Structure of Kent's repertory

General symptoms are found in five chapters: mentals, sleep, fever, chill, and generalities.

Symptoms in general are found in all chapters.

Symptoms in general are those symptoms which the prover gave without modifications. These would appear in the provings at any time under any circumstance.

Symptoms in general are also those which occur because of a modification leading to confusion because a remedy will appear under this and not the general rubric or vice versa or both.

If a symptom only occurs with one type of modification it will not occur in the general rubric. So, correspondingly, when repertorizing, if a patient only has a symptom under one particular circumstance you use a sub-rubric. However, if it occurs under more than one you should select the more general rubric.

Order

Alphabetic in each part.

The parts

Head parts

• Mind
• Vertigo
• Head
• Eye
• Vision
• Ear
• Hearing
• Nose and Smell
• Face
• Mouth
• Teeth

Digestion/elimination parts

• Throat Internal and External
• Stomach
• Abdomen
• Rectum
• Stool
• Bladder
• Kidneys
• Prostate Gland
• Urethra
• Urine
• Genitalia Male and Female

Breathing parts

• Larynx and Trachea, Voice
• Respiration
• Cough
• Expectoration
• Chest

Rest of the body

• Back
• Extremities

Things tending towards general symptoms

• Sleep
• Chill
• Fever
• Perspiration
• Skin
• Generalities

Follows the rule of STME (are you stymied by the structure?)

• By side if appropriate
• By time
• By modification: aggravations and amelioriations
• Extending to…

Symptom in general of the whole part

Modifications of the symptom in general

STME

Parts of whole

STME

Types of symptom

STME

Types of symptom found in parts of whole

STME