on mons
veneris” (KENERR , 526) : Nat-S ., “Mons Veneris ,
itching” (KNERR , 640) : Euphorbium , “Itching at
mons veneris” (GENTRY, Vol . 3 , 853): Eup . perf .
 With the symptom “as if something alive in
the nose” my search was made easier . “Insects
nose”, “crawling as of insects , in the back of the
nose , several times”: Nat . S (Unabridged Dictionary
of Sensation “AS IF” Part I , 437)

The repertories mentioned in the above 3

cases are all equally good and I cannot say which
deserves greater praise . I can only say that all the 3
must be had for homoeopathic practice

[ From the ‘Zeitschrift fur KLASSISCHE

HOMOEOPATHIE and Arzneipotenzierung’ Band 27
, Heft 6 / 1983 ; translated from the German by Dr .
K . S . SRINIVASAN , Madras for private
communication only ]