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Tuesday 22 January 2013

Homeopathic Repertory Software: Need of the Hour in a Busy World!

Just like constant innovations, inventions and reinventions are necessary in all fields of healthcare, so are such innovations a key factor in the progress of Homeopathy in general and the homeopathic clinician in particular.

No doubt the introduction of newer and more informative repertories are a huge boon, but scarcity of time does not allow the physician to do justice to them, and in turn, probably to the patient too.

Precision is the key to success in Homeopathy. Getting the exact similimum among 3000+ remedies is extremely difficult.

To solve this dilemma, homeopathic repertory software comes as a godsend. It effectively combats the race against time and also fills the glaring loophole of human capacities and errors. And what better way to enhance the homeopath’s clinical practice than to get the PERFECT blend of the deep-rooted homeopathic repertories and the power of technological tools – HOMPATH.

Hompath is THE homeopathic repertory software that combines world-class homeopathic repertories so that YOU can make the most accurate prescription in the easiest way possible.

Never will you need to say, “I cannot find this rubric! In which book, which homeopathic repertory software do I look for it?” With 36 superlative repertories at the physician’s fingertips, Hompath’s homeopathic repertory software is a sure winner and aims to take the clinician’s practice to higher levels of excellence and success.

The latest version of the Complete Repertory in this homeopathic repertory software is packed with new and verified rubrics and more remedies, both well-proved and new. Hompath has designed the software in such a beautiful format that the Author Sources of each and every remedy for each and every rubric can be instantly viewed in the same screen! This is keeping in mind the desires of those conscientious physicians who urge on authenticated rubrics and sources.


Today, physicians have become more clinically oriented. For our homeopathic clinicians, we have included well-researched and verified clinical repertories, both new and old, for ready reference and prescription. The cream of this collection is the latest version of Robin Murphy’s Homeopathic Clinical Repertory that gives remedies for various clinical conditions and their symptoms.


Hompath homeopathic repertory software also houses a unique collection of 20 special repertories in an endeavour to constantly keep upgrading your knowledge and expertise. Repertories dedicated to some of the commonest ailments witnessed in the world today form a part of the extensive anthology of Hompath.


Contemporary repertories on diseases like Asthma, Hypertension, Thyroid Disorders and even AIDS by internationally acclaimed authors are tailor-made to suit the needs of today’s homeopath.

And yet, the grand repertories of yesteryear hold a strong place in the software, because these are the books which prepared the foundation of repertorial prescribing. The signature books of the pioneers of Homeopathy, Boericke, Boenninghausen, Allen, Boger, Phatak, etc. ensure that this essential foundation is not forgotten, only enhanced more and more.

Moreover, puritan type of repertories like those written by Gentry and Knerr help to give an insight into repertorial prescribing using the symptoms given in the patient’s own words.

36 extensively researched repertories… A complete repertorisation system… One software!

How do you spell success? H-O-M-P-A-T-H!!!

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements: Expand The Mind To Greater Insight

Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements interprets the concepts of Jan Scholten into the structure of a repertory. Using the Periodic Table as the foundation, Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements builds on Scholten’s classification of the various stages and series, and gives a detailed view of the consequent remedies.

So what is different about Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements?

Jan Scholten gave the homeopathic world a whole new outlook to prescribing the similimum with the help of the Periodic Table. Borrowing from his clinical experiences, observations and research of many years, he conceptualized a Periodic Table of the Elements, in which he described the characteristics of each Stage and Series, as well as the key features of every element.

This ground-breaking concept opened new vistas in the field of homeopathic prescribing, and with more and more adherents, he consolidated and converted this fascinating concept in the form of a repertory, the Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements.

The most remarkable aspect of Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements is that it seamlessly systematizes the concepts of Scholten into a comprehensive literature that integrates existing data with added observational experience.

The introductory pages of Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements explain the unique arrangement of rubrics into three parts:
  • Subject
  • Thematic
  • Dynamic
The Thematic component represents the Sensation /Phenomenon, whereas the Dynamic Aspect signifies the Modality.

Scholten also puts forward his own exclusive concepts of coding and naming remedies.
  • He proposes that in case of animal remedies, the species should be mentioned first, and then the body part used to make the remedy, so that Lac Humanum would become Homo sapiens lac
  • Acids should be stated with the name of the anion first and cation later, hence Fluoric Acid would become Acidum fluor whereas
  • Mineral remedies should start with 3-letter abbreviations and plants and animals should begin with 4. Isn’t it a great way to see abbreviations differently?
Although Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements is based on the Periodic Table, few rubrics like 'Time', 'Weather', 'Body Sensations' and 'Color Preferences' include remedies from the plant and animal kingdoms as well.

[Scholten ] [General] Time day: 1 pm, 13h, aggravates

[Scholten ] [General] Time day: 1 pm, 13h, aggravates


[Scholten ] [General] Weather: Weather: Air: Fresh: Aggravates

[Scholten ] [General] Weather: Weather: Air: Fresh: Aggravates


[Scholten ] [Body] Sensation: Boring

[Scholten ] [Body] Sensation: Boring

[Scholten ] [Mind] Nature: Colour preference: 0e, black

[Scholten ] [Mind] Nature: Colour preference: 0e, black

Unlike other repertories, the rubrics given in Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements are not just restricted to the interpretation of particular symptom, but represent a common theme or problem running through the diagnosis of the patient. In this way, Scholten provides a wholesome view or pattern to be discovered and utilized while prescribing.

In spite of the fact that Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements is the fruit of Jan Scholten’s clinical experiences, in literature as well as his own practice, the chapter on Generals reflects the concept of Generalization pioneered by Boenninghausen that every remedy has sensations and modalities reflecting on the general level.

Let us take a case…

A 45 year old man comes with complaints of ulcer on the lips and brittleness of nails since 8 years. Taking a detailed life history, the totality that comes up is:
  1. Ulcer on the lips- small
  2. Brittleness of nails
  3. General aggravation from cloudy weather
  4. Recurrent dreams of “waves”
On repertorisation from Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements we see:


With this analytical repertory, the remedy coming up is Plumbum muriaticum, a remedy which very few physicians would think about. It makes one think beyond one’s prejudice and concepts and, simultaneously, learn and practice.

In essence, the Jan Scholten Repertory Of Elements successfully merges the philosophies of the early stalwarts with the contemporary thinking, concepts and experiences of Jan Scholten, and challenges the accepted wisdom of the homeopath of today to a deeper understanding of homeopathy, minerals and mankind.