Homeopathy Materia Medica and Repertory 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Kent's Repertory, the largest rubrics are typically printed in which typeface to indicate the highest grade of remedy?
- Bold type (Correct answer)
- Italic type
- Plain Roman type
- Underlined type
Correct answer: Bold type
Kent used bold type for third-grade (highest) remedies, italics for second grade, and plain type for first grade.
Question 2: A patient craves ice-cold drinks that are vomited as soon as they warm in the stomach. Which remedy is most characteristic?
- Phosphorus (Correct answer)
- Nux vomica
- Bryonia
- Arsenicum album
Correct answer: Phosphorus
Phosphorus classically desires cold drinks which are thrown up once warmed in the stomach.
Question 3: The term 'polychrest' in materia medica refers to a remedy that is:
- Useful in a wide range of conditions with many symptoms (Correct answer)
- Only used in acute fevers
- Derived exclusively from minerals
- Prescribed only in high potencies
Correct 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.
Question 4: Which remedy is the leading medicine for ailments from grief with sighing, sensation of a lump in the throat, and aversion to consolation?
- Ignatia (Correct answer)
- Pulsatilla
- Natrum muriaticum
- Staphysagria
Correct answer: Ignatia
Ignatia is the premier acute grief remedy marked by sighing, globus sensation, and contradictory, changeable symptoms.
Question 5: In the repertory, the section covering symptoms of the whole organism not localized to one part is called:
- Generalities (Correct answer)
- Mind
- Extremities
- Sensations
Correct answer: Generalities
The Generalities chapter records modalities and symptoms applying to the patient as a whole.
Question 6: A restless, anxious patient who is chilly, fastidiously neat, and worse around midnight most strongly suggests:
- Arsenicum album (Correct answer)
- Sulphur
- Gelsemium
- Apis mellifica
Correct answer: Arsenicum album
Arsenicum album combines anxiety, restlessness, chilliness, fastidiousness, and midnight aggravation.
Question 7: The process of selecting the single remedy whose totality best matches the case is called:
- Repertorization (Correct answer)
- Proving
- Potentization
- Succussion
Correct answer: Repertorization
Repertorization is the analytic process of matching the patient's rubrics to find the indicated remedy.
Homeopathy Materia Medica and Repertory 2
In Kent's Repertory, the largest rubrics are typically printed in which typeface to indicate the highest grade of remedy?