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1. Repertories Based on Philosophic Concept (Logical Utilitarian Group)

a. Based on Generals to Particulars

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b. Based on Particulars to Generals (Concept of Totality)

i. Based on Doctrine of Analogy and Concomitants

ii. Based on Complete Symptom, Concomitants and Pathological General

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2. Repertories Having No Distinctive Philosophy (Concordance / Puritan Group)

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3. Clinical Repertories

a. Covering the Whole Body

b. Covering Specific Parts / Organs

c. Based on Clinical Conditions

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4. Card Repertories

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5. Mechanically-Aided (Computer) Repertories

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The Three Core Concepts of Repertorization

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STEP 1 - Conceptual Image (Portrait of the Disease)

What is it?

How is it formed?

1. Causations (never well since, exciting causes)
2. Unexpected deviations from normal
3. Generals:
   • (a) Mental generals
   • (b) Physical generals
   • (c) Modalities (what makes better/worse)
   • (d) Pathological generals
4. Characteristic particulars (qualified, peculiar symptoms)
5. Common particulars (unqualified, ordinary symptoms)

Purpose of Conceptual Image

• To condense the case and preserve only symptoms of significance
• To differentiate characteristic particulars from common particulars
• To bring out generals from within particulars
• To study differential modalities at a glance
• To form a "portrait" from which remedy selection will be made

Key Point

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STEP 2 - Repertorial Totality

What is it?

Why it differs from the Conceptual Image

• Be expressed in the patient's colloquial language which does not directly match any rubric
• Be too vague or common to have a specific rubric
• Belong to systems not well covered by a particular repertory

Repertorial Totality differs according to the repertory used:

Practical Rule

• If the case has strong, well-defined mental generals - use Kent's concept of Repertorial Totality
• If the case has fewer mental generals but strong pathological generals and concomitants - use Boenninghausen's/Boger's concept of Repertorial Totality

Purpose of Repertorial Totality

• Forms the actual rubrics to be used in repertorization
• Converts the patient's language into the language of the repertory
• Determines which remedy covers the maximum characteristic symptoms
• Gives a numerical/graded result (repertorial analysis)

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STEP 3 - Potential Differential Field (PDF)

What is it?

Potential Differential Field = Conceptual Image - Repertorial Totality

Why is it called "Potential"?

How is it used?

1. The shortlisted remedies from the repertorial analysis are noted
2. The Potential Differential Field symptoms (those left out of repertorization) are now checked against the materia medica of each shortlisted remedy
3. The remedy whose materia medica picture best matches BOTH the repertorial totality AND the potential differential field symptoms is the simillimum

Examples of Potential Differential Field symptoms

• Dreams, delusions that are very specific and have no rubric
• Rare, strange, peculiar sensations not covered in any rubric
• Emotional nuances or life circumstances
• Physical symptoms in language too specific for a rubric
• Symptoms belonging to systems poorly covered in the chosen repertory

Significance

• Prevents mechanical, number-based prescribing
• Ensures individualization is maintained even after repertorization
• Acts as a "final filter" to reach the simillimum from a group of close remedies
• Bridges the gap between the repertory (which is incomplete) and the full picture of the patient

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Summary Diagram of the Process

CASE TAKING
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     v
CONCEPTUAL IMAGE  (complete portrait of the patient - all symptoms)
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     |--- [Symptoms translatable into rubrics] ---> REPERTORIAL TOTALITY
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     |                                               Repertorization
     |                                                      |
     |                                          Shortlist of top remedies
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     |--- [Symptoms NOT translatable into rubrics] ---> POTENTIAL DIFFERENTIAL FIELD
                                                               |
                                                 Cross-check with Materia Medica
                                                 of shortlisted remedies
                                                               |
                                                        SIMILLIMUM selected

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Key Relationship Between the Three

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Why This Framework Matters

• It ensures the physician does not blindly follow the "top-scoring" remedy from repertorization
• It keeps the art of homoeopathy alive - the Potential Differential Field brings in materia medica knowledge and individualization
• It acknowledges that no repertory is complete - symptoms will always be "left over"
• It prevents over-reliance on mechanical/computer repertorization
• The simillimum is ultimately chosen by matching the whole Conceptual Image, not just the repertorized portion

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Case Analysis in Homoeopathy: Kent vs Boger vs Boenninghausen

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A. CASE ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO DR. J.T. KENT

Philosophical Foundation

Kent's Hierarchy of Symptoms (for case analysis)

HIGHEST
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   1. STRANGE, RARE & PECULIAR SYMPTOMS (SRP)
      (Can occur at any level - mental, general or particular)
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   2. MIND SYMPTOMS
      a. Will (emotions, fears, desires, aversions)
      b. Understanding (delusions, perceptions)
      c. Memory
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   3. PHYSICAL GENERALS
      (Things that affect the WHOLE body, not just one part)
      a. Ailments from (causations)
      b. Thermal reaction (chilly/hot patient)
      c. Thirst - quantity, quality, time
      d. Appetite - desires and aversions
      e. Sleep - position, disturbances
      f. Perspiration - time, location, character
      g. Menses - character, time, colour
      h. Aggravations and ameliorations of the whole person
      i. Laterality
      j. Sexual symptoms (generals)
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   4. CHARACTERISTIC PARTICULARS
      (Peculiar, qualified symptoms of individual organs/parts)
      - A particular symptom with its own peculiar modality
      - A sensation unusual for that location
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   5. COMMON PARTICULARS (lowest value)
      (Ordinary, expected symptoms - e.g., headache during fever)
LOWEST

How Kent Analyses a Case

• Identify the strongest mental generals (Will > Understanding > Memory)
• Pick out physical generals (whole-body modalities, thermals, thirst, etc.)
• Identify characteristic particulars (qualified, peculiar particulars)

• Mental generals form the 1st grade (maximum weight)
• Physical generals form the 2nd grade
• Characteristic particulars used for 3rd grade (finer differentiation)

When to use Kent's method

• When the patient has clear, well-defined mental symptoms
• In chronic, deep-seated constitutional cases
• When emotional/psychological symptoms dominate
• When the patient's personality and will/understanding are strongly expressed

Strength of Kent's Method

• Best for individualization in chronic disease
• The Mind chapter in Kent's Repertory is exceptionally detailed
• Constitutional prescribing is most accurate with this method

Limitation

• If mental symptoms are not clear or well-expressed, the method becomes difficult to apply
• Less useful in one-sided diseases with scanty mental symptoms
• Can be time-consuming in acute/emergency settings

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B. CASE ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO DR. C.M. BOGER

Philosophical Foundation

Boger's Key Principle

"Every symptom should be valued as per the condition."

1. Location - where the symptom is felt
2. Sensation - nature and character of the symptom
3. Modality - what makes it better or worse
4. Concomitant - what accompanies it

Boger's Hierarchy for Case Analysis

HIGHEST
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   1. PATHOLOGICAL GENERALS
      (Disease condition of the whole organism)
      - The constitutional type, diagnosis, ongoing pathology
      - Tissue changes, diathesis
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   2. PHYSICAL GENERALS
      (Generals of the whole person)
      - Thermals, thirst, sleep, perspiration, food desires
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   3. MENTAL GENERALS
      (Considered here, but not always given top priority)
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   4. MODALITIES
      (Time, temperature, position, weather - very important)
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   5. CONCOMITANTS
      (Associated symptoms - the differentiating factor)
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   6. PARTICULARS
      (With modalities and concomitants attached)
LOWEST

How Boger Analyses a Case

Special Features of Boger's Analysis

• Time modalities are given special importance (e.g., 3 AM aggravation, morning worse, etc.)
• Pathological generals distinguish Boger from both Kent and Boenninghausen
• Semi-totality prescribing is possible - even when only a few well-defined symptoms are available
• He integrated clinical diagnosis into the prescribing process without abandoning individualization

When to use Boger's method

• When both pathological and individual symptoms are present
• In mixed cases requiring both clinical and constitutional analysis
• When the case has clear time modalities
• When the physician needs a faster, practical method in clinical settings
• In cases with tissue changes or clear pathological diagnosis

Strength of Boger's Method

• Bridges the gap between pure classical prescribing and modern clinical practice
• Useful when mental symptoms are not clear
• Semi-totality method saves time without losing accuracy
• Pathological generals make it applicable to cases where organ changes are prominent

Limitation

• Some rubrics in BBCR are condensed and may miss finer differentiations
• Less suitable for cases where deep psychological individuality is the key feature

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C. CASE ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO DR. C. VON BOENNINGHAUSEN

Philosophical Foundation

1. Doctrine of Analogy - modalities can be transferred (generalized) from one part of the body to the whole
2. Doctrine of Concomitants - associated symptoms are the chief differentiating factor
3. Grand Generalization Principle - a modality strongly marked in one location applies to the whole patient

Boenninghausen's Hierarchy for Case Analysis

HIGHEST
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   1. LOCATION (Seat of disease)
      - Which organ, part, or side is primarily affected
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   2. SENSATION
      - The exact character of the complaint (burning, stitching, pressing, etc.)
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   3. MODALITIES (MOST IMPORTANT in Boenninghausen's system)
      - Time (morning, evening, night)
      - Temperature (heat, cold, open air)
      - Position (lying, sitting, standing)
      - Motion (motion agg/amel)
      - Any other aggravating/ameliorating factor
      Note: If a modality is strongly marked in one part,
            it is GENERALIZED to the whole patient
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   4. CONCOMITANTS
      - Symptoms accompanying the chief complaint
      - From a completely different location/system
      - These are the KEY differentiating symptoms
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   5. MENTAL SYMPTOMS
      (Given less priority than in Kent's method)
LOWEST

How Boenninghausen Analyses a Case

• L = Location (which part, which side - right/left/alternating)
• S = Sensation (exact type of pain/feeling)
• M = Modality (what makes it better, what makes it worse)
• C = Concomitant (what comes along with it)

Special Features of Boenninghausen's Analysis

• "Concomitant is to the totality what the modality is to a single symptom" - his famous maxim
• One-sided cases can be solved using modalities alone through analogy
• Even when only 2-3 symptoms are clearly available, this method can yield the simillimum
• Mental symptoms are used, but they do not hold the highest priority

When to use Boenninghausen's method

• In acute cases with well-defined modalities
• In one-sided diseases where mental symptoms are absent or unclear
• When only scanty/incomplete symptoms are available
• When concomitants are strongly marked
• In cases with strong physical generals and sensory symptoms
• Epidemic prescribing (genus epidemicus)

Strength of Boenninghausen's Method

• Excellent for acute and one-sided cases
• Does not depend on mental symptoms
• Strong modality analysis leads to rapid, accurate prescribing
• Doctrine of Analogy allows use of even partial symptom pictures

Limitation

• Does not go deep into the psychological/constitutional individuality of the patient
• Less suitable for chronic cases where the mind is the center of disturbance
• Requires training to correctly apply the doctrine of analogy

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COMPARISON TABLE: Kent vs Boger vs Boenninghausen

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PRACTICAL GUIDE: Which Method to Choose?

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Summary in One Line Each

• Kent - "Who is the patient?" - Analyze the mind first, then the body
• Boenninghausen - "How does the patient suffer?" - Analyze the modality and what accompanies the suffering
• Boger - "What is wrong with the patient and how?" - Analyze the pathological picture + general constitution + complete symptom

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Evaluation of Symptoms in Homoeopathy

What is Evaluation?

"Proper evaluation of symptoms is the most important step next to case-taking in homoeopathy."

• How deeply a symptom reaches into the organism
• How peculiar or characteristic it is (uncommon, rare, strange)
• Its intensity and impact on the patient as a whole

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Hahnemann's Original Concept (Aphorism 153)

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1. EVALUATION ACCORDING TO DR. J.T. KENT

Core Principle

"All symptoms of will and affections, including desires and aversions, are the most important as they relate to the innermost of man. Of less value are those relating to intellect, while those of memory are to be ranked lowest." - Kent

Kent's Grading of Symptoms (in order of importance)

• These may occur among mentals, generals, or particulars
• They hold the highest diagnostic value regardless of their location
• Examples: a symptom that is opposite to what is normally expected; a peculiar sensation; a unique combination of circumstances

1. Will - emotions, desires, aversions, fears, loves, hates (HIGHEST)
2. Understanding - delusions, perceptions, reasoning ability
3. Memory - forgetfulness, loss of memory (LOWEST among mentals)

• Thermal reaction (chilly or hot patient)
• Thirst (quantity, quality, time)
• Appetite (desires and aversions for food)
• Sleep (position, time, disturbances)
• Perspiration (time, location, character)
• Menses (in females - character, colour, quantity, time)
• Ailments from / causations
• Aggravations and ameliorations of the whole person
• Laterality
• Sexual generals

• It has its own strong, peculiar modality
• It has an unusual sensation for that location
• It has a striking concomitant
• The patient says "My..." (relating to a part, not the whole)

• Example: headache during fever, thirst during heat
• These are ignored unless two common symptoms combine unusually to become differentiating

Kent's Evaluation Table

Key Features of Kent's Evaluation

• Both symptoms AND remedies are graded in Kent's repertory (3 grades of remedies: bold = 3, italic = 2, plain = 1)
• Limited generalization - modalities of a local symptom are NOT automatically transferred to the whole person
• Mental generals dominate and drive the prescription
• Physical generals act as confirmatory

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2. EVALUATION ACCORDING TO DR. C.M. BOGER

Core Principle

Boger's Classification of Symptoms for Evaluation

• L = Location (which part/side)
• S = Sensation (type of pain/feeling)
• M = Modality (aggravating and ameliorating factors)
• C = Concomitant (what accompanies it)

Arrangement of Symptoms for Repertorization (Boger's order)

1. Causative modalities (mental + physical causations)
2. Other modalities (agg. and amel.)
3. Physical generals
4. Pathological generals / Clinical rubrics
5. Location
6. Mentals (for final differentiation)

Key Features of Boger's Evaluation

• Bridges the gap between Boenninghausen's modality-based prescribing and Kent's mental-based prescribing
• Semi-totality prescribing is the hallmark - even with partial symptoms, accurate prescription is possible
• Pathological generals make it applicable in modern clinical settings
• Time modalities are given special weight
• Mentals are used at the end for differentiation, not at the beginning
• Both symptoms and remedies are graded in BBCR

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3. EVALUATION ACCORDING TO DR. C. VON BOENNINGHAUSEN

Core Principle

"The concomitant is to the totality what the modality is to the single symptom." - Boenninghausen

Boenninghausen's Four-Component Symptom

Boenninghausen's Grading of Symptoms

• The most valuable evaluating tool in Boenninghausen's system
• Time modalities: morning, evening, night, periodically
• Temperature modalities: heat, cold, open air, warm room
• Position modalities: lying, sitting, standing, motion
• Doctrine of Generalization: if a modality is strongly marked in one part, it is TRANSFERRED to the whole organism - it becomes a general modality of the patient

• Symptoms from a completely different location/system that accompany the chief complaint
• They individualize the case when modalities alone cannot differentiate
• Do NOT have to be logically related to the main complaint
• Example: headache with cold feet = headache is the chief complaint, cold feet is the concomitant

• Especially generalized sensations (e.g., burning everywhere, stitching pains in general)
• The sensation of one part can be generalized to the whole patient

• Which side (right/left/alternating), which organ, which tissue
• Laterality is an important evaluating point

• Used for final differentiation only
• Given the lowest priority among the four components
• Not the starting point of evaluation

Boenninghausen's Doctrine of Analogy (Key to Evaluation)

• If a remedy is known to cause burning in the stomach (from provings), by analogy it can also cause burning elsewhere - so it may be selected for burning in any location
• Similarly, if a patient has a modality (e.g., worse from motion) in one complaint, Boenninghausen generalizes it to represent the patient's whole picture
• This allows prescribing even when symptoms are scanty or one-sided

Key Features of Boenninghausen's Evaluation

• Only remedies are graded (not individual symptoms) in the Therapeutic Pocket Book
• Individual symptoms are not evaluated separately - the group of L+S+M+C is evaluated as a whole
• Modalities and concomitants dominate the evaluation
• Mental symptoms are least important
• Doctrine of Analogy allows evaluation even with incomplete symptom pictures
• Best suited for cases with strong physical symptoms and scanty mentals

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COMPARATIVE TABLE: Evaluation According to the Three Masters

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MEMORY AID

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Practical Application: Same Case, Three Evaluations

Steps of Repertorization

(Prerequisites of Repertorization)

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The 8 Steps of Repertorization

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STEP 1 - CASE TAKING

• Chief complaint with full details (location, sensation, modality, concomitant)
• History of present illness and past illness
• Family history
• Mental and physical generals
• Causative factors (never well since)
• Physical examination and investigations where required

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STEP 2 - RECORDING AND INTERPRETATION

• The physician must transfer all data with exactness as received from the patient
• The meaning of the patient's narration must be kept as natural as possible
• Slight modification of language is acceptable while recording, but the sense must not be altered
• Intensity of each symptom should be indicated in the record
• The case record is a valuable permanent document used for future reference and follow-up

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STEP 3 - CLASSIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SYMPTOMS (ANALYSIS)

• Generals - affect the patient as a whole (mental generals: will, understanding, memory; physical generals: sensations, modalities, sweat, discharges; pathological generals: tissue changes affecting the whole person)
• Particulars - affect a single part or organ (sensations, pains, pathology, modalities of parts)
• Both generals and particulars are further divided into characteristic (uncommon/peculiar) and common symptoms

• Case with more generals and characteristic symptoms → Kent's method
• Case with more physicals and concomitants → Boenninghausen's method
• Case with pathological generals, physicals and concomitants → Boger's method

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STEP 4 - DEFINING THE PROBLEM

• Patient's predisposition (constitution, diathesis)
• Patient's disposition (temperament, nature)
• Diagnosis of the disease (clinical diagnosis separates peculiar symptoms from common ones)
• Miasmatic state (psora, sycosis, syphilis)
• Anamnesis - developmental history of the patient and disease; helps define the nature, progress, and miasmatic background of the disease

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STEP 5 - ERECTING A TOTALITY (SYNTHESIS)

• Characterizes the person as a whole
• Individualizes the problem
• Represents the complete picture of the patient

• Not all classified and evaluated symptoms automatically form the working totality
• The physician selects only those symptoms which can logically represent the whole picture
• The arrangement of totality depends on the case itself - the case alone decides the method to be followed
• If the case has more generals with rare modalities → generals form the totality
• If the case has striking concomitants and vague modalities or a pathological general → these form the totality

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STEP 6 - SELECTION OF THE REPERTORY AND REPERTORIZATION PROPER

• The totality is rearranged according to the selected repertory - this rearrangement is called the Repertorial Totality
• Symptoms are converted into rubrics (this requires thorough knowledge of the repertory's construction and arrangement)
• Rubrics are arranged according to hierarchy, reason and page number
• The case is worked out in the repertory and a group of medicines with markings is arrived at

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STEP 7 - REPERTORIAL RESULT

• Number of rubrics covered (symptoms covered)
• Marks/grades obtained by each medicine

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STEP 8 - ANALYSIS OF REPERTORIAL RESULT AND PRESCRIPTION

• The shortlisted group of medicines is compared to the picture of the patient
• With the help of materia medica, the group is differentiated
• The field that differentiates medicines is called the Potential Differential Field (the fountain sources - symptoms not covered in repertorization but used to differentiate from materia medica)
• The final remedy must then pass through criteria such as:
  • Susceptibility and sensitivity of the patient
  • Level of similarity
  • Suppression (if any) in the past
  • Functional and structural changes
  • Vitality of the patient
  • Miasmatic background
• Based on all these, the right potency and dose schedule is decided

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Summary Flow Chart

Case Taking
     ↓
Recording & Interpretation
     ↓
Classification & Evaluation (Analysis)
     ↓
Defining the Problem
     ↓
Erecting Totality (Synthesis)
     ↓
Selection of Repertory + Repertorization
     ↓
Repertorial Result (group of remedies)
     ↓
Analysis of Result + Materia Medica
     ↓
SIMILLIMUM → Potency → Prescription

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