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Repertory. Construction and Use. The Repertory. Repertory: is a dictionary/lexicon of symptoms/features together with modalities. Each entry of a symptom/feature is called a RUBRIC .
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Repertory Construction and Use
The Repertory • Repertory: is a dictionary/lexicon of symptoms/features together with modalities. • Each entry of a symptom/feature is called a RUBRIC. • A rubric may have a number of modalities (time, weather, etc) listed below it, and each of these entries forms a SUB-RUBRIC. • Listed alongside each rubric/sub-rubric are the medicine(s) which have that particular feature in their materiamedica.
Repertorisation • Repertorisation is the method that is used to analyse the patient’s symptoms and thus compare the various medicines that may be appropriate. • There are a number of repertories available: ·Kent ·Boericke • ·Boenninghausen • ·Clarke • ·Barthel • The standard work that forms the basis of international use in homeopathic medicine is Kent’s Repertory. • There are also computer repertories, but it is vital to have a fundamental knowledge of the book itself before one can adequately use computerised versions. • The most commonly used book repertory is Synthesis.
Basic Layout of Rubrics 1.Time ofonset/aggravation/amelioration of the symptom 2.Modalities/Causal conditions - alphabetically 3.Location – arranged cranial to caudal, proximal to distal 4.Character/type of sensation - alphabetically 5. Extension – the direction of radiation
Type - faces - used • The medicine(s) listed against each rubric/sub-rubric are shown in three different type faces. And shown by abbreviation. • The three type faces: • Bold type = that particular symptom/feature is a strong/marked feature of that medicine • Italic type = the symptom/feature is of moderate strength • Ordinary type = the symptom/feature is present but not marked.
Use of type faces in repertorising • When repertorising, the type faces are used by way of a scoring system. A number of rubrics are being analysed that are relevant to the patient. The medicines present in each rubric are listed, and they are given a score for each time they appear according to the type face present. • Bold type = scores 3 • Italic type = scores 2 points • Ordinary type = scores 1 point
Beware!!!!! • Thus at the end of your repertorisation/analysis you will have a total score for each medicine that has appeared during the procedure. This does not mean that the medicine that scored highest is necessarily the correct medicine for that patient. • GIGO – Garbage in, Garbage out.
MM Comparison • Next step is to go to the materiamedica and study the selection of medicine that have featured most strongly in the repertorisation. • Only by comparing the materiamedica picture of the medicine with that of the patient can we decide which is the ‘best fit’. • Repertorisation is an aid, which directs the prescriber to the medicines that are most likely to help the patient.