CLASSIFICATION OF REPERTORIES Dr V SATHISH KUMAR M

CLASSIFICATION OF REPERTORIES Dr. V. SATHISH KUMAR, M. D (Hom) HOD and Professor, Department of Repertory Sarada Krishna Homoeopathic Medical College Kulasekharam SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

CLASSIFICATION OF REPERTORIES Ø The number of repertories has been progressively increasing since the time of master Hahnemann. Today there are more than 200 repertories available to the profession. Ø There are various types of repertories, which can be helpful for different purposes. Hence, it is necessary to classify them, so that the busy practitioner can utilize the right repertory at the right time. Ø The repertories have been classified into different groups by different authors but The most comprehensible classification as follows. SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

1. BASED ON PHILOSOPHIC CONCEPT These repertories have distinctive principles of their own. Therefore cases have to be selected to fit them with the principles. (a) Based on concept of generals to particulars: Here the generals are given prime importance follow characteristic particulars. E. g. Kent’s Repertory, Synthetic Repertory, Kunzli’s Repertory, Murphy’s Repertory, Synthesis Repertory, Complete Repertory etc. . . (b) Based on concept of particulars to generals: On philosophic concept of totality, based on the doctrine of analogy and concomitants. E. g. BTPB, Boger’s SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC Repertory and synoptic key. MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

2. REPERTORIES HAVING NO DISTINCTIVE PHILOSOPHY They are also called as concordance repertories. These repertories are mostly used for the purpose of reference and not for systematic repertorization. They help us refer to symptoms without much variation in the language of provers. E. g. Knerr’s Repertory, Gentry’s Repertory. SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

3. CLINICAL REPERTORIES These repertories have many clinical rubrics under different systems and medicines are grouped against the name of disease. They are subdivided as follows: A. COVERING THE WHOLE BODY: For eg: -Clinical repertory appended to Boericke’s Materia Medica and Clinical Repertory by J. H. Clarke. SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

b. They deal with the disease condition or a part 1. ON SPECIFIC PARTS: • Berridges eye • Morgans urinary organs • Mintons uterus 2. ON CLINICAL CONDITIONS: • Robert’s Rheumatic Remedies • Bell’s Diarrhoea • Allen’s Repertory of Intermittent Fever SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

4. CARD REPERTORIES Slips of cards arranged systematically facilitate the work of finding out remedies. Mostly it consists of punched cards. Eg: • Kishore ‘s card repertory • Boger’s card index • Fields card repertory • P. Sankaran ‘s card repertory • Sharma’s card repertory SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

5. MECHANICALLY AIDED REPERTORIES To faciliate and expedite the work of repertorisation , mechanical devices were added to the field of repertory. Some computer repertories are: • CARA • RADAR • Organon 96 • Mac repertory • Dolphin • Hompath SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY

References • A reference to repertories for homoeopathic students-Dr. SIJU. P. V • Essentials of repertorisation-Dr. SHASHI KANT TIWARI • Repertory of Hering’s Guiding symptoms of Materia Medica-jahr repertory. SARADA KRISHNA HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE DEPT OF REPERTORY

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