The document discusses various uses of the homeopathic repertory. It can be summarized as follows: 1. The repertory helps homeopaths find the simillimum or most similar remedy by providing a list of potential remedies matching a patient's symptoms. 2. It serves as a reference for homeopaths when they cannot recall a remedy for certain symptoms. 3. Studying individual remedies in the repertory expands knowledge of keynote indications and provides additional potential remedies for symptoms. 4. It aids in comparative study of remedies and assessing the intensity of symptoms in different remedies.

1. USES OF REPERTORY
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2. Find Out Similem After Taking The
Case
✧ The Physician Especially A Beginner Is Perplexed By Maze Of
Symptoms. He Has To Categorize, Rearrange And Evaluate Them In
Order To Construct A Totallity. Symptom Place Under Totally Will
Have To Be Converted Into Rubric. The Rubric Should Be Located In
The Repertory. After Further Processing The Repertory Gives An
Idea About Close Running Medicine So That The Indicated Medicine
That Is The Similimum Can Be Found Out.
✧ As A Reference Book Sometimes The Symptoms Strike A
Physician But He Is Not Able To Recall The Medicine. In Such Cases
He Can Seek The Help Of A Repertory

3. AS A REFERENCE BOOK
✧ Some Physicians Have Habit Of Making Keynote Prescription. They Know
One Or Two Medicines For Those Symptoms. Repertory Expands Our
Knowledge By Giving More Remedies For Keynote.
For Example;
1.One Feels Better While Constipated
2. Says I Am Well No Need For Doctor.
Usually One Would Think Of Calcarea Carb And Arnica Respectively But On
Referring To Repertory It Would Reveal Many More Medicine.
✧ Sometimes In Acute cases a few Characteristic And Striking Symptoms Are
Noticed Which Can Be Referred In Appropriate Repertory Immediately. Thus
To Select A similimum Quickly It Becomes An Essential Reference Book.

4. IT HELP IN STUDY OF MATERIAL MEDICA
✧ The Repertory Is Prepared From The Materia Medica And The Diaries Of
Stalwarts And It Bring All The Information To One Place Thus A Drug Can Be
Studied With The Help Of Repertory.
✧ For Example
Take Any Drug Lycopodium Or Sepia And Refer To Any Section In The
Repertory Which One Wants To Study Then Note Down The Presence Of
The Remedy Against The Given Rubric For Example If One Want To Study
Throat Symptoms Of Lycopodium He Should Open Chapter Of Throat In Any
Repertory And Look For The Lycopodium Under Rubric And Note Down Its
Presence In Various Rubrics
✧ It Also Helps In Comparative Study Of Drugs,Two Drugs At A Time Can Be
Taken And Compared By Above Process

5. HELP TO FIND OUT A COMPLETE SYMPTOM
✧ Since A Rubric Enlists The Medicines In Different Grade The Intensity Of
A Symptom In A Drug Can Be Studied Which Often Changes Our Idea
And Decides Final Choice
Help To Find Out A Complete Symptom
In The Repertory A Complete Symptom With All Its Components Can Be
Referred To At One Place Especially Concomitants Which Are
Scattered In Several Places In The Materia Medica
✧ The Knowledge Of The Rubric And Sub Rubrics Helps In Formulating
Questions Which Is An Essential Ingredient In Case Taking

6. ✧ It's Constant Use Make A Physician Efficient. By Constant Handling One
Refreshes his Knowledge Of The Materia Medica The Different
Symptoms And Medicines With Different Grade
✧ It Suggest Related Remedies Which Could Be Useful For Selecting A
Drug For Second Prescription. Boennninghausen Has Written A
Separate Valuable Section On The Relationship Of Remedies.
✧ the quest For Compiling And Updated Repertory Has Not Only Given
Birth To Many repertories, But Also To Authentic repertory. Modern
Repertories Can Also Be Considered As Sources Of Information. Each
Medicine Mentioned Against The Rubric Also Carry The Source Of
Information. This Unique Advantage Can Be Had From repertories

7. ✧ Through References And Cross References One Can Know The
Similar rubrics. thus repertorry Help Us To Select The Right Rubric
Among Similar Rubric
✧ Addition Of Number Of Medicine ,Clinical Rubrics And Pathological
General Helps In Study Of Homeopathy In Relation To Modern
Pathology
✧ Introduction Of Computer In The Repertory Has Become Invaluable
Companion Both For Clinician and Academician It Helps In Speedy
Retrieval Of The Known Facts
✧ Synthesis Of New Rubric.

8. ROLE OF COMPUTER REPERTORIES IN
STUDY OF MATERIA MEDIA
✧ Using softwares like RADAR OPUS or COMPLETE DYNAMICS one can
now extract all the rubrics of a remedy.
✧ For ex. If you want to study every possible symptom in arsenic
album, you just have to type ars in search window in complete
dynamics and 21806 symptoms from mind and head to foot will
be displayed
✧ Or you want to study a specific symptom in a remedy for ex fear
in arsenic alb all 213 rubrics which have word fear in them will be
displayed

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