Homeopathy Homeopathic Practice and Case Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In a repertorization, what does the 'grade' or 'mark' of a rubric entry indicate?
- The price of the remedy
- The strength or degree to which a remedy expressed that symptom in provings (Correct answer)
- The age of the remedy
- The dilution potency
Correct answer: The strength or degree to which a remedy expressed that symptom in provings
Grades (often 1-3 or bold/italic/plain type) reflect how strongly a remedy manifested the symptom.
Question 2: What is a 'rubric' in a homeopathic repertory?
- A symptom heading listing remedies known to produce or cure it (Correct answer)
- A remedy's dosage instructions
- A patient's medical history
- A type of potency
Correct answer: A symptom heading listing remedies known to produce or cure it
A rubric is a symptom entry followed by the list of remedies associated with that symptom.
Question 3: After choosing well-covered rubrics, why does the homeopath still consult the materia medica before prescribing?
- To confirm the remedy picture matches the whole case, not just rubric counts (Correct answer)
- To check the remedy's expiry date
- To find the cheapest remedy
- Because the repertory is unreliable
Correct answer: To confirm the remedy picture matches the whole case, not just rubric counts
Repertory narrows candidates, but materia medica confirms the qualitative fit of the remedy to the case.
Question 4: In case management, an 'eliminating rubric' is used to do what?
- Remove all mental symptoms
- Use a strong, characteristic symptom to narrow the remedy field (Correct answer)
- Delete the patient's file
- Eliminate the least sick remedies
Correct answer: Use a strong, characteristic symptom to narrow the remedy field
An eliminating rubric uses a decisive symptom to restrict the analysis to remedies covering it.
Question 5: Why might a homeopath avoid over-repertorizing common, non-characteristic symptoms?
- They appear in too many remedies and fail to individualize the case (Correct answer)
- They are always false
- They cost extra to look up
- They belong only to acute cases
Correct answer: They appear in too many remedies and fail to individualize the case
Common symptoms shared by many remedies add little discriminating value to remedy selection.
Question 6: What is the primary purpose of a repertory chart showing remedy coverage across rubrics?
- To rank remedies by how completely and strongly they cover the selected symptoms (Correct answer)
- To list side effects
- To calculate the potency
- To bill the patient
Correct answer: To rank remedies by how completely and strongly they cover the selected symptoms
The chart highlights remedies covering the most rubrics with the highest grades as leading candidates.
Question 7: When two remedies score similarly after repertorization, what best resolves the choice?
- Picking randomly
- Comparing the qualitative essence and keynotes in the materia medica (Correct answer)
- Choosing the higher potency
- Selecting the shorter remedy name
Correct answer: Comparing the qualitative essence and keynotes in the materia medica
Differential study of the remedies' characteristic pictures determines which is the true similimum.
Homeopathy Homeopathic Practice and Case Management 3
In a repertorization, what does the 'grade' or 'mark' of a rubric entry indicate?