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Boericke’s Repertory, part of Boericke’s Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory, is a valuable tool in homeopathic practice. However, it does have certain limitations: ( in short)

1. Clinical Focus: Boericke’s Repertory is a clinical repertory, which means it contains clinical symptoms (conditions) and corresponding groups of medicine. While this facilitates the selection of remedies based on pathological similarity, causation, modalities, and concomitants, it may not be suitable for common repertorisation. This is particularly true in cases where only common symptoms with few modalities and concomitants are found.

2. Technical Terms as Rubrics: The repertory often uses technical or clinical terms as rubrics. While this aligns with the homeopathic requirement to prescribe for the symptoms of each specific case and not for the mere name of the disease, it can be challenging for those not familiar with these terms.

3. Scope and Implementation: The full utility of Boericke’s Repertory may not have been realized due to a lack of understanding and implementation of its scope and limitations.

4. Popularity: Although Boericke’s Repertory has gained popularity due to its practical arrangement of rubrics in different anatomical sections, it was not initially as popular as other repertories like Clarke’s Clinical Repertory.

5. Dr. Boericke himself says “This work found numerous suggestions based on clinical observations.

6. Wrong placement of certain rubrics. For example- ABDOMEN – ERUPTION – fissure, fistula, inflammation (proctitis), etc. LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM – GOUT of chest, eyes, stomach, heart, etc.

7. Alphabetical arrangement is not maintained properly in whole through the repertory. Example in the ABDOMEN chapter, Haemorhoids; Hernia; Intestines; Jaundice followed by Hypocondria; Liver.