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    This document discusses several difficulties with traditional repertorization in homeopathic practice. It notes that as the homeopathic materia medica expands, it becomes harder to remember all remedy symptoms. It also explains that some remedies are listed under many more rubrics than others, statistically biasing practitioners towards "larger" remedies. The document then outlines other challenges like inexact rubrics, incomplete provings limiting some remedies' representation, mistakes in repertories, and difficulties translating modern patient language to historical proving texts. It introduces Dr. Herscu's method of understanding remedies through fundamental cycles and segments as a potential solution to achieve a holistic view of the total disease pattern rather than isolated symptoms.

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    This document discusses several difficulties with traditional repertorization in homeopathic practice. It notes that as the homeopathic materia medica expands, it becomes harder to remember all remedy symptoms. It also explains that some remedies are listed under many more rubrics than others, statistically biasing practitioners towards "larger" remedies. The document then outlines other challenges like inexact rubrics, incomplete provings limiting some remedies' representation, mistakes in repertories, and difficulties translating modern patient language to historical proving texts. It introduces Dr. Herscu's method of understanding remedies through fundamental cycles and segments as a potential solution to achieve a holistic view of the total disease pattern rather than isolated symptoms.

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    This document discusses several difficulties with traditional repertorization in homeopathic practice. It notes that as the homeopathic materia medica expands, it becomes harder to remember all remedy symptoms. It also explains that some remedies are listed under many more rubrics than others, statistically biasing practitioners towards "larger" remedies. The document then outlines other challenges like inexact rubrics, incomplete provings limiting some remedies' representation, mistakes in repertories, and difficulties translating modern patient language to historical proving texts. It introduces Dr. Herscu's method of understanding remedies through fundamental cycles and segments as a potential solution to achieve a holistic view of the total disease pattern rather than isolated symptoms.

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    This document discusses several difficulties with traditional repertorization in homeopathic practice. It notes that as the homeopathic materia medica expands, it becomes harder to remember all remedy symptoms. It also explains that some remedies are listed under many more rubrics than others, statistically biasing practitioners towards "larger" remedies. The document then outlines other challenges like inexact rubrics, incomplete provings limiting some remedies' representation, mistakes in repertories, and difficulties translating modern patient language to historical proving texts. It introduces Dr. Herscu's method of understanding remedies through fundamental cycles and segments as a potential solution to achieve a holistic view of the total disease pattern rather than isolated symptoms.

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    DifficultiesinRepertorizingWhyWeNeedaNewPerspective
    wholehealthnow.com /homeopathy_pro/repertorizing.html

    Everyclassicalhomeopathmustusearepertory.Theremediesthatcompriseourmateria
    medicacontainsomanysymptomsthatitisnotpossibletorememberallthesymptomsof
    alltheremedies.Infact,oneofthemanysignsthathomeopathyisflourishingoncemoreis
    bynotinghowmanynewremediesarebeingproveneveryyear.

    Whilethisispotentiallyveryusefulforus,asweexpandourmateriamedicafrom100to
    1,000toeventually10,000remedies,itdoesstrainadifficultythatalreadyexistsinthe
    repertory.Asweknow,someremedieshaveonly40symptomslistedintherepertory,while
    othershave15,000symptoms.Assuchthereisamathematicalbiasbuiltintotherepertory
    thatthe"larger"remediesarelistedmoretimesthanthe"smaller"remedies.Thismeans
    thatstatisticallyyouaremorelikelytoendupwiththe"morelisted"remedies,andlesslikelytoendupwiththe
    "lesslisted"remedies.

    This,infact,isamajorcontributortoaviciouscyclethatexistsinourpractice,wherethe"moreused"remedy
    getstobewrittenaboutevermoreandthereforegrowsinnumberofrubrics,andthe"lessused"remedyseems
    tolagfurtherandfurtherbehind.Somehow,thisstatisticalbiashastobeacknowledgedanddealtwithefficiently
    forrepertorizationtobeallthatitcouldbe.Isthereawaythatwecanusetherepertorythatmakesthe"small
    remedies"and"largeremedies"morefairlyrepresentedintherepertorization?Therepertoryhasanatural
    leaningtoshowthelargeremediesastherightremediesifyoutakeintoaccounteachandeverysymptomasthe
    totality.

    Traditionally,wehavesolvedthisissuebytakingaportionofthetotalityofapatient.Inother
    words,whichsymptomsshallweconsiderthattrulyrepresentthewholediseasestateofthe
    patient?Thisthenleadsustothefirsttwoproblemsintheanalysisrepertorization,what
    symptomsshouldweuseandhowdoweaccountforthedisparityinnumberofrubricsthatremediesarelistedin.

    Anotherdifficultyhastodowithwhattherepertoryactuallyis.Itisareferencetoolthatlistsallthesymptoms
    curedorproducedandlistseveryremedythathastreatedthatparticularcategory/rubric.Forexample,arubric
    mightlist:Head:pain,abovelefteye,3pmlastingto6pm,withoneremedylistedundertherubric.Rubricscanbe
    veryspecificlikethisone,orverygeneral.AgeneralrubricwouldbeHeadpain,andthatgeneralrubricwould
    containhundredsandhundredsofremedies.

    Thisleadsustothenextdifficultywiththerepertoryandrepertorizing.Themorespecifictherubricthebetterfora
    homeopath,asittrulyindicatesaclosermatchwiththepatient'scomplaint.However,specificrubricsarelikelyto
    betoospecificandthereforeincomplete,andthereforemisleading.Justbecausethereisonlyoneremedylisted
    theredoesnotmeanthatonlythatoneremedywillbeabletogetridofthatsymptom.Sotheissueoftheperfect
    rubricisincomplete.

    Anotherproblemofrepertorizationbecomesclearverysoon.Itseemsimpossibletomatchall
    thesymptomsofapatienttoaremedy.Itseemsthattherearetoomanysymptoms,andthat
    nooneremedyrunsthroughallofthem.

    Theissueherethenisthatthereisnooneremedythatrunsthroughalltherubrics.Homeopathicphilosophysays
    youmustmatchthesymptomofthedrugwiththesymptomofthepatient.However,theseproblemsaswellasa
    fewotherproblemswiththetheorymaketherepertorizationdifficult.

    Anotherdifficultyisthatwearetaughtthattherearemanytheoriesonhowtoselecttheappropriatesymptomsfor
    repertorization,buttherearenocleardesignationsofwhentousewhichtheory,sooneisleftwithconfusionasto
    whichsymptomtochooseatanyonetime.Thisproblemleadsustorepertorizeinseveralmethodsandeach
    timecomeupwithadifferentanswerwhichisright?
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    Anotherproblemisthatofthepatient'swords.Thepatient'swordsmightbedifficulttomatchtotheoriginal
    provinglanguageorthelanguagethatisintherepertory.Forinstance,apatientmaysay,"whenIhavea
    headache,I'minafunk,"or,"WhenIhavediarrhea,Iblowoffwork."Whatdoesthismean?Howdoesa
    homeopathrelatethesewordstotheprovinglanguagethatmayhavebeenwritten200yearsago?

    Anotherproblemisthattheremedyyouarelookingformaynotbelistedintheappropriate
    rubric,becausetheremedyhasnotbeenprovenwellenough.Therearenumerousmistakes
    intherepertory,mistakesintranslationandtypographicalmistakes,whichfurthercomplicate
    thedatabasethatweuse.Whilethismoduledoesnotaddressthisproblemdirectly,Archibeldoes.ThereasonI
    choseArchibeltorunthismodulehastodowiththeworkthattheyhaveundergoneforthelastfewyearsin
    correctingthedatabase,therebyeliminatingmistakes.

    Lastly,itoftenrequiresseveralyearsofcarefulstudyandpracticetounderstandhowtoelicitenoughofthe
    necessaryinformationtoprescribeupon.

    Tosummarize,theproblemsare:

    1.it'sdifficulttoelicittheinformation,
    2.it'shardtoknowifyouhaveenoughinformation,
    3.theremediesareprovenincompletely,
    4.thereareerrorsintherepertory,
    5.rubricsareincomplete,
    6.theexistinglanguagedifficulties,
    7.themultitudeofmethodstorepertorizationthatleadtodifferentanswers
    8.theleaningtowardsthelargerremedies.

    CyclesandSegmentsANewWayofLookingatThings

    TheHerscuMethodallowsforalogicalintegratedstudyandpracticeofhomeopathy.Whatispresentedhereisa
    briefoutlineoftheuseoftheRepertoryandRepertorizationportionofthemethod.Foracompleteunderstanding
    ofthisworkreadStramonium,WithanIntroductiontoCyclesandSegments,orPhilosophyofHealing,An
    IntegratedApproachtoHomeopathy.Since,forHahnemannianhomeopaths,diseaseisasingleentity,theremust
    beamethodofdescribingit,ofseeingitasonedisease,amethodthatwouldgetridofallthedifficulties
    mentionedabove.Idevelopedonesuchmethodofunderstandinghomeopathythroughthestudyofthecycles(or
    pattern)eachremedypresents,andthesegments(orsubpatterns)thatrunthroughthecycle.

    Inbrief,IbelievethepatientpatterniswhatHahnemannmeantwhenhespokeaboutatotalityofsymptoms.By
    totalityhedidnotsimplymeanthetotalnumberofsymptoms,butratherthetotalpatternofthedisease.Ifwecan
    lookatadiseaseinthisway,wewillbebetterabletoidentifyandisolatethemainelementsorbasicideas,whichI
    callfundamentalsegments,withineachoftheremedies.Thiswillallowustorecreatethechainofeventsshowing
    thepatternthatfitseverythingknownaboutthepatient.Ibelievethateverysymptomapersonexpressesisan
    exampleofoneofthefundamentalsegmentsoperatinginthatperson'scycleofdisease.Inotherwords,a
    symptomdoesnotstandalone.Ithasarelationshiptoothersymptoms,whichisoneofthefundamental
    segmentsofthepatientorremedy,andwillshowupoverandoveragaininmanyplacesandmanywaysthrough
    varioussymptoms.Someofthesesymptomswillbefoundinrubrics,somewillnot.Thatdoesnotmatter.Itisthe
    segment,theidea,thatmatters.

    Thecycleitselfisaflowofeventsthatiscomposedofanumberoffundamentalsegments.In
    mostpatientsandremediestherewillbefoundfourtosixfundamentalsegments.Eachof
    thesecanbebrokendownintosmallersegments,givingevenmoreflavortotheremedy.Each
    oneofthesesegmentscouldbedescribedbyawordorphrase,suchasyearningforcomfortorviolent
    overreactions.IntheHerscuModuleLogo,youseethateachsegmentislinkedbyanarrowtothenextsegment,
    representingitsdirecteffectleadingtotheonethatfollows.Itinsomewaypushesthepersontothenext
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    segment.Eachsegmentflowsintothenextuntilyoucomefullcycleagain.Thecycleisthedisease.Youcanjump
    inatanypoint,startwithanysegment.Thepatternisacontinuousflow.

    Everyitemthatappearsinapatientwillinsomewayfitintooneofthoseideaclusters,orsegments,thatmakeup
    thetotalpatternoftheremedy.ThisiswhyIcallthesebasicideasafundamentalsegment.Fundamentalbecause
    itisintrinsicandessential,segmentbecauseitisapartofthewholecycle.

    Dr.PaulHerscuistheauthorofTheHomeopathicTreatmentofChildrenPediatricConstitutionalTypesand
    Stramonium.FormoreinformationaboutcyclesandsegmentspleaseseeStramoniumbyDr.PaulHerscu.

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