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Asked: 5 years ago2020-10-17T19:51:05+06:00 2020-10-17T19:51:05+06:00In: Case taking, Homoeopathic philosophy, Organon, Repertory

What are the difference between totality of symptoms and total number of symptoms?

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      2025-06-29T09:31:54+06:00Added an answer about 1 week ago

      In homeopathy two very different concepts lurk behind similar words: 1. “Total number of symptoms” (Quantitative Totality) - A simple count of every sign and symptom the patient can list—headache, backache, thirst, dreams, skin eruptions, etc. - Treats each symptom as equal in weight: “I have 25 symRead more

      In homeopathy two very different concepts lurk behind similar words:

      1. “Total number of symptoms” (Quantitative Totality)
      – A simple count of every sign and symptom the patient can list—headache, backache, thirst, dreams, skin eruptions, etc.
      – Treats each symptom as equal in weight: “I have 25 symptoms in all.”
      – Useful for completeness, but blind to which symptoms truly define the patient’s individual state.

      2. “Totality of symptoms” (Qualitative Totality)
      – The living, synthetic picture formed when you select and weigh the patient’s most characteristic, peculiar and individualizing symptoms across all spheres—mental, emotional, general and local.
      – It isn’t “all 25 symptoms” but the sum‐total of those few keynote symptoms that capture the unique pattern of the patient’s disease and point to a single, simillimum remedy.

      Key differences:
      • Enumeration vs essence
      – Total number = how many
      – Totality = which and why they matter

      • Quantity vs quality
      – Total number sees each symptom equally
      – Totality highlights high-grade, strange, peculiar symptoms and modalities that make the case unique

      • Data gathering vs remedy prescription
      – Counting symptoms ensures you haven’t missed anything
      – Synthesizing the totality steers you to the one most similar remedy for lasting cure.

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