Calculation Process of Repertorisation.

Homoeopathic repertorisation is the systematic process of converting a patient’s symptoms into repertory rubrics and mathematically evaluating remedies to identify the most similar medicine.

The process involves:

1. Case taking
2. Symptom evaluation
3. Selection of characteristic symptoms
4. Rubric selection
5. Repertorial analysis
6. Remedy comparison
7. Final prescription after Materia Medica confirmation

Step-by-Step Calculation Process

1. Case Taking
Collect complete symptoms:
Mental generals
Physical generals
Particular symptoms
Modalities
Concomitants
Causation
Past history
Family history
Miasmatic background

Example:
Anxiety before examination
Thirstless
Burning feet at night
Constipation with ineffectual urging
Worse heat
Better open air

2. Evaluation of Symptoms

Symptoms are graded according to importance.
Hierarchy of Symptoms
Priority Symptom Type
Highest Mental generals
High Physical generals
Medium Peculiar particulars
Lower Common particulars

Kentian hierarchy is commonly followed.

3. Selection of Characteristic Symptoms

Only characteristic symptoms are repertorised.

Example Selected Symptoms

1. Mind — Anxiety — anticipation from
2. Generals — Heat — aggravates
3. Stomach — Thirstlessness
4. Extremities — Burning soles — night
5. Rectum — Constipation — ineffectual urging

4. Rubric Conversion

Symptoms are converted into repertory language (rubrics).

Example:
Anxiety before exam: Mind; anxiety; anticipation, from
Thirstles: Stomach; thirstlessness
Burning feet at night:Extremities; burning soles; night
Worse heat: Generalities; heat; aggravates
Ineffectual urging Rectum; constipation; ineffectual urging

5. Remedy Grading in Repertory

Each remedy inside a rubric has a grade.

Kentian Grades
Grade Meaning Mark

1 Slight 1
2 Moderate 2
3 Strong 3
4 Very strong 4

Some repertories use typography:

Plain type = 1
Italic = 2
Bold = 3
CAPITAL = 4

Repertorial Calculation

Now calculate:

A. Numerical Total

Add all grades of each remedy across rubrics.

Example Table

Remedy Rubric 1 Rubric 2 Rubric 3 Rubric 4 Rubric 5 Total

Sulphur 3 2 3 4 2 14
Nux vomica 2 1 1 2 4 10
Pulsatilla 1 4 2 1 1 9

-B. Coverage (Rubric Presence)

Count how many rubrics each remedy covers.

Example:

Remedy Rubrics Covered

Sulphur 5/5
Nux vomica 5/5
Pulsatilla 5/5

Sometimes a remedy has a high score but covers fewer rubrics.

Coverage is very important.

7. Weightage Method

Some repertorists give weight to important symptoms.

Example:

Symptom Type Weight

Mental generals ×3
Physical generals ×2
Particulars ×1

Example
Suppose:
Anxiety rubric grade = 3
Mental general weight = ×3

Calculation:

3 \times 3 = 9
If thirstlessness grade = 2 and weight = ×2:
2 \times 2 = 4

Final weighted score: 9 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 18

This increases accuracy.

8. Elimination Method

Some repertorists eliminate remedies lacking key generals.

Example:

If a patient is:
Very thirstless
Hot patient

Then remedies lacking these generals may be rejected even if total score is high.

9. Miasmatic Calculation

Some practitioners analyze remedy miasm.

Miasm Common Features

Psora Functional disturbance
Sycosis Overgrowth, excess
Syphilis Destruction
Tubercular Changeability
Cancerinic Perfectionism, suppression

Example:

Burning
Heat aggravation
Untidiness
May suggest psoric dominance and favor Sulphur.

10. Materia Medica Confirmation

Repertory only narrows the field.
Final prescription must be confirmed in Materia Medica.

Example:

Why Sulphur fits?
Burning soles
Heat aggravation
Thirstlessness possible
Constipation
Philosophical anxiety

Thus repertory + Materia Medica = final prescription.

Common Repertorial Mathematical Systems

System Method

Kent Hierarchical generals
Boenninghausen Complete symptom totality
Boger Generalization + modalities
Phatak Concise characteristic rubrics
Synthesis Expanded Kent
RADAR/Complete Dynamics Computerized scoring

Example of Full Simple Repertorisation

Symptoms

1. Fear of death
2. Restlessness
3. Thirst for small quantities often
4. Burning pains better heat
5. Worse midnight

Rubrics
Mind; fear; death
Mind; restlessness
Stomach; thirst; small quantities; often
Pain; burning; amel heat
Generalities; midnight; aggravation

Result
Remedy Score
Arsenicum album 18
Rhus toxicodendron 11
Aconitum napellus 9

Final prescription: Arsenicum album
Because both numerical score and symptom essence match.

mportant Principle

Repertorial mathematics helps organize remedy similarity, but prescription is never based on numbers alone.
The final decision depends on:
Characteristic symptoms
Remedy essence
Constitution
Miasm
Susceptibility
Materia Medica confirmation
Clinical judgment

This is why repertorisation is both:
Scientific calculation
Clinical art

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