Homeopathy Homeopathic Practice and Case Management 3

Question 1

In a repertorization, what does the 'grade' or 'mark' of a rubric entry indicate?

Accepted Answer

The strength or degree to which a remedy expressed that symptom in provings

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

A symptom heading listing remedies known to produce or cure it

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

To confirm the remedy picture matches the whole case, not just rubric counts

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Use a strong, characteristic symptom to narrow the remedy field

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

They appear in too many remedies and fail to individualize the case

Answer

Common symptoms shared by many remedies add little discriminating value to remedy selection.

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