CCH CCH Repertory & Repertorization Techniques 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which repertory is considered the foundational text most commonly used in classical homeopathy in the US?
- Kent's Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica (Correct answer)
- Boericke's Materia Medica
- Clarke's Dictionary of Materia Medica
- Hering's Guiding Symptoms
Correct answer: Kent's Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica
Kent's Repertory is the most widely used classical repertory in the US, organizing symptoms by rubrics from Mind to Generals.
Question 2: In repertorization, which type of symptom is given the highest priority when selecting a remedy?
- Common symptoms
- Pathological symptoms
- Characteristic (peculiar/strange/rare) symptoms (Correct answer)
- Local symptoms
Correct answer: Characteristic (peculiar/strange/rare) symptoms
Characteristic symptoms—those that are strange, rare, or peculiar to the individual—are given the highest weight in repertorization.
Question 3: What does 'grade' of a remedy in a repertory rubric indicate?
- The remedy's toxicity level
- The strength of the remedy's clinical relationship to the symptom (Correct answer)
- The remedy's potency range
- The frequency of the remedy's use
Correct answer: The strength of the remedy's clinical relationship to the symptom
Remedy grades (bold, italic, plain) in a rubric indicate the strength of evidence that the remedy produces or cures that symptom.
Question 4: Which of the following best describes the 'elimination' method of repertorization?
- Eliminating low-grade remedies from all rubrics
- Using one or two keynote rubrics to narrow the field of remedies before full analysis (Correct answer)
- Removing the patient's common symptoms from consideration
- Excluding polychrest remedies to find smaller remedies
Correct answer: Using one or two keynote rubrics to narrow the field of remedies before full analysis
The elimination method uses one or two highly characteristic rubrics to exclude remedies that do not appear, narrowing the field before totality analysis.
Question 5: In Kent's Repertory, under which section would a practitioner look for symptoms related to the patient's overall energy level and thermal sensitivity?
- Mind
- Generalities (Correct answer)
- Chest
- Stomach
Correct answer: Generalities
Generalities covers whole-body symptoms including thermal sensitivity, time modalities, and energy, reflecting the totality of the patient's constitution.
Question 6: What is the primary purpose of using a computerized repertorization program such as RadarOpus or MacRepertory in homeopathic practice?
- To automatically prescribe the correct remedy
- To cross-reference multiple repertories and rapidly analyze large numbers of rubrics (Correct answer)
- To replace the need for materia medica study
- To diagnose the patient's medical condition
Correct answer: To cross-reference multiple repertories and rapidly analyze large numbers of rubrics
Computerized repertory programs allow practitioners to cross-reference multiple repertories simultaneously and quickly analyze many rubrics to find the best-fitting remedy.
CCH CCH Repertory & Repertorization Techniques 1
Which repertory is considered the foundational text most commonly used in classical homeopathy in the US?