CLINICAL REPERTORY

BOERICKE REPERTORY

BY DR GANAPATI MD(HOM)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF REPERTORY
• His publications:
• The treatment of diseases with the 12 tissues remedies.
• Pocket manual of homeopathic MM.
• The management and care of children- including homeopathic treatment.
• The care, feeding and homeopathic treatment of children.
• OSCAR E BOERICKE
• His brother wrote MM and oscar himself wrote repertory part In 1906.
• basic and determinative symptoms.

• NAME OF THE AUTHOR: OSCAR EUGENE BOERICKE

• YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1906
• NUMBER OF CHAPTERS: 25
• EXCLUDING 5 SYNONYMS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REMEDIES ARE
1414-5=1409.
• TYPE OF REPERTORY: GENERAL CLINICAL REPERTORY
• 1st edition- 1901(without repertory part)
• 2nd edition- 1903(without repertory part)
• 3rd edition- 1906 published by boericke and runyan
• 5th edition- 1912 published by boericke and tafel
• 6th edition -1916 published by boericke and runyan
• 8th edition -1922 published by boericke and runyan
• 9th edition – 1927 published by B. Jain publishers
• 1st indian edition-1969
• GRADATION:
• ITALICS- 2MARKS
• ROMAN-1MARKS
boericke new manual of HMM with 9th edition revised and enlarged with
repertory - including indian drugs, addition with repertory
nisiodes, uncommon, rare remedies, pocket manual of HMM- comprising of
mother tincture, relationship, sides of the chronic and guiding symptoms of all
the body, drugs affinity and list of remedies (clinical and pathogenetic)
abbrivations including indian drugs.
1.publisher note 3rd edn manish jain 1.preface to 9th edition- G W Boericke
2. publisher note to 9th edn kudeep jain 2.prefatory note to repertory - O E B
3.preface to 9th edition- G W Boericke 3.HMM (abies-zizia)
4.prefatory note to repertory - O E B 4.repertory (mind-modalities)
5. content (MM)Pharmaceutical and latin 5.index to repertory
6.repertory 6.therapeutic index
7.index to repertory 7.list of remedies common remedy
8.therapeutic index 8.list of remedies pharmaceutical names
9.some indian drugs 9.50 homp indian drugs
10.some nosodes and sarcodes 10.relationship of remedies and sides of
11.therapeutic index to some mother body
tincture 11.the sides of body and drug affinities
12.rare and uncommon remedies 12.essential of rare and uncommon
13.relationship of remedies remedies
14.the sides of the body and drug 12 pages 605-616 (2)
affinities 11 pages 689-699 (1st)
15.list of abbreviation 16.list of remedies
• INTRODUCTION
• PREFATORY NOTES
• CONSTRUCTION
• HINTING RUBRICS

whole body organ/part clinical/disease

1.prescriber 1.morgan urinary 1. bells diarrhoea

2.clinical clark organ 2. RRR
3.boericke 2.minton uterine 3. IF BY WA ALLEN
therapeutics 4. therap. IF H C ALLEN
consise repertory-S R 3.berridge eye 5. respiratory system- van
PHATAK 4.skin diseases by den burgh
douglas
5. respiratory organs
by EB NASH
• INTRODUCTION:
• A repertory appended to be classed under the group of general clinical repertory
covering whole symptomatology.
• This repertory is based on clinical findings and verifications, and major source of
which is willium boerickes MM.
• Boerickes and runyon, 1049 pages published this repertory.
• The MM by willium boericke issued in 1901.
• The repertory was added to the 3rd edition in 1906.
• The repertory is constructed differently than that of either kent or boenninghausens,
and takes a bit of work to become familiar with.
• Current is the 9th edition of this repertory that was published in june 1927.
• PREFATORY NOTES:
• 1.old hahnemannian method mind-generalites
• 2.Headings and sub-headings
• 3.Cause, type, location, character of pain, concomitant, modalities.
• 4. technical terms/ word meaning
• 5. remedies arranged in alphabetical
• 6.one repertory
• CONSTRUCTION OF BOOK:
• 1st part of the book is MM
• 2nd part is repertory
• 3rd part miscelleneous .......
• Index to the repertory
• Therapeutic index
• List of remedies with common and latin names
• The repertory has 25 chapters

macro construction micro construction

introduction remedies
prefatory notes chapters
hunting rubrics arrangments of rubrics
25 chapters in hahnemann grades
anatomical schema
• HUNTING OF RUBRICS FROM BOERICKES REPERTORY:
• For hunting of rubrics after the case taking one must be sure that one has correctly
picked up the basic and determinative symptoms and have converted in to proper
rubrics.
• Next he will think of the chapters where these rubrics may have.
• alphabetical
• cross references remedies given in (italics) particular symptoms
• end of remedies --------------------
• hahnemann anatomical schema
• common names/latin names/pharmacuetical names(brackets)
• foot note
• MATERIA MEDICA
• CAHPTER-CAPITAL BOLD
• HEADING- BOLD ROMAN
• SUB HEADING - ORDINARY ROMAN
• IMPORTANT SYMPTOMS - ITALICS
• ( ) MEANING TECHNICAL TERMS
• repertory part
• chapter-capital bold
• rubric - capital bold
• sub rubric - bold roman
• cross reference see bold roman(same chapter) capital bold (different
chapter)
• remedy italics and roman
• sub rubric appetite increased ravenous (bulging)
• MIND ( remedies in general) first page
• next page onwards ordinary roman
MIND THROAT
HEAD STOMACH
EYES ABDOMEN
EARS URINARY SYSTEM
NOSE MALE SEXUAL SYSTEM
FACE FEMALE SEXUAL SYSTEM
MOUTH LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM
TONGUE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
TASTE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
GUMS SKIN
TEETH FEVER
NERVOUS SYSTEM
GENERALITIES
MODALITIES:< >
• MIND (30) Rubric 1st : Awkward LAST RUBERIC : Taedium Vitae (disgust of
life)
• alphabetical oder rubrics and sub rubrics also given in alphabetical order
• 1. AWKWARD- let things fall from hand
• capital bold- bold roman
• cross reference (comparative - 5) (confirmatory - 1)
• cross reference given in bold roman means same chapter if its given in capital bold
means need to search in different chapter
• cross reference - is given end of the rubric
• given in See
• remedies are given in two grades (italics and roman)

• mania - remedies in general

• melancholy- remedies in general
• sub rubrics in imagination- remedies in general

• misplaced rubric
• somnabulism
• clinical rubrics in mind chapter
• cretinism (m/p retardation, iodine deficincy, hypothyroidism)
• catalepsy (prolonged muscular rigidity, immobility)
• delirium tremens (alcohol withdrawal symptoms, shaking, hallucination,
confusion)
• dementia (grp of c/c impairment of brain function, memory loss)
• hypochondriasis (anxiety disoders)
• hysteria (somatic disoder)
• neurasthenia (mental disorder)
• carpologia (picking bed cloths)
• kleptomania (urge to steal)
• lectophobia (fear of going to bed or lying down, breathlessness, choking)
• erotomania (DMS-5 delusions disorder)
• nymphomania
• satyriasis
• lypemania (mental illness c/c sadness, moodie)
• monomania (extreme idea in single point)
• rubrics

awkward emotions 6 mind 3

brain fag (mental weak) fear 23 mood disposition 46

catalepsy-trance hypochondriasis night terror

clairvoyance (assmp. hysteria propensity 32

future)
comprehession easy imagination 43 screams

comprehession difficult insanity senses 1

consciousness loquacity somnambulism

cretinism mania 4 startles

delirium 12 melancholy 4 taedium vittae

dementia 5 memory 10 speeach 4

different types of mania different types of fear
erotomania dread
nymphomania crossing street, crowds, excitement
satyriasis dark, ghost
lypemania death, fetal disease, impending evil
monomania falling
kleptomania heart ceases beating must move
pueperal motion
lectophobia music
anthropophobia (people) noises
space (agoraphobia) places closed
water (hydrophobia) pointed objects
poison
rain
solitude, aversopn to
stage-fright
syphilis
thunderstorm
touch, contact
• given in bracket rurbics meanings
• delirium (delirium tremens)
• carpologia (picking at bed clothes, flocks)
• destructive (desire to bark, bite, strike, tear things)
• nostalgia (homesickness)
• people (anthropophobia)
• space (agoraphobia)
• water (hydrophobia)
• being double (dual personality)
• hallucinations, auditory (bells, music, voices)
• hallucinations, visual (animals, bugs, faces)
• erotomania (nymphomania,satyriasis)
• monomania (kleptomania)
• cannot remember right word (amnesic aphasia, paraaphasia)
• hysterical (changeable, vacillatory)
• restless (mentally and physically)
• lost or paralysis (aphasia)
• taedium vitae (disgust of life)
• single remedy rubrics given in sub rubrics (17)

fear imaginations
heart ceases beating, must bed occupied by another person
move(reverse of dig) being crushed by houses
lectophobia being demon, curses, swears
places closed being possed of brain in stomach
rain being possed of two noses
syphilis dimensions of things smaller

mood disposition propensity

fretful day only to perform great things
impudent, teasing, laugh at reproof to repeat everything
to slide down in bed
to tease, laugh at reproofs
• head chapter
• 12 rubrics
• 617-634 pages (18)
• chapter - capital bold
• rurbics - capital bold
• sub rubrics - bold roman
• cross reference - same chapter in bold roman
• cross reference - different chapter in capital bold
• remedies in general - vertigo
• remedies- 2 typhography italics and roman
• single remedy rubrics are present
• rubrics with synonyms present
• misplaced rubrics
• location rubrics
• sensation rubrics
• clinical rubrics
• rubrics and sub rubrics arrangements- alphabetical
• Head chapter (12)
• Started from Brain and ends with Vertigo.
• Vertigo is given under head - cause and type, occurance, concomitants
• 1. BRAIN - Absces ( BOLD CAPITAL - Bold roman)
• total 14 sub rubrics
• particular location under alphabetical order
• 3sub rurbics which has the meaning in brackets
• 1 cross reference in same chapter in bold roman
• 2 cross reference in different chapter in capital bold
• clinical rubrics - meningitis, paralysis, sclerosis
• pathological rubrics - tumors, absces, atrophy, inflammation under sub
rubrics- basilar, cerebral, traumatic, tubercular
• 2. cerebellar disease
• 3. fontenells , tardy closure
• 4. headache (cephalagia)
• particular arrangement - cause, type, location, character of pain,
concomitants, modalities

• cause - alphabetical. (50 sub rubrics), single remedy rubrics

• type - alpahbetical, 1- synonyms, (17 S R), extending rubrics, single
grade rubrics
• location - alphabetical, 2- synonyms, (16 S R) types of pain, single
remedy rubrics
• character of pain - alphabetical, 1- synonyms, (31 S R), single
remedy rubrics
• concomitants - alphabetical, (80 S R), single remedy rubrics
• modalities < a. alphabetical, (60 S R), single remedy rubrics
• > b. alphabetical, (38 S R), single remedy rubrics
• 5. hydrocephalus ( acute and chronic) hydrocephaloid
• 6. motion - position of head (4 S R) alphabetical
• 7. scalp - dandruff (seborrhic)
• sensations starts from here
• 8. eruptions - (18 S R)2 synonyms, single remedy rubrics,
alphabetical, 1 cross reference in different chapter in capital bold
• clinical rubrics in eruption rubric - boils, crusta lactea, eczema,
erysipelas, favus, herpes, plica polonica, ringworm, tinea capitis.
• 9. hair - alphabetical, 1 synonyms, 5 S R, alopecia, gray premature
• 10. scalp - misplaced, 6 S R, Alphabetical, sweat
• 11. sensation - alphabetical, 25 S R, 3 cross reference in same
chapter in bold roman, single remedy rubrics
• 12. vertigo - misplaced rubric
• dizziness remedies in general( all the remedies also in alpha)
• cause and type- alpha, 18 S R, 2 synonyms, single remedy rubrics,
miner disease, mal-de-mer
• occurance - alpha, 32 S R, single remedy rubrics
• concomitants- alpha, 32 S R, single remedy rubrics
• Eyes chapter (52)
• not followed alphabetical order
• chapter - capital bold
• rubric - capital bold (bold roman)
• sub rubrics - bold (capital bold)
• remedies - 2 grades (italics - 2, roman - 1)
• Started with location-Brows and ends with Vitreous opacities.
• pages - 635-648 (14 pages)
• total number of rubrics - 41
• single remedy rubrics -1
• single remedy sub rubrics - 54
• synonyms means meaning, its given infront of rubric and sub rubrics
• synonyms of rubrics - 7
• synonyms of sub rubrics - 22
• All the parts of eyes given as rubrics Brows, Canthi, Chamber, Choroid, Ciliary
muscles, Conjunctiva, Cornea, Eyeball, Eyelids and margin, Iris, Lachrymal sac,
Meibomian gland, Occular muscles, Optic disc, optical nerve, Pupil,Retina
• cross reference two types
• bold roman means same chapter - 13
• capital bold means different chapter - 4
• cross reference given at end of the rubrics
• under rurbics 2
• under sub rubrics 15
• remedies in general - 1 (iritis 640)
• location - brows, canthi, chamber, choroid, ciliary
muscle, conjunctiva, cornea, eyeball, eyelids and margin
• subjective or sensation related rubrics- sensation
• eruption and sensation rubric mis arranged
• condition - cataract, ciliary neuralgia
• clinical -
• galucoma
• hypopion
• irido- choroiditis
• lacrymal sac
• lacrymation
• lagophthalmos
• pain - L , T, < >
• Vision - 9 sub rubrics
• Ears chapter
• consists of 15 rubrics with many sub rubrics.
• Chapter started with Auditory nerve and ends in Tinnitus Aurium
• Auditory nerve, Auricle,Mastoid process, Membrana tympani, Ossicle,Tympanum
• Hypersensitive,Erruptions,Cerumen,Deafness,Tinnitus Aurium Type of discharge,
Pain
• Deafness , hardness of hearing- cause, modalities
• tympannum -Type of discharge- pain, type, modalities

• Nose chapter (20)

• Started with Affection and ends with Ulceration of septum.
• External nose(different location alae, tip, erruption) internal nose – cause,
occurrence and concomitants, type of blood, erruptions)
• Coryza -Types of discharge in rhinitis
• Sinuses given in nose
• Sense of smell
• Face chapter (14)
• Started with rubrics Appearance and ends with Tic-douloureux
• Expression given under Apearance
• all the location parts is given like cheeks, chin, erruption of face, syphildae,
forehead, Jaws, Lower jaw, Upper jaw, muscles.
• Prosopalgia pain – type, location, type of pain, concomitants, modalities <>
• Bells palsy and risus sardonicus given under Muscles
• Sensation - cobweb
• Sensations
• Mouth chapter (7)
• It started with Breath and ends with Ulcerations.
• External mouth-lips… Inner mouth – palate.
• Ptyalism
• Tongue (17)
• Coating-Blackish, Red,Strawberry
• Conditions
• Erruptions, growth-cancer,Ring worm,Psoriasis
• Pain
• Paralysis
• Taste consists of only 2 rubrics.
• Lost and Perverted
• Gums consists of 12 rubrics .
• Teeth(11) odontalgia(toothache)- cause, location, type, type of pain, concomitant,
modality <>(riggs disease)
• Throat- diphtheria –type and conditions
• dysphagia, pharyngitis
• Chapter started with Rubrics Adenoid Vegetation and ends with Uvula.
• Stomach ( appetite, indigestion-cause, type, symptoms and conditions. Pain –
concomitants modality to pain <>. Vomiting – cause, type, concomitants)
• Abdomen - appendicitis, flatulent, anus, rectum, prolapsus-ani, cholera-asiatica,
cholera-infantum, morbus, diaphragm, intestine-intussusception, jaundice,
hyperchondria, liver, pancrea, peritonities, spleen, worms.
• ( colic pain- cause and nature, location, type of pain, concomitants modality <>
constipation, cause and type, type of stool, concomitants.
• diarrhoea- acute , chronic, cause and occurance, type of stool, concomitants b d a
modalities <>, haemorroides- concomitant, modalities, hernia
• duodenum, dysentery, entero-colitis, gall-bladder, biliary calculi (cholelithiasis)
• Urinary organs
• AFFECTIONS –enuresis
• KIDNEYS –calculi,nephritis,
• URETHRA -meatus
• URINARY FLOW-dibetes insipidus, dysuria, frequent,retention
• URINATION.colour, sediment…lithic acid, diabetes
• Male sexual system consist of 22 rubrics
• Female sexual system consists
• COITION
• CONCEPTION
• DESIRE
• LEUCORRHŒA –type, occurance and modalities, concomitants
• MAMMAE-pain, tumors
• MENOPAUSE
• Respiratory system
• BRONCHIAL TUBES – Asthma…..types, occurance, concomitants modalities agg,
aml
• Bronchiectasis,Bronhitis
• CHEST -pain, weakness location, modalities
• COUGH- occurance.agg, type, concomitants, expectoration
• LARYNX –inflammation, voice
• LUNGS-Abscess,haemorrhage,inflamation, tuberculosis, pleurisy
• RESPIRATION -dysponea
• TRACHEA
• Circulatory system consists of 5 rubrics.
• ARTERIES –Aorta, Rupture,
• HEART – Cyanosis, Dilatation, Hypertrophy, Endocarditis, sensations
• SYNCOPE –
• VALVULAR DISEASE
• VEINS-engorged,….pelvic, portal
• pericarditis, dysponea, myocarditis, angina pectoris, pulse-tachy, brady
• palpitation - cause, concomitants, modalities agg , aml
• Locomotor system 911consists of rubrics with many sub rubrics.
• AXILLAE BACK-Pain, Weakness,
• BODY –Bruised, Burning, Coldness, Trembling
• COCCYX
• EXTREMITIES –Pain, Upper extremities(each part),Lower extremities,(Loins,
parts),
• NECK RHEUMATISM- type, concomitants, agg, aml
• Nervous system.
• Eg; BRAIN –Epilepsy, with concomitants, Paralysis…Type, Hemiplagia, Localized,
Paraplegia, petitmal
• GENERALITIES –consists of 43 rubrics.
• The important rubrics present in this chapter are Obesity in childhood
• Chronic disease to begin treatment
• Sunstroke
• Complaints
• Adynamia, with causes, alcoholism, Athetosis, Beri beri, chorea, Convulsions with
cause and concomitents, Exophthalmic goitre, Mal- der- mer Morvans disease,
Neuralgia,Sciatica, Hyperesthesia, Inflamation ,Locomotor ataxia ….concomitants

• Fever consists of 4 rubrics .

• These are CHILLINESS-Chilliness in different location, chilliness with
accompaniment, chilliness in different time modality
• FEBRILE HEAT- in different location, with accompaniment, in different time
• SWEAT -Type,Localized,Odor,Profuse,Occurance
• TYPE OF FEVER -Bilious, Dengu, Dysentric, Enteric, Rubella, Rubeola, Scarlet
fever,Varicella
• Skin consists of 91 rubrics and many sub rubrics
• Starts with Acnae and end with Whitlow
• Bromidrosis(offensive sweat)
• Miliaria (prickly heat)
• Oily skin
• Psoriasis
• Sycosis (barbers itch)
• Urticaria
• Modalities:Aggravation and Amelioration.
• Aggravation consists of 204 sub rubrics
• Amelioration consists of 124 sub rubrics.
• Important sub rubrics present here are Emotional exitement
• Brushing teeth agg
• Conversation agg
• Sun pain agg
• Drinks warm amel
• Oil application amel
• Smoking amel
• Combing hair amel
Some of the important diagnostic rubric

• Abcess • Spina Bifida

• Acromegaly • Bubonic Plague
• Addison’s Disease • Cancer
• Anemia • Cellulites
• Blood Disorganisation • Promaine poisoning
• Necrosis • Exopthalmic Goitre
• Hook worm disease • Hemophilia
• Leucocythemia • Hodgkin’s Disease
• Prophylactics • Marasmus
• Pyemia • Myxedema
• Rachitis • Polycythemia
• Scurvy
• ARRANGEMENT OF RUBRICS:
• Rubrics are arranged in an alphabetical order , each rubric when extensive in scope
is presented in the following order.
• Ex.. Headache:
• Cause
• Type
• Location
• Character of pain
• Concomitants
• Modalities - < >
• SPECIAL FEATURES:
• The repertory has total number of 1409 medicines.
• Index provides a list of 1414 medicines but 5 medicines appear twice because of
their dual names.
• For ex… cimicifuga and actea racemosa.
• Technical / clinical terms are often used as rubric.
• The remedies are arranged in alphabetical order and italics indicate the more
frequently verified clinical remedy.
• Because of two types of typography used to indicate the intensity of remedies, it is
more practical for reference work and repertorisation.
• Rubrics related to prophylactics are given in generalities under heading
prophylactic.
• For ex.. Rubric: PROPHYLACTICS
• sub-rubric: catheter fever, cholera, Diptheria.
• Rubric related to toxic effects of drugs are given in generalities, under the rubric
complaints.
• For ex.. Rubric: COMPLAINTS.
• Sub-rubric; abuse of aconite, abuse of arsenic, abuse of belladonna.
• Symptoms related to suppression are plenty in this repertory.
• Many clinical rubrics are given.
• For ex.. Bubonic plague, addisons disease, acromegaly.
• EYES -CHAPTER
• CONJUNCTIVA- RUBRIC
• Inflammation (conjunctivitis) - Sub rubric
• EARS - CHPATER
• TYMPANUM Rubric
• Suppurative, acute (otitis media suppurative, acute)- sub rubric
• The repertory includes 7 systems
• Urinary
• Male sexual
• Female sexual
• Circulatory
• Locomotor
• Respiratory
• Nervous
• Chapter fever includes:
• Different stages
• CHILLINESS, coldness
• FEBRILE,
• HEAT
• SWEAT
• Type of fever along with concomitants, complications and sequele are given.
• Intermittent fever and related sub rubrics are also present.
• Index to the repertory helps to find out the desired rubrics easily.

• ADAPTABILITY:
• In advance one sided diseases.
• Repertory used in both acute and chronic cases.
• To prescribe on the basis of nosological diagnosis.
• To prescribe on the basis of pathological generals.
• For the prescription of toxicological effects.
• For the prescription of a prophylactic remedy.
• For the prescription based on suppressed affects.
• Lot of clinical rubric can be seen which is for a snap shot prescription.
• WORKING OUT METHOD:
• Cause
• Type
• Location
• Character of pain
• Concomitants
• Modalities <>
• LIMITATIONS:
• But it is to be observed that some of the headings include only few, where others
include all of these division.
• The index provides a list of 1414 medicines but 5 medicines appear twice due to
their dual names.
• Ex cimicifuga and actea racemosa.
• Boericke himself has quoted that the technical terms are in bracket in order to give
the subsidiary place.
• For symtomatological index refer the monumental works like kent, knerr and clark.
• This work found numerous suggestions for remedies based on clinical observations
or deductions from partial proving, all of which may prove most valuable additions
to our MM if further verified at the bedside.
• Many old terminologies is used , ex :- Ephelis (Sunburn) p-907.
• Many chapter consist of misplaced rubrics, so confusion comes.
• Many unproved remedy also included here, like Tetradyn, Sulphon, etc, p- 869.
• Many rubrics or sub rubrics having only single remedy. Ex :- Polycythemia – Phos.
p-965.
• Very less number of cross references present.
• summary
• how many remedies
• how many grades
• publsihed in which year
• all the edition and indian edition
• arrangements
• chapters
• full name of the text book old and new one
• classifiy the clinical repertories
• Adaptability
• cross references
• techinical terms examples
• basic and determinative symptoms
• discuss the utility of regional repertories in prescription 5marks
• determinative symptoms and its importance 5m , 3m
• merits and demerits of clinical/regional repertories 5m
• scope and limitations of boericke repertory 5m
• construction/arrangement of boericke repertory 5m