Homeopathy Materia Medica and Repertory 2

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Bold type

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Phosphorus

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Useful in a wide range of conditions with many symptoms

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Ignatia

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Generalities

Answer

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

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