Materia Medica and Repertory Flashcards

In Kent's Repertory, the largest rubrics are typically printed in which typeface to indicate the highest grade of remedy?

Answer: Bold type

Kent used bold type for third-grade (highest) remedies, italics for second grade, and plain type for first grade.

A patient craves ice-cold drinks that are vomited as soon as they warm in the stomach. Which remedy is most characteristic?

Answer: Phosphorus

Phosphorus classically desires cold drinks which are thrown up once warmed in the stomach.

The term 'polychrest' in materia medica refers to a remedy that is:

Answer: Useful in a wide range of conditions with many symptoms

A polychrest is a deeply-acting remedy with a broad symptom picture applicable to many complaints.

Which remedy is the leading medicine for ailments from grief with sighing, sensation of a lump in the throat, and aversion to consolation?

Answer: Ignatia

Ignatia is the premier acute grief remedy marked by sighing, globus sensation, and contradictory, changeable symptoms.

In the repertory, the section covering symptoms of the whole organism not localized to one part is called:

Answer: Generalities

The Generalities chapter records modalities and symptoms applying to the patient as a whole.

A restless, anxious patient who is chilly, fastidiously neat, and worse around midnight most strongly suggests:

Answer: Arsenicum album

Arsenicum album combines anxiety, restlessness, chilliness, fastidiousness, and midnight aggravation.

The process of selecting the single remedy whose totality best matches the case is called:

Answer: Repertorization

Repertorization is the analytic process of matching the patient's rubrics to find the indicated remedy.