ISIS is homeopathic software that provides integrated access to repertories, materia medica, remedies, and other reference works. It began as CARA software in the 1980s and has since expanded its features. Key features include an easy-to-use interface for repertorization using various repertories, the ability to filter results, and information on remedies including keynotes, relationships, and multimedia. The software aims to incorporate modern and traditional approaches to case analysis to help users find the simillimum.

1. ISIS
(CARA)

2. ISIS
Author : David Witko.
Year of publication : 2004.
Presenting version : ISIS vision.
Published and marketed by : Micant Ltd, England.
History :
Earlier the software was known as CARA (computer
assisted repertory analysis), started as a software
system for – Royal London, Homoeopathic Hospital.
It is useful those who wants repertorize using Kent’s
repertory. CARA means ‘friendly’ in gaelic.

3. Through out 80’s and 90’s CARA continued to
develop and grow and gained the reputation of being
really easy to use and cast-effective way of getting
started with Homoeopathic computer software.
Subsequent upgrades and developments, saw it
transform into – ISIS.
Features :
1, Starting up and functions of ISIS vision.
2, Explorer.
3, Repertory section.
4, Repertorial result format.
5, Analysis.

4. 6, Filter.
7, Presentation.
8, Materia medica.
9, Remedy informations.
10, Dictionary.
11, Other provisions.
Starting up of the software :
When we click the ISIS icon on desk top a Micant
control centre is displayed.
Various aspects / functions ISIS vision :
As options to proceed right side of the screen.
1, Start ISIS.

5. 2, Patients.
3, Acutes.
4, Online discussion.
5, Tutorials.
6, Micant support with further 5 choices.
Version number displayed in the bottom of right
corner.
Section proper – start ISIS : By opting this option
we can access the world of ISIS as an ISIS screen.
ISIS screen provides –
1, Main screen. 2, Clipboard – 10 in number.
3, Remedy pane 4, Menus 5, Toolbars.

6. Menus : Displays a drop down list of menu choices,
almost every function in ISIS is available with in.
Toolbar icons : Row of icons – performs most
common functions with in ISIS, provide quick access.
Remedy pane : Displays quick access information
about remedies.
Clicking a remedy abbreviation while viewing the
repertory displays requested remedy information in
this pane.
Certain items of information are ‘Hyperlinks’,
which helps to access library of information for the
selected remedy including photos, sounds of
description on it.

7. Important once are, remedy full name hyper link
and materia medica hyper link.
Main screen : Where all book data is displayed, like –
Repertory rubrics.
Materia medica text.
Remedy information.
Dictionary definitions.
Explorer :
Where the library of books with in ISIS is accessed
and divided in to sections –
1, Repertories 2, Materia medicas

8. 3, Remedy information. 4, The dictionary.
5, A tab for search.
Clicking any tab opens up that appropriate section
with the list of books.
Opening any books displays a list of available
chapter (remedies).
Clicking on a chapter causes it’s text to be
displayed on the main screen.
On entry to ISIS the repertory tab is automatically
accessed.
Repertory section : This software contain –
1, BBCR. 2, Boericke’e repertory.

9. 3, Clarke’s repertory. 4, Phatak’s repertory.
5, Complete repertory. 6, Murphy’s repertory.
7, My repertory. 8, Combined repertory.
Combined repertory : Unique repertory, provides as
standards in ISIS, developed by Miccant Ltd, contains
Kent’s repertory + Kent’s final general repertory +
Synthetic repertory, recognized additions for
carcinocin by George Vithoulkas, constructed in the
similar style of Lent’s repertory, not published in
book form, with 3 gradations, 39 chapters.
The generalities chapter was moved to
immediately follows mind chapter, modalities

10. chapter added, remedy count number with rubrics,
contemporary remedy additions with author
numbers after the remedy abbreviations.
Provings from the dynamis school are included.
(Hydrogen, iridium, scorpion, germanium, chocolate,
brassica, diamond, eagle, neon).
The provings of, lime stone, marble, granite, from
Nulla Eusing and Burren schools are incorporated.
Newer remedy provings like, Tungsten,
lachumanum, fire, amber, plutonium, AIDS, coca-
cola, falcon, gila monster, polystyrene, basil,
saguarra, arizona lava, salix fragilis, stingray, kauri

11. tree, oak gall, positronium, goat’s milk, dolphin’s
milk, and lion’s milk.
My repertory : We can create our own repertory, add
our own clinical experience as rubrics, can add more
medicines, can amend grades for a rubric, can be
used for repertorization.
We can change the order of repertories in the
explorer tree, can create our own view of repertory
by using ‘Preference’ tab, can exclude additions from
certain authors.
Repertorization :
1, Open the repertory.
2, Select appropriate chapter for rubrics.

12. Easiest way to find rubrics :
Simply type few letters on the keyboard, e.g., Ai
(for ailments).
As the letters are typed, a ‘search screen’ opens.
Along with the very ‘first rubric’, that contain the
letters typed in to the first word position in main
screen in background.
If it isn’t the rubric we want to use?
ISIS needs to be told to find another rubric for
consideration, by clicking on the ‘next rubric symbol’,
in search screen.
We can further refine the rubric by typing similarly

13. few letters for sub-rubrics.
The first letter type in must be contained in the
very first word of a rubric.
Letters or words type in the second through fifth
positions can appear any where in the rest of the
rubric text.
After selecting the rubric, put the selected rubric
in to clip board by double clicking on the rubric or by
dragging it in to clip board or by copying it to the clip
board.
A bright red tick is displayed next to the rubrics in
the repertory confirming it has been included in the
case.

14. Word searching in repertories :
When not sure about the chapters for the rubrics,
use word search facility.
‘Search’ icon, F7, ?, key and SHIFT key at the same
time.
It searches every repertory, every chapter and
every rubric simultaneously.
It also finds all words related to words type in, i.e.,
synonyms too, e.g., if typing alone, automatically find
words like, abandoned, forsaken, lost, estranged, etc.
Thematic searching : By using the same provision,
incorporated as a set of theme words provided by
Dr.J.S.Mirilli, compiled by examining major proving

15. sources, Hahnemann, Allen, Hering, and distilling
down the prover’s expressions in to themes, each
theme word has then been associated with repertory
rubrics.
Only works with Miccant’s combined repertory :
Rubrics can be searched by kingdom or family too,
integrated method can also be used if the rubric is
not clear in one repertory, to get well represented
rubrics.
Repertorial result format :
A classic totality analysis is performed.
The default format – classical repertorization chart

16. Case rubrics – down the left side.
Indicated remedy – across the top.
Coloured grade cells underneath each remedy
clearly show in which rubrics a remedy is present in
and which it isn’t.
Analysis setting window : Clearly visible at the top
left corner of the repertorization chart, with 4
parameters.
1, Analysis. 2, Order.
3, Filter. 4, Presentation.
Analysis : Gives different methods of analyzing a
case, contains an ‘expert system’, to provide an

17. experienced opinion on every cases.
Which is simply an analytical method of viewing
cases using settings proven over the years to give
excellent results.
We can change the values used in the ISIS expert
system, repertorization, analysis.
Order : We can chose repertorial results in different
order, i.e., according to rubric total or grade total or
alphabetical order or rubrics & alphabetical, etc.
Filter : Can filter the current totality using –
1, Kingdoms – like animals, plants, mineral or
other energies.

18. 2, Families : Which shows well represented family in
the case.
3, Periodic table – introduced by Dr.Jan Scholten.
In which there are a commonly held set of factors
and themes that may guide us towards choosing a
mineral remedy.
4, Miasm : Filtering according to classic miasms.
5, Miasmatic states : Introducing the miasmatic
definition of Rajan Sankaran.
They added 7 more miasmatic definitions like –
1, Cancer. 2, Leprosy.
3, Ringworm 4, Typhoid.

19. 5, Malarial. 6, Acute.
7, Tubercular.
6, Generals : With contribution of Dr. Praful Vijayerker.
1, Cold and hot remedies.
2, Thirst and thirstlessness.
3, Left side right side remedies.
These all 6 filters are Essentially helpful in selecting
a second prescription.
Presentation : In 4 formats like –
1, Chats. 2, Cylinders.
3, Columns 4, Bars.

20. Families & kingdoms : Entire repertorial results can
be represented according to families and kingdoms
in, graphically or diagrammatically here.
Differentiating between indicated remedies : To get
information quickly about the medicines we need to
choose, start by clicking the right mouse button on to
any of the remedies which will provide.
Options like :
Remedy information – give keynotes, relationships,
and possibly audio lectures about the remedy.
Materia medica – Will open up every book in the
ISIS library that has an entry for this remedy.

21. Family members – Will display it’s associated
kingdoms and families.
Comparing remedies : Another technique that may
prove useful is to compare and contrast a few
indicated remedies by examining their differences in
the repertory by extracting their rubrics from
repertory.
Saving the case rubrics : There are provisions for
saving the rubrics of the case and cases itself which
helps for further follow ups.
Others : Sankaran’s insights , provides vital sensation
of different plant families and remedies with in them
and miasmatic states as two lists.

22. 1, A list of states. 2, A list of plant families.
Which displays the essential ‘feeling’ associated
with that states or family.
Materia medica : A collection of 145 books, on
materia medica and few philosophy books.
Last name of the author – first, followed by book’s
name, arranged alphabetically by the author’s last
name.
Included many contemporary authors, i.e.,
Vermeulen, Scholten, Sankaran, etc.
We can search symptoms, how they represented
under each in different materia medica.

23. After any materia medica search we can easily see
which families occurs most frequently, e.g., after a
search for anger across all materia medicas, we can
see a family graph on it.
We can change order of materia medicas in the
explorer tree, can exclude any materia medica from
search.
My notes : Where we can add our notes under
sections like –
1, seminar notes. 2, Teaching notes.
3, Periodicals. 4, Remedies notes.
5, Add other books too.

24. Remedy information :
Each remedy is presented with four quarters.
Top left – Naming AND categorization of the
remedy.
Bottom left – Any keynotes available for the
remedy.
Top right – Any relationships recorded for the
remedy.
Bottom right – Any images, audio lectures or
videos available for the remedy.
Listen to over 120 lectures on remedy and view
over 400 photographs of remedies.

25. We can add our own images, audios or even
video files for any remedy with in ISIS to build up our
own Homoeopathic resources.
Dictionary : Information about terms and rubrics
from international dictionaries and other books.
Tabers cyclopedic medical dictionary – 1981.
Craig’s dictionary London – 1852.
Webster’s American dictionary – 1892.
Concise English dictionary – 1906.
Bbstetrics Glossary Philadelphia – 1886.
Ruddock, Homoeopathic vade Mecum – 1893.
Allen, diseases of the skin – 1897.

26. Morris Langmead and Holmes, dictionary of
practical medicine.
Arranged alphabetically.
Other provisions :
Patient : Where we can store our case data,
prescription, follow ups systematically.
Acutes : Dr.Praful Vijayarker’s acute chart
remedies are provided and repertorization can be
possible with it.
Homoeopathic discussion forum : ISIS has links to
online Homoeopathic web resources, where we can

27. freely ask questions and receive answers via the
online discussion groups as an ISIS quest.
Tutorials : Provides one screen online tutorials by
David Witco, the creator of ISIS explain how you can
get the most benefit out of ISIS on your computer.
Merits :
Ease of use – repertories are clearly presented
making navigation through rubrics as simple as
typing few letters on the keyboard & with no
complex commands to memorize.
Repertories, materia medica & all dictionaries on
one screen.

28. Integrated repertorization is possible.
Prevision to use both conservative approaches &
modern techniques like sensation method, practical
table, etc, for case analysis.
Different types of analysis including filters help to
reach in a similimum easily.
We can make our rubrics additions under ‘my
repertory’, section and can repertorize with them.
Latest Homoeopathic thinking built in, like
Sankaran’s ‘New insights’ are incorporated.
Use of latest technology – can attach photograph
& videos to remedies or patient record notes.

29. More graphics and animations.
Direct internet connection to Homoeopathic chat
rooms or to pickup software updates & new provings
automatically.
Space to add our own notes where we can keep all
over data in one place.
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