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The Repertory is
a book that lists all of the symptoms for the homeopathic single
remedies. It is like an index for the Materia Medica.
Here's a
little more detail:
Every single
remedy has a set of symptoms associated with it. Rather than read
the entire Materia Medica every time you want to find a remedy, it
is easier to look up the specific symptoms first. The Repertory
lists the guiding symptoms and corresponding single remedies. The
Repertory is like an index to the Materia Medica.
A sample listing
in the Repertory is as follows:
Throat
Pain
Sore
Right: Ars., bell., calc-p., carb-ac.,
ham., ind., lac-c., lith., Lyc., lyss., mag-c., merc., merc-i-f.,
nat-p., nicc., phyt., ptel., sars., tarent., ter., xan.
The "code" to
the listing of remedies is as follows: Bold = 1, Italic = 2, Normal
Type = 3. When looking up symptoms, each remedy should be listed in
terms of importance. Bold symptoms are stronger than italicised
symptoms and italicized symptoms are stronger than normal typed
symptoms. Unless you are very sure of the symptoms, stick with the
strongest symptoms in bold or italics. |
