This document summarizes a departmental discussion on Kent's Comparative Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica presented by Dr. K.V. Satish. It provides an overview of the contents and structure of the book including 37 chapters from Mind to Generalities. The Mind chapter is the most detailed providing differentiation of remedies within rubrics and adding new rubrics and remedies from various sources. The repertory facilitates an in-depth understanding of rubrics, remedies and their relationships to aid accurate homeopathic prescribing.

1. DEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSION
KENT’S COMPARATIVE REPERTORY OF THE
HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
– DR.R. DOCKX & DR.G. KOKELENBERG
DATE:14/11/2018
PRESENTER:DR.K.V.SATISH
MODERATOR:DR.P.MANJULA
MD(HOM)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY(PG)

2. PLAN OF PRESENTATION
 INTRODUCTION
 CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
 DRAWBACKS
 CONCLUSION
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

3. INTRODUCTION
 A familiarity and clear understanding of the
language and meanings and organization
within this repertory are critical for accurate
prescribing in Homeopathy.This repertory
does the job ,it facilitates to understand the
rubric in depth by definitions, differentiating
the remedies ,and other similar rubrics.

4.  This book is compiled by two Belgian
homeopaths Dr.Guy Kokelenberg, M.D.
and Dr.Rene Dockx, M.D .This first Indian
edition was published in 1996 and reprint
editions in 2004,2006,2015 by Bjain
publishers.

5. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
 Contents
 Bibliography
 Introduction
 Preface
 Reference List
 Remedies And Their Abbreviations
 Repertory Proper

6. CONTENTS
 This section contains index of the chapters in
the repertory in alphabetical order from
‘Abdomen’ to ‘Vision’ with page numbers.
This repertory contains total 37 chapters

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 A List Of 24 books authorised by eminent
physicians including Dr.H.C.Allen
,Dr.Barthel,Dr.Clarke,Dr.Kent
,Dr.M.L.Tylor,Dr.S.R.Phatak,Dr.Vithoulkas .
 1.ALLEN .H.C. .... keynotes to the
materiamedica
 2.BARBANCEY .... j. Pratique Homoeopathique
en psychopatholgie
 3.BARTHEL .... H. synthetic Repertory
 4.BOERICKE .... Materia medica and
Repertory
 5.BORLAND D.M .... Children’s types
 6.CHARETTE.G ..... La matière medicale

8.  8.COULTER.C.R .... Portraits of homoeopathic
medicines
 9.DAS.R.B.B .... Select your remedy
 10.DEGROOTE.F .... Carcinosinum. Collected
works
 11.FARRINGTON.E A.... Comparative materia
medica
 12.GALLAVARDIN.J.P .... Psychisme et
homoeopathic
 13.HUI BON HOA .J.... Several publications
 14.KENT.J.T .... Repertory of the homoeopathic
materiamedica
 15.MARCEAU.N .... Psychiatric homoeopathique
 16.PASCHERO.T .... ApuntosSobre Los
Miasmas Cronicos

9.  17.PATTERSON.J .... The bowel nosodes
 18.PHATAK.S.R.... Materia medica
 19.SCHMIDT.P .... Les Cahiers du
Groupement
Hahnemannien de lyon
 20.TYLER.M.L .... Homoeopathic drug
pictures
 21.TYLER . M. L .... Pointers to the common
remedies
 22.VERMEULEN.F .... kindertypes in de
homeopathie
 23.VITHOULKAS.G .... The essence of
materiamedica
 24.VOISIN .... Matiere Medicale du practicien

10. INTRODUCTION
 How to convert the patient symptom in
rubric precisely???
 Important cautions in case taking
 “The reportorial result will be marvelous
but the results will be deplorable”.

11.  If we doubt the mental, drop them and
prescribe upon generals and locals and
key notes.
 Importance of mastering the mind section
of the repertory

12. PREFACE
 Importance of kent repertory in the histoty
of homoeopathy
 Additions and correction to the kent
repertory by the eminent homoeopaths
across the globe
 “This is the first time that differential
diagnoses are proposed for many of the
rubrics”.These must allow better
contextual understanding of the remedy.

13. REFERENCE LIST
Consists of name of 36 authors with the name of the books
included various important repertories and materia medicas
 KENT.J.T -- Repertory Of Homoeopathic Materia Medica With
Word And thumb Index
 Lesser Writings
 Lectures On Materia Medica With New Remedies
 KNERR.C.B.– Repertory Of Hering’s Guiding Symptoms
 BOGER.C.M.– Boenninghausen Characteristic Materia Medica
 JAHR.G.H.G - Repertory
 GALLAVARDIN.J.P – Psychism And Homoeopathy
 STAUFFER.K - KlinischeHomoeopathischeArzneimittellehre
 SCHMIDT.P - Lectures Groupement Homoeopathische
Arzneimittellehre
 BOERICKE.O.E - Pocket Manual Of Homoeopathic
Materiamedica And Repertory

14.  STEPHENSON.J - Hahnemanian Provings, Homoeopathic
Materia Medica And Repertory
 MEZGER.J - Gesichtete Homoeopathische
Arzneimittellehre
 ALLEN.T.F. – The Encyclopedia Of Pure Materia Medica
 CLARKE.J.H - A Clinical Repertory To The Dictionary Of
Materia Medica
 KLUNKER.W AND BARTHEL.H -Synthetic Repertory
 JULIAN.O.A - Dictionary Of Homoeopathic Materia Medica
 HERING.C- The Guiding Symptoms Of Our Materia Medica In
Original Size
 KUNZLI.J- Kent’s Repertorium Generale
 VITHOULKAS.G-The Essence Of Homoeopathic Materia
Medica
- Lectures
 TYLER.M.L- Homoeopathic Drug Pictures -
Pointers To The Common Remedies

15.  PHATAK.S.R - Concise Materia Medica Of
Homoeopathic Remedies
 PASCHERO.T.P- ApuntosSobre Los Miasmas
Cronicos
 CANDEGABE.E.F- Lectures
 DAS.B - Select Your Remedy
 COULTER.C.R - Portrait Of Homoeopathic
Medicines
 LYNCKZ -
 MORISSON.R - Lectures - Seminars
 BLACKIE.M.G - Classical Homoeopathy
 PLADYS.A - Matière Medicale Due Practicien
 VOISIN.H- Therapeutique Et Repertoire
Homoeopathique Due Practicien

16.  FARRINGTON.E.A - Comparative Materia
Medica
 PATERSON.J- The Bowel Nosodes
 CHARETTE.G - La Matière Medicale
Homoeopathique Expliquee
 BORLAND.D.M - children’s types
 HUI BON HOA - carcinosinum
 BARBANCCY J - pratique homoeopathique
en psychopatholie
 NICOLAS.M - donneespratiques d
homoeopathie en
psychiatrie

17. REMEDIES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS:
 Here in this section the remedies which
are present in this repertory with their
abbreviations are listed .There are 792
remedies used in this repertory

18. REPERTORY
PROPER

19. PLAN AND ARRANGEMENT
 37 chapters starting from the MIND &ends
with GENERALITIES.
 The chapters follow the same order as in the
Kent’s repertory.
 Each chapter is numbered from 1 to 37 on
the left side top.
 The chapters are given in BOLD CAPITAL in
the right side top
 The rubrics are arranged in the alphabetical
order. There are 543 pages.
 Since Mind is the most important chapter, it is
explained well than any other chapters

20.  Typography in this repertory
 BOLD CAPITAL- STAPH. =Fourth
degree
 Bold Roman -Staph. = third degree
 Italics -Staph =second degree
 Roman -Staph. =first degree

21.  -Different Abbreviations that have been used
are
 DD=differential diagnosis
 Agg=aggravates
 Amel=ameliorates
 Cross-ref=cross-reference

22.  - Each page is divided into 2 sections by
a central line. new rubrics are added
wherever necessary and it is given under
a heading
” New Rubric ” or “a new rubric to add “
which is given within two lines
 -There are large number of New rubrics,
sub rubrics and the remedies are added in
each chapter.

23.  - Rubrics given in BOLD CAPITALS after
meanings and the cross references are
given. After important remedies for that
rubric is given which are compared.
 1)For example;AMUSEMENT,averse to:
people who are averse to entertainment,to
distraction,to play,to passing their time in
an idle way.
Cross-ref: page50, GOING OUT, averse to
 Page55, INDIFFERENCE to
pleasure

24.  2)Eg: ABANDONED: deserted, left by
himself, left alone, without any help.
Cross ref: see FORSAKEN feeling
 -There are three remedies in it in the first
degree: Aur, Psor and Puls
 - followed by the key indications of each
drug with relation to particular state of
mind.
 sub rubrics are explained after each main
rubric and their remedies.

25.  Differential diagnosis for remedies in certain
places which is given as DD.
 Eg : If Pulsatilla is the DD for Platina, then it
is expressed as DD PLATINA-
PULSATILLA(page 2)
 DD NATRUM MUR- SEPIA ( page 12)

26.  in certain places, there is explanation about
some remedies “which are not in the KENT
repertory.”
 Eg: About some remedies in absent
mindedness- MEDORRHINUM. (page no3)

27.  In certain places the dosage or the
potency is also mentioned. Eg: MOUTH-
APHTHAE (page no 279)
Eg: SEMPERVIVUM: In this case you
can give 200K. With warts you can put
mother tincture on it locally.
 -Rubrics of the disease conditions are also
explained in certain places.
Eg : MOUTH- WARTS, tongue, tip of.
This is a rubric to remember when you
think of AIDS.

28.  Additions of the new drugs are given with
their source book. Eg: INJUSTICE,
cannot support
 Additions: cal-p (Candegabe),
caust (Vith),
dros ( Masi) etc (page no 129)
 -In some chapters first important remedies
and their characteristics were discussed than
followed by rubrics
 For example :vertigo,fever,cough chapters

29. CHAPTERS OF THE REPERTORY
MIND:
 most important and most illustrated chapter
 ABANDONED → YIELDING
 193 pages
 Anger,Anxiety,Delusions,Fear are most
detailed rubrics

30.  many New Rubrics were added in
relevant places, also Mentioned The
Author from where he collected the rubric
 for Eg:INDOLENCE ,although intelligent
INTELLECTUAL
LAZYNESS(Barthel)..pg.129
KILL,desire to loved
ones(Boericke).....pg133
UNRELIABLE,in
promises(C.Coulter)...pg.177

31.  Additional remedies were also added from
various sources
 CLINGING to persons or furniture,...
addition -phos(p.g.51)
 CRUELTY....addition-ars,bell(p.g.60)
 UNCONSCIOUS ,emotion after ...addition-
phos(Catherine coulter)
Pg.no.176
 WASHING,always ,her hands..additions-
syph(p.schmidt),lac.can(p.schmidt)
med(p.schmidt),nat-
m(vithoulkas),psor(knerr)
Pg.no.178

32. SOME IMPORTANT POINT MENTIONED IN THIS
CHAPTER
( P.G.NO.6 UNDER AFFECTIONATE RUBRIC)
 ABOUT THE REMEDIES IN THE RUBRICS
 stick to a certain image of the remedy.
 sulphur = dirty, lazy , philosopher
 nux-v and platina in affectionate

33.  CHILLY OR HOT REMEDIES
 THERMAL is only a clue
 prescription upon the totality of the
symptoms, a mental picture and some
key-notes.
 “must forget about always or never”.

34.  EVOLUTION OF REMEDY:
Evolution Of Remedy= Evolution of
character of the people throughout their
life
 Eg:NUX VOMICA
FRIENDLY,AFFECTIONATE
↓
IRRITABLE,IMPATIENT

35.  DR.GALLAVARDIN JEAN –PIERRRE
 homoeopathy in psychic cases
 wrote a book “psychisme et
homoeopathie” A repertory of psychic
symptoms and homoeopathic remedies
(pg,150, under the new rubric reading
passion which is taken from the gallavardin
literature)

36. OVER VEIW OF MIND
 Differentiation of remedies within the rubric
by understanding the state of the patient.
 For example:

37. ANGER

38.  ACONITE:
 Much more anxious remedy than anger.
 these states result from the some sudden
terror,fright, or accident resulting in fear of
death,of crowds,or crossing the streets,of
future.
 anger is a sudden anger,like a storm
,coming on very suddenly and going
away very quickly

39.  ANACARDIUM:
 The anger kept inside ,because of lack of
selfconfidence results in irresolution
 he has a feeling of two wills.he doesn’t
really know what he wants therefore he is
irresolute
 hard
 maliciousness
 having pleasure in the pain he provokes
 the basis is a lack of self confidence and
the overcompensation is cruelty

40. ARSENIC
 ANXIUOS
 FASTIDIOUS>>Keep things n control
 Out of suspicion of other>>surrounding
world is a threat
 Doesnt trust easily>>attached to power
,money>>>afraid to loose them
 Takes awt supprt>> anger

41. AURUM
 Violent anger>>strking,kicking
 Friendly outside-inside boiling
 Suppress anger for long time>suddenly
burst
 Duty oriented>>avoids enjoyment>>regret
after wards
 Doesthings lot for others like duty

42. BRYONIA
IRRITABILITY
↓
>>When impose upon him
>>with pain
>>if has to do ,he doesnt like
-Consolation agg>>cross>>forgets easily>>
-Hard workers>>fear of poverty>>always
thinks and talks about business,money

43. CHAMOMILLA
 Impulsive ,quick,explosive
 Goes as quickly as it comes
 TOUCHY
 Aversion to touch
 Uncontrlable anger,eotion,
 Violent with pain
 Hot blooded-perspire scalp
 Restlessness –amel rocking,quick motion


44. HEPAR SULPH
 Violent anger
 TOUCHY –physical,mental
 Easily dissatisfied with themselves and
others
 Anger>>may be able to kill others
 >>>may be able to set fire

45. IGNATIA
 Rashness and abruptness like cham
 Anger >>hysteria
 Anger with physical symptoms =only
functional
 Emotional frustrations>>controle
themselves>>anger flare up
 Fits of anger,fits of weeping,fits of laughing
 Looking for perfect
relationship>>relationship problems

46. KALI CARB
 Similar to aurum
 Target organ stomach>>Emotions came
from stomach
 Hide anger>>>show it at home
 Fear confrontation
 TOUCHY

47. KALI SULPH
 ANGER with puls puls kind person
 Target organ mucosa of URT,LRT
 Puls like discharges

48. LYCO
 COWARDICE
 AVOID confrontation
 Lack of self confidence
 Wants company
 Very nice to strangers>>Show anger at
home

49. NAT.MUR
 H/o emotional trauma
 Love is central problem of nat.mur
 Angry >>when laughed at,ridiculed
 Contach with evry one>>abruptly
leaving>>wants solitude
 Dwell on past disagreeables
 Cannot take remarks, false interpretation
 Always try to withhold felings sadness or
anger
 <alone

50. SEP
 Neutral or indifferent to love
 Unable show /percept affection
 Emotionally dead
 Indifference to people,beuaty,job,work....
 Antagonism inside

51. NUX VOM
 Anger like valcano
 Interupted>>anger
 Always having certain plans,time schedules
 Fastidious
 Ambition
 Impatience

52. STAAPH
 Suppression of emotions
↓
-Staph is a sweet person>>he is
vulnerable,thinks others also>> avoids
aggression,avoids hurt some one
-Angry>> throw things aginest
wall,slamming doors
-No will
-they can be men appearing femine

53. SULPH
 Day dreamer,theorizing,making plans a lot
>>Angry .when opposes
 Bombastic
 They work only the want
 Dont mind laws,makes rules
 Love discussions
 Ailments from suppression of eruption

54. CONSOLATION AGG

55.  ARS:
 out of suspicion
 Silicea:
 they know inside he is right
 He dont need to console because he is
right

56.  Nit.acid:
 More fear ful,anxious about healthfutere
when console
 Hates people who offeneded them ,un
moved by apologies
 Sep:
 Dont like contact
 She like destraction
 Being occupaid by company but not deep
emotions like love or sympathy

57.  Ignatia:
 Hysterical outburts when console
 Consolation >>comes out hided eotionns>>
worse after consolation
 Nat.mur:
 fear to be ridiculed>>dont like consolation
 >>.suspicion he is lauphing at them

58. FEAR OF BEING ALONE

59.  Arg.nit
 Ars.alb
 Phos
 Lyco
 Kali.ars
 Kali.carb
 Nit.acid
 Stram
 Veratrum.alb
 puls

60. YIELDING:

61.  PULS
 SIL
 NUX.VOM

62. 2) VERTIGO: starts with important remedies in vertigo followed by
the rubrics.
 page no 183 to 193.starts
 Rubric MORNING → WEAKNESS.
 -Under menses suppressed there is a Note On
Suppression”suppression can result from sorrow,or
shock,fright,irritation,illness,weakness,bleading etc...”
3) HEAD; page no194 to 221.
 -Most important rubric is HEAD PAIN
 Rubric ABSCESS → WENS,atheromatose cyst
4) EYE: Introduction of the chapter present, the eye symptoms
are very important because they are the part of the nervous
system .they are highly considered in the hierarchy of the
symptoms.
 page no222 to236
 rubric ABSCESS → YELLOWISHNESS
5 )VISION; page no237to 240.
 rubric ACCOMODATION → ZIGZAGS

63. 6) EAR: page no241 to 247.
 Rubric ADHESIONS →ACUTE
7) HEARING: page no 248 to 249
 Rubric ACUTE headache → IMPAIRED
8) NOSE: page no 250 to 264
 rubric ABSCESS → VEINS,varicose
9) FACE: “The fore head related rubrics found
in the chapter head not here”
 page no 265 to 278.
 -Rubric AIR,cool,seem blowing upon →
ZONA,herpes zoster,burning and itching,with

64. 10).MOUTH; page no279 to293
- rubric APTHAE → WARTS
,TOUNGUE,TIP,OF
11 )TEETH :page no294 TO 296
 ABSCESS → WISDOM teeth ,ailments
from eruption of
12 )THROAT: page no 297 to304
 rubric ABSCESS predisposition to →
WEAKNESS,exertion agg
 13) EXT.THROAT: page no 305 to306.
 -CLOTHING,agg →
withWRINKLED,external throat

65. 14 )STOMACH: page no307 to338
 Rubric AIR,as if was forcing through → WEAK
FEELINH
15 )ABDOMEN: page no 339 to 347
 Rubric ABSCESS ,liver and ends → VEINS,
distended
16) RECTUM:page no 349 to 356
 ABSCESS just above → WORMS
,dentition,difficult
17 )STOOL: interesting rubrics section present
in the beginning.
 page no357 to 358.
rubric COLD → WHITE ,dentition,during

66. 18) BLADDER: classification of urinary organs
in the beginning.
 From page no 359 to364.
 Rubric ANURIA →VARICOSE
19 )Kidney: page no 365 TO 366.
Rubric FLOATING → SUPPRESSION,of urine
,newborns in
20) PROSTATE: only in page no 367.
EMISSION prostatic fluid → INFLAMMATION
21 )URETHRA: only in page no 368.
CHORDEE and → PAIN ,urethra and meatus
22 )URINE: page no369 to370.ACETONURIA →
SUGAR ,impotency with

67. 23 )GENITALIA: page no 371 to 374.
 rubric ABSCESS →VARICOCELE
 24) GENITALIA-FEMALE: page no 375
TO382. ABORTION →WET,as if sensation
vulva
25 )LARYNX &TRACHEA: page no 383 to386.
 CANCER larynxand → VOICE
weak,headache,after
26 )RESPIRATION: page no 387 to393.
ALTERATION,asthma skin and skin symptoms
→
STRIDULUS
27 )COUGH: chapter starts with impotant cough
remedies and its characteristic features and
followed by rubrics.
 page no 394 to 403

68. 28)EXPECTORATION: page no 404 TO 405
 DAYTIMEonly →WHITE albuminous
29 )CHEST: page no 406 to 420.
ABSCESS mamme → XYPHOID absent
30 )BACK: page no 421 to 427.
ABSCESS psoae → WEAKNESS sitting
while
31 )EXTREMITIES: page no 428 to 467.
ABDUCTED lies with limbs → WRINKLED
32 )SLEEP: page no 468 to478.
rubric ANXIOUS → YAWNING

69.  33 )CHILL:starts with meaning of chill.
 page no 479 to 482
 rubricCOLD →WRITING while
34)FEVER: chapter starts with important fever
remedies and its characteristic features and
followed by rubrics.
 page no 483 to 487.
 AGER ,paroxysms brought out by →
TYPHOID fever
 35 )PERSPIRATION: page no 488 to 490.
 DAYTIME ,closing eyes,when → WRITING
while
 36)SKIN: page no 491 to 504.strts with
ACTINOMYCOSIS → WENS

70.  37)GENERALITIES: page no505 to 543.
 COLD REMEDIES→WOUNDS ,sting of wasp
 chapter begins with the cold and the warm
remedies followed by the time modalities and
other rubrics.
 “Under GENERALITIES, it is said that people who
always have their symptoms at the same side are
more difficult to cure. Do not start with a high
potency”.
 A small note on VACCINATION
 You could give vaccinations with homoeopathic
dilutions like pert 200K for whooping cough. This
should give a protection for two years. Protection
for malaria- nat mur 30K once a week. The best
thing to do is to protect them with their own
remedy.

71. DRAWBACKS
 This book cannot be used thoroughly without the aid of
Kent’s Repertory.
 Some rubrics are underlined the purpose of which is not
explained.
Eg:in chapter vertigo WORMS: cina,spig.
 In some rubrics medicines are underlined,again it is
unexplained
 Eg:In chapter head,TUMORS:kali-I is underlined.
 Under the discussion part, all the drugs are not
discussed.
 Except mind ,other chapters only few rubrics were
discussed
 This is more of reference book it is not useful for
systemic repertorization

72. CONCLUSION
This unique work is very helpful for the
beginners in Homoeopathy and even the
stalwarts since there is vast explanation of
the MIND chapter which is useful for the
subtle differences between apparently
similar remedies . There are additions of the
rubrics and the remedies from 36 authors
including the repertories and others makes it
more practically useful . To be thorough with
this book one should possess Kent’s
Repertory of Homoeopathic Materia medica.

73. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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