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Concepts and themes - New links to hidden
rubrics
Concepts link themes of rubrics which run
through our repertory.
| We can already do a word search in the repertory
and find all rubrics which contain any given
word, for example pregnancy. In Synthesis
7 we find 36 such symptoms in mind. We can
think of pregnancy as a concept and include
all symptoms which are related to nursing,
abortion, delivery, etc. as well. If we search
for the concept of pregnancy we find 64 mind
symptoms.
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Adhemar Fonseca and Hylton Sarcinelli Luz
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) have divided the
mind into hierarchical concepts. Example:
the symptom we are looking for has to do
with the patient himself (as opposed to others
or environment):yes the first idea can be
as vague as this. Then we can choose between
a list of groups and we pick self-esteem.
The problem of our patient has to do with
low self esteem. One more step down we find
discontented, and then finally we arrive
at self depreciation. This is the concept
we are looking for and one more click shows
us a list of 16 symptoms which express self
depreciation.If you think of self depreciation
at the start, you can simply type this word
and find the symptoms related to this concept.
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| The mind can also be divided into concepts,
expressed by one word. Marcos Zulian (Brazil)
has prepared this work so that each of these
word-concepts is linked to a number of mind
symptoms. For example the concept 'alert'
shows 13 symptoms, which may be considered
if alertness is a key feature of the patient.
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Concepts may also be used to bring homeopathy
closer to classical medicine, or let's say
to pathology. If we choose the disease concept
'Alzheimer' we get a list of 24 homeopathic
symptoms which may be a starting point to
look at the patient in a homeopathic way.
Some 180 most common diseases of 13 body
systems (cardiovascular, dermatology, etc.)
have been linked to a group of repertory
symptoms. Realized by Francisco de Freitas
& collaborators (Rio de Janeiro).
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| A similar work has been realized by Manuel
Mateu (Zaragozza, Spain). He has catalogued
all conditions requiring first aid into concepts.
For example: bites of poisonous animals may
affect the eye, face, mouth, extremities,
skin, and the general condition.
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The endless list of symptoms for a particular
remedy becomes coherent when separated into
themes. E.g.: 'failure' in argentum nitricum.
This remedy concept sums up the symptoms
which best express 'failure' for argentum
nitricum. This is what some authors call
the 'themes' of a remedy: groups of symptoms
which express the essential features of a
remedy. Prepared by Philippe Servais (Paris).
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| You can even create your own Themes and Concepts. |
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