Repertory is a systematically and logically arranged index to the homoeopathic materia medica, which is full of information collected from toxicology, drug proving and clinical experience. J.T. Kent’s Repertory of Homoeopathic Materia Medica is the most popular among the practitioners on account of its reliability, completeness and appropriateness. Kent has used all the old works on the homoeopathic materia medica, but he did not incorporate numerous symptoms and drugs, which were insufficiently confirmed.
Dr Barthel and Dr Klunker collected data from various possible sources and published them in the form of Synthetic Repertory. Later in 1996, Roger van Zandvoort compiled Complete Repertory with his team.
We know that all the three repertories have rubrics related to rain. These rubrics can be grouped in the following manner for easy accessibility and reference:
1) DELUSIONS REGARDING RAIN
Kent Repertory
MIND – DELUSIONS, – rain, from having wet cloth on head, thought he had been out in
Complete Repertory
MIND – DELUSIONS, imaginations – rain
MIND – DELUSIONS, imaginations – rain – out in the rain, he had been, from having wet cloth on head
Synthesis Repertory
MIND – DELUSIONS – rain
MIND – DELUSIONS – rain – hearing the rain
MIND – DELUSIONS – rain – it is raining
MIND – DELUSIONS – rain – out in the rain from having a wet cloth on the head; thought he had been
MIND – DELUSIONS – rain – tears of the world; rain is
2) FEAR OF RAIN
This rubric is present in all the three repertories. Elaps is the remedy common in them.
Kent Repertory
MIND – FEAR – rain,of
Complete Repertory
MIND – FEAR – rain, of
Synthesis Repertory
MIND – FEAR – rain, of
3) MENTAL CONDITIONS DURING RAIN
Apart from fear and delusion of rain, there are other mental conditions of patient which are found during rain or in rainy season. The rubrics are as follows:
Kent Repertory
MIND – DISCONTENTED,displeased,dissatisfied,etc. – rainy weather,during
MIND – IRRITABILITY – weather in rainy or cloudy
Complete Repertory
MIND – DISCONTENTED, displeased, dissatisfied – weather, in rainy
MIND – IRRITABILITY – weather – rainy or cloudy, in
MIND – MOROSE, sulky, cross, fretful, ill-humor, peevish – weather – rainy, from
MIND – SADNESS, despondency, depression, melancholy – rheumatism, with – rain agg.
MIND – THOUGHTS – thoughtful – weather, in cold, rainy
Synthesis Repertory
MIND – ANXIETY – weather – rain; about
MIND – DISCONTENTED – rainy weather; during
MIND – DISCONTENTED – weather – rainy weather; during
MIND – IRRITABILITY – weather; in rainy or cloudy
MIND – MOROSE – weather – rainy; from
MIND – TRANQUILLITY – rain; from heavy
4) HEAD COMPLAINTS DURING RAIN
The complaints of head like itching or pain during rainy weather are represented by the following rubrics:
Kent Repertory
HEAD – ERUPTION – itching – rainy weather,in
HEAD – ITCHING of scalp – rainy weather
Complete Repertory
HEAD – ITCHING – Scalp – rainy weather
HEAD PAIN – GENERAL – rain
HEAD PAIN – GENERAL – weather – wet, rainy
Synthesis Repertory
HEAD – ERUPTIONS – itching – weather; rainy
HEAD – ITCHING of scalp – weather – rainy
HEAD – PAIN – rain
5) EYE & EAR COMPLAINTS DURING RAIN
The complaints of vision and ears during rainy weather are represented by the following rubrics:
Kent Repertory
VISION – RAIN,seems looking through rain
EAR – NOISES in – rain,sound of
EAR – PAIN – wind, – and rain
Complete Repertory
VISION – MOVING – objects seem to be – car in the rain
VISION – RAIN, seems to be looking through
EAR – NOISES in – rain, sound of
EAR – PAIN – General – wind, in cold – rain, and
Synthesis Repertory
VISION – MOVING – objects seem to be moving – car in rain seems to be moving
VISION – RAIN, seems looking through rain
EAR – NOISES in – rain, sound of
EAR – PAIN – weather – rainy
6) SKIN COMPLAINTS DURING RAIN
Only Synthesis Repertory has rubrics related to skin. Kent Repertory & Complete Repertory do not have any rubric related to skin complaints during rain.
Synthesis Repertory
EXTREMITIES – CORNS – shooting – weather; during rainy
EXTREMITIES – CORNS – stinging – weather; in rainy
7) FEVER DURING RAIN
The rubrics concerning with fever are during rainy weather are represented as follows:
Kent Repertory
CHILL – EXPOSURE,after – rains,during
Complete Repertory
CHILL – CHILLINESS – rain agg.
CHILL – EXPOSURE, after – rains, during
Synthesis Repertory
CHILL – EXPOSURE, after – rains; during
FEVER – TYPHOID FEVER – rainy season; during
8) DREAMS RELATED TO RAIN
All the three repertories have rubrics regarding dreams of rain. They are as follows:
Kent Repertory
SLEEP – DREAMS, – rain,of being soaked in
Complete Repertory
MIND – DREAMS – rain, of being soaked in
Synthesis Repertory
DREAMS – RAIN
DREAMS – SEXUAL – rain; having sex in the
DREAMS – SOAKED with rain, being
9) JOINT COMPLAINTS DURING RAIN
Kent Repertory does not have any rubric related to joint complaints during rain. The rubrics in other repertories are:
Complete Repertory
EXTREMITY PAIN – LOWER LIMBS – sciatica – women, especially, agg. motion, yet not amel. by lying, agg. in rainy, stormy weather
Synthesis Repertory
EXTREMITIES – PAIN – Joints – rheumatic – weather – rainy
10) AGGRAVATION DURING RAIN
Synthesis Repertory has 9 rubrics of general & particular aggravation during rain. Kent Repertory does not have any rubric regarding aggravation during rain while Complete Repertory contains 3 rubrics.
Complete Repertory
GENERALITIES – RAIN agg.
GENERALITIES – WEARINESS – tendency – weather, at change of, to stormy or rainy weather
GENERALITIES – WEATHER – rain, during
Synthesis Repertory
MIND – RAIN
MIND – WEATHER – rain
HEAD – RAIN
HEAD – WEATHER – rainy
TEETH – WEATHER – rainy
GENERALS – RAIN
GENERALS – WEATHER – rainy
GENERALS – WEATHER – rainy – agg. – heavy rains; especially
GENERALS – WEATHER – wet weather – rains; especially heavy
11) AMELIORATION DURING RAIN
Kent Repertory has only one rubric regarding amelioration of headache during rain while Synthesis Repertory has one rubrics of general amelioration during rain. Complete Repertory does not have any such rubric.
Kent Repertory
HEAD – PAIN, – rain amel.
Synthesis Repertory
MIND – WEATHER – rain – trickling of the rain amel.
12) OTHER CONDITIONS RELATED TO RAIN
Apart from the above conditions, there are some other conditions of patient which are found during rain or in rainy season. These rubrics are present in Complete & Synthesis Repertory and are as follows:
Complete Repertory
PERSPIRATION – ODOR – musty – old rain water
SKIN – COLDNESS – icy – rain, as if in
Synthesis Repertory
STOMACH – THIRST – weather – rainy
EXTREMITIES – HEAT – Hands – weather, even in cold and rainy
GENERALS – WET – sensation of being wet – rain; as if exposed to soaking
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Repertory of Homoeopathic Materia Medica – James Tyler Kent
Synthesis Repertory – Frederik Schroyens
Complete Repertory – Roger van Zandvoort
Essentials of Repertorisation – Shashi Kant Tiwari
Author:
Dr Yati A.P. Srivastava
B.H.M.S., M.D.(Hom.)(Repertory)
Assistant Professor
Department of Repertory
Naiminath Homoeopathic Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Agra, U.P.
