The Basics of Repertory and Methods and techniques of Repertorization By Hahnemannian Homoeopath Dr'

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The Basics of Repertory and Methods and
techniques of Repertorization By Hahnemannian
Homoeopath Dr.A.Shanthakumar

• Member Sri
  Lanka Homoeopathic Medical Council
• Chairman The
  National Homoeopathic research Institute,
• National Organizer Lanka
  Homoeopathic Foundation.
• Founder
  Association for protection, propagation Research
  of
• 
  Classical Homoeopathy (APPROCH)
• Member
  Society of Homoeopaths U.K
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  British Homoeopathic Association U.K
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  Hahnemann Society.U.K
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  India Homoeopathic awareness and welfare
  association.
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  International Homoeopathic Foundation (Kolkota)
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Let them Guide me

• The Great master,
• the medical rebel, Dr.Hahnemann,
• his true disciples and My respected Teachers
  guide me to fulfill my mission, to take you in
  the correct path.

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Our Vision and Mission
Our Vision and Mission

• strive to generate Homoeopaths of High standard
• Extend the best of the science of Homoeopathy for
  the humanity

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Intercession on classical Homoeopathy among the
final year students and interns of Saradakrishna
Homoeopathic Medical college , India
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Importance Of HomoeopathyEvolution of Medicine

• Hippocrates
• Galen
• Avicenna
• Thomas Sydenham
• Paracelsus
• Hahnemann
• Elaborated and systematized

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What is a repertory?
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The Homoeopathic repertory is an index, a
catalogue or a dictionary of symptoms of
homoeopathic Materia medica, where the symptoms
are arranged systematically along with the
indicated medicines to facilitate quick but
correct selection of the similar medicine
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Dr. Kent says

• The physician must study the homoeopathic
  principle until he learns what it is in sickness
  that guides to the curative remedy.
• He must study the materia medica until he
  learns what is needed to meet these demands
• He must then study the repertory until he learns
  how to use it so that he can find what he wants,
  when he needs it.
• The use of repertory in homoeopathic practice
  is a necessity if one is to do careful work. Our
  materia medica is so cumbersome without a
  repertory that the best prescriber must meet with
  only indifferent results.

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Origin and meaning

• Reperire
• Reparire Reperire
• Again produce To produce again
• Repertus
• (past participle of reperire)
• Repertoir or Repertorium
• (Latin word 80 B.C to A.D 200)
  (Latin word 200 A.D to A.D.600)
• Repertory

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History of Development of Repertory

• Difficulty to memorise the huge symptoms of
  ever growing materia medica. Hence an index to
  materia medica was essential.

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Homoeopathic Materia medica is an encyclopedia of
symptoms. No human brain can memorize all the
symptoms of all the medicines of the materia
medica together with their gradation. In order
to over come this practical problem, there is a
genuine need to arrange all the symptoms of the
medicine in a definite manner, so that the
corresponding indicated medicine of a symptom
can be found out easily. This need leads to the
development of the Homoeopathic repertory
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Hahnemann and Repertory

• Hahnemann Published in Latin his famous
• Fragmenta de viribus medicametorum positivis
  sive in sanocorpore humano postivis In 1805
• Prepared a hand written index of 4 volumes
  consisting 4239 pages in 1817.

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Unpublished indexing of symptoms

• His friend Rummel 1829
• His disciple Dr.Gross
• Dr. Ernst Ferdinand Ruckert- last volume of
  chronic diseases 1829-30
• Hales museum in Robert Bosh Hospital,
  Stuttgart, west Germany

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Dr.Jhars Attempt

• Arranged alphabetically by cutting particular
  symptoms from chronic diseases in1834. (two
  volumes 1052 pages and 1254 pages in German
  language)
• Hahnemanns Disatisfication
• Third Repertory on glands, bones , mucous
  membranes, ducts and skin diseases- 200pages

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Hartlaub 1828 from LeipzigWeber 1830 in German
(deteriorations and ameliorations in health,
ending with sleep and mental symptoms)
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First published repertory

• Boenninghausens
• Repertory of Antipsorics in1832 with a preface
  by Hahnemann himself.
• the repertory of medicines which are not
  antipsoric in1835
• The relative kinship of Homoeopathic medicine
  in 1836
• All three combined The therapeutic pocket book
  in1846 German
• English edition By T.F. Allen

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Particular Repertory
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Different Repertories Published at different Times
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American Homoeopaths repertory
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Regional and clinical repertories Published in
the world

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Regional and clinical repertories Published in
the world


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Post Kentian Repertory
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First edition of kent repertory
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Card Repertories
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Latest Repertories
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Latest Repertory
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Computer Programs in the field of Homoeopathy

• Radar
• Hompath
• Polychresta
• Cara Similia
• Caralite
• Organon 96
• Hrs
• Medical Expert System
• Professional Version
• Mac Repertory
• Stimulare
• Kenbo
• Kentian
• ISIS
• OpenRep
• Mercuris

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Contribution Of Indian Homoeopaths In developing
The repertory

• Dr.P.Sankaran
• Dr.Jugol Kishore
• Dr.Shasi Mohan sharma
• Dr.L.D.Dhawale
• Dr.P.Sivaraman
• Dr.R.P.Patel
• Dr.J.P.S Bakshi
• Dr.Shasikant Tiwari
• Dr.Vijayalingam

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Purpose of the repertory

• Primary Primarily repertory functions as a
  simple straight forward index to the Materia
  Medica.
• Secondary It helps in the elimination of non
  indicated medicines which is very important to
  the Homoeopathic Practitioner.

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Dr. H.A.Roberts Says

• A repertory has two definite Purpose
• Serves as a reference and guide in looking up a
  particular symptom that may indicate the
  Similimum or that may make necessary distinction
  between two or more similar remedies in any given
  case.
• For careful study of the symptoms that may appear
  in a chronic case.

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Tenner Quotes J.H.Clarke as saying it is
impossible to practice homoeopathy as it should
be practiced without the help of
RepertoriesEwart Writes if repertorization
were more widely practiced it may be that
Homoeopathy would advance steadily and occupy a
more exalted place in therapectics than it
present humble one
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Advantages of Repertory

• Lighten the task of memory in storing the vast
  symptomatology
• Of Homoeopathic Materia medica.
• Helps in the selection of correct similar
  medicine while eliminating
• non indicated ones.
• Teaches to be careful and to avoid routinism
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• Promotes the discovery of a remedy which one
  never thought of.
• Helps in suggesting the unknown remedies and thus
  makes
• the unprejudiced
• Acts as an effectual check upon polypharmacy
  alternation of remedies.
• Inhibits the tendency to prescribe on one or two
• characteristic symptoms.

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Interrelationship between repertory, Materia
medica and organon of medicine.Repertory widen
the knowledge of materia medica.Improves the
efficiency of proper case taking, hence better
individualization.Helps to become more
particular to the accuracy of anamnesis and
subsequent classification of symptoms.Helps to
become more particular to the accuracy of
anamnesis and subsequent classification of
symptoms.Helps in proper evaluation of he case
and individual symptoms.Repertorisation helps
in second and successive prescriptions.Repertory
a rich source of information serves as a
reference book.
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Repertory only suggests ,Materia Medica decides
the remedy for a case

• Boenninghausen Saidlead the way into a field
  of related remedies
• Selection of medicine not merely a
  mathematical work
• There are so many chances of imperfection
  during repertorial work, hence materia medica
  should alwas be consulted before the final
  selection of medicine

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Limitations of repertorisation

• Repertory- not the final selection of medicine
• Just mechanical matching of symptoms during
  repertorisation is useless
• Proper case taking a prerequisite of correct
  repertorisation is very difficult
• Correct evaluation of symptoms- essential for
  correct repertorisation
• Different opinion of what constitutes the
  totality of symptoms
• Difficulty in selecting the appropriate rubrics
  after the exact interpretation of symptoms
• Different result from different repertories
• Useless in cases with very few symptoms
• Repertorisation is not helpful in presence of
  obstacles to recovery
• Nosodes

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Limitation of Repertory
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Limitations of Repertorian

• Lack of comprehension of a repertory- Its
  philosophical background, plan of construction
  and method.
• Lack of Knowledge of organon of medicine,
  Homoeopathic philosophy and chronic
• diseases, Materia medica and allied subjects.
• Repertorisation requires a very intelligent
• approach followed by laborious work

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General Plan of studying a repertory

• History of development
• Philosophical background
• Plan of construction
• Method of repertorisation
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Suitability/ Adaptability

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Rubric

• Rubrica A heading or guiding rule
• Rubric Repertorial language
• representing a symptom
• Symptoms systematically arranged for proper
• and easy indexing

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Cross reference

• Rubrics having same meaning
• Example
• Headstrong Obstinate
• Greediness Avarice
• Optimistic Hopeful
• Sensitive to pressure Pain ,sore
• Appetite excessive Appetite, ravenous

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Similars

• Similar rubric seems to have apparently same
  meaning, but when correctly interpreted there is
  some difference in
• its meaning and sense.
• Example
• Absentminded and forgetful
• Lewdness and shameless
• Forgetful and memory
• Ecstasy and exhilaration

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Repertorisation

• Repertory Repertorisation
• Tool
  Technique
• A technique of finding out the most similar
  medicine of a case with help of a repertory
  following some special mathematical calculation

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Different steps to be followed in the Treatment
of the case

• Taking the case
• Analysis and evaluation of symptoms
• Repertorial analysis repertorial selection of
  medicine.
• Final selection of the remedy
• Selection of the dose
• General management of the case
• Subsequent follow -up

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Different steps of repertirization of a case.

• Taking the case
• Selection of a repertory to be used in
  repertorisation on the basis of the nature of the
  symptoms present in the case.
• Picking up the symptoms
  
• In the case of repertorisation through
  Boenninghausens repertory-Symptoms regarding
  location, sensation, modalities and concomitants
  are to be picked up.
• In the case of repertorisation through Kents
  repertory- Characteristic ( rare uncommon,
  peculiar and strange) symptoms of the case to be
  picked up.
• In the case of repertorisation through Bogers
  repertory- symptoms regarding location ,sensation
  ,modalities and concomitants causation
  pathological general ect are to be picked up.

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Cont-

• Analysis and evaluation of symptoms, and their
  arrangement in the following order.
• Conversion of symptoms into rubrics after proper
  interpretation
• Repetorial analysis
• Repertorial selection of medicine
• Final selection of medicine in consultation with
  materia medica.

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Different Methods of repertorisation

• Though homoeopathy treats the diseased individual
  by medicines which can produce similar symptoms
  in healthy individuals, It is possible to obtain
  the needed correspondence in a variety of ways
  and degrees, and this lead to the development of
  different types of repertory books and different
  ways of their use to find out the Similimum to
  the different types of disease condition.

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Dr.B.K.Sarkar

• According o the nature of the case there are
  different types of repertorisation.
• There are six methods.

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Suitability Of different repertories
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Totality of Symptom

• Law of Similars
• Similimum
• Cardinal princple
• Cure

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Homoeopathic remedy acts on the body to enhance
the nutritive gradients by adjusting the
electrical potentials
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Vital force itself which is curing the disease
and not our Homoeopathic Medicine.

• The work of the Homoeopathic Single dose
  administered was only to stimulate the immune
  reaction that proceeds towards cure.

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Medicines, on which depend mans life and
death, disease and health, must be thoroughly and
most carefully distinguished from one
another,and to enable us to avoid any mistake in
their employment in diseases, for it is only by
correct selection of them, that the greast of all
earthly blessings..

• Master Hahnemann

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The Mediocre teacher TellsThe Good teacher
ExplainThe Superior Teacher demonstratesThe
Great Teacher inspires
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Unless you Know the historical development
of a subject you cannot understand the
subject.Repertory is not an exception

• Thank You.