ANALYTICAL REPERTORY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF MIND

DR.C.HERING

Constantine Hering, MD, the "father" of American homeopathy, was born on January 1, 1800 in the
the town of Oschatz within the electorate of Saxony (now in Eastern Germany). CONSTANTINE
HERING 1800-1880 .In 1817 he attended the Surgical Academy of Dresden for three years and from
1820 he studied medicine at Leipzig University. While at Leipzig he was the student-assistant of a

Dr Robbi, an antagonist of homoeopathy. Robbi was approached by a local publisher to

write a book against homoeopathy but he referred the publisher to Hering because of his own lack
of time. Hering enthusiastically pursued this task, studying the writings of Hahnemann, repeating
provings, and undertaking other practical experiments as part of his research . In 1821 he had a
dissecting wound in his right index finger, doctors advised amputation of his finger . His friend
Kummer, a disciple of Hahnemann persuaded him to take homeopathic treatment and gave him
Arsenic-alb. After a few doses he felt better and the gangrene was soon cured completely. Hering
was surprised and became greatly interested in Homeopathy. .Instead of writing the negative
review, he immediately quit the job and became one of the most influential proponents of

homeopathy of all time .Hering graduated from the University of Liepzig (in 1826). In his doctoral
thesis titled, "On the Medicine of the Future", Hering declared himself to be a homoeopath

. Hering was approached by Wesselhoeft, Detwiller and Romig. They requested Hering to

join the school as the presedient and principal instructer.In 1835 April 10 on Hahnemann’s

birthday the school the Allentown academywas opened . .In 1848 he charteredHahnemannMedical
College of Pennslyvania which is still considered to be one of greatest homeopathic teaching

institutions of all time . .Homoeopathic pharmacy was the another area of Hering’s interest and
which he maintained until his death. .It was Hering who convinced Dr.Samuel dubs

to make the first decimal potencies in the united states. .Hering used nitroglycerine for heart

problems 30 years before it was used in conventional medicine. . Dr. Hering died at ten p.m. of July
23, 1880. He died suddenly of a heart attack while returning from a house call to a patient.

The funeral was held on July 28, 1880 the 52nd anniversary of his first Lachesis proving
CONTRIBUTIONS

.He proved 72 drugs, out of which the following are most important ones: Lachesis,Cantharis,
Colchicum, Iodium, Mezereum, Sabadilla, Sabina, Nux-mosch, Crotalus, Apis, Hydrophobinum,
Phytolacca, Platina, Gelsemium, Kalmia, Ferrum met, Flouric acid, Phosphoric acid etc

CONTRIBUTIONS

.• The domestic physician- 1835

• Condensed materia medica- 1873

• Analytical repertory of mind

• Guiding symptoms of our materia medica

.He was the chief editor of the .'North America Homeopathic Journal‘ (1851- 1853),

.'The Homeopathic News‘ (1854- 1856),

.'The American Journal of Homeopathic

Materia Medica‘from 1867 to 1871 .and the journal of his own college.

.HERINGS LAW OF DIRECTION OF CURE

• Cure takes place above downwards

• From within outward

• From a more important organ to less important organ

• Symptoms disappears in the reverse order of their appearance ( the first to apear being the last to
go)

ABOUT THE REPERTORY

In 1875, Hering wrote analytical therapeutics Vol-1 published by Boericke and Taffel, New York with

352 pages which may be the first edition of this book. The second edition of this book has published
in the heading Analytical repertory of the symptoms of mind in 1881 .Number of remedies 669

.Based mainly on provings and clinically verified symptoms of TPB .Data scatterd in our books and
journals

MAIN PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION

.To collect the all important symptoms, which are scattered in various books and journals

appeared through proving and cured through practice in one book .To enable the practitioner to find
the curative remedy with rapidity, even in apparent difficult cases .The reader can easily compare:

.1.The manner in which the drug acts.

.2.Organ or part of the body it influences.

.3.What is the kind, nature and degree of action.

.4.Kind of sensation it produces.

.5.Modalities.

.6.Concomitants.

.7.With a constant view to the general

characteristics of the drug.

CONTENTS

• Introduction

• How to use this book

• The arrangement (The 48 chapters)

• Our Nomenclature (Abridgement of Names, Limitation, List of Names and Their Abridgements,

Notes to the List of Names, Nosodes, Remarks, Abbreviations, Marks & Signs and Conclusion)

• Chapters

• Appendix to chapters, index to model cures, index to remedies, index (to the repertory)

INTRODUCTION

.The author explains the purpose of his Repertory. In this section itself he explains his reasons for
opposing Boenninghausen’s Grand Generalisation.

HOW TO USE THE BOOK

RULE-1. Examine as many cases as possible, according to Hahnemann’s advice, Organon, Paragraph
83 RULE-II. Arrange the symptoms acc to their importance. The beginner should do this in writing.

As a rule for arranging the symptoms of the sick. Aetiologicalpeculiarities have always a very high

rank In all chronic and lingering cases the symptoms appearing last even though they may appear

insignificant, Concomitant for confirming one drug from another Pathological names nearest to the
case may be considerd at last .In epidemics Take the most characteristic symptoms At the invasion.

At the height of the disease. Lastly during the decline of the disease, that is,during the recovery.

These three points have to be "covered" by the characteristics of the drug. We may find in this way

a preventive/"prophylactic," medicine. If it cannot prevent altogether, will make all cases lighter and

more readily curable.

ARRANGEMENTOF CHAPTERS

.The ARRANGEMENT of repertory is as in the second edition of the anti-psoric remedies

NOMENCLATURE.

Hering says we give names to secure the identity and adopt the most popular name by

preference, rather than the chemical or botanical name, as it is frequently liable to change .
Abridgement of names-the rule will be to make the abridgements in general 2 syllables in length, to
avoid mistakes three syllables or full name given.

LIST OF NAMES AND THEIR ABRIDGEMENTS

.I somewhat proved.

.I I more proved.

.I I used often

.I I very often

.III polychrest

MARKS AND SIGNS

Gradings of Remedies:

.I Observed on the healthy.

.II Observed often and repeatedly.

.I Applied successfully with the sick.

.II Applied very often and repeatedly.

.Sometimes intermediate or higher degrees are signified by II, III. Under each section medicines are
arranged alphabetically in left margin with markings which is easy to remember

PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION

.This repertory is arranged as in 5th part of second edition of the antipsorics by

Hahnemann, published in 1839 only very slight alteration is made to keep the

consistency and uniformity through out. . Starting with mind (inner symptom first and

then outer one). Sensorium then, the head and outer head. In functions we can see that

all the increase of action comes first, followed by the morbid alterations and last decrease or
lessening of the function.

. The parts of the body arranged from above downwards starting from the head and ending

with the lower limbs. The nutritive organs first then the organs keeping up the species sexual

organs, then the respiration, circulation and motion. From here, there is a slight alteration in the

Hahnemann’s arrangement, the influence of motion and rest and different position then

symptoms depending on the action of nerves – over excitement, convulsions, weakness,

lameness, sleep, (the restorer of the nerve force) with symptoms before during and after
sleep, and various parts of the day.

MAIN RULES FOLLOWED IN THIS REPERTORY

Inner symptoms and functions first, outer and organic changes afterwards.

First increased functional activity then altered and decreased.

First the parts, then the whole body. First upper parts then the lower.

All modalities placed to the related function. Each part will have at the beginning a key to

special order if necessary and an index at the end if it is considered an advantage to the

reader.

THIS REPERTORY CONSISTS OF 48

CHAPTERS:

.1.Mind and disposition. .2.Sensorium. .3.Headache and affections of the inner head. .4.External
head. .5.Sight and eyes. .6.Hearing and Ears. .7.Smell and Nose. .8.Face. .9.Lower part of face.

.10.Teeth and Gums. .11.Taste, Talk, Tongue. .12.Inner mouth. .13.Palate and Throat. .14.Desire for
food and drink. .15.Before-During- After Eating and Drinking .16.Gastric Symptoms. .17.Epigastric
Region. .18.Hypochondriac Regions. .19.Abdomen. .20.Rectum and Anus. .21.Urinary Organs.

.22.Male functions and organs. .23.Female Organs. .24.Pregnancy and parturition. .25.Larynx.

.26.Respiration. .27.Cough. .28.Inner chest and lungs. .29.Heart and circulation. .30.Outer chest.

.31.Neck and back. .32.Upper limbs. .33.Lower limbs. .34.All the limbs. .35.Rest-Position-Motion.

.36.Nerves. .37.Sleep. .38.Times of the day. .39.Relations to warmth, Air and water; Wind

and weather; Seasons. .40.Fever. .41.Changes according to time. .42.Relations to space-Changes

according to space. .43.Sensations Classified. .44.Tissues. .45.Passive motions and touch.

.46.Skin..47.Stages of life. .48.Relationship with other drugs

.Further we can also divide the 48 chapters mainly into 2 categories .Ailments from emotion and
exertion of mindChapters 1 & 2). Page 69 to 109 .Mental concomitants of bodily complaints

.(Chapter 3 onwards).

CONSTRUCTION INSIDE THE CHAPTER

.Inside each chapter the drugs are arranged vertically along the left margin in bold with

their gradation. .The arrangement is entirely new and affords great relief to the eyes, as the motion
from above downwards is accomplished with less fatigue and with more certainty,
.In some sections this list is missing, for example: earache, outer ear, nose and outer

nose etc. In the text area sub rubrics are given with differentiating rubrics.in some places they

are also graded. .Sub rubrics are given in bold ..Sub sub rubrics are given in roman with

remedies in italics .At the end of each section model cures can

be seen. .Potency is given rarely as superscript .In the section headache from exertion of

mind or intellectual work the outside mark represents great exertion, over study and the

inner mark “t” is for thinking, “r” is for reading, “w” is for writing. In the section from over exertion
of mind and body, this book not only follows the gradation in accordance with Boenninghausen’s
repertory has been taken as the basis for this repertory. Marks on the inner side are in numerals and
are given as a comparative table with three numbers. It is the same grades used by Boenninghausen
in his repertory. the first number represents after emotion, the second after exertion of intellect, the
third exertion of the body. .In the section mental state after eating the B is break fast, d for dinner s
for supper. If only after one of the three meal, an*is added. In others the meal has not been

specially mentioned. In section palpitation with mental symptoms “a” signifies anxiety.

In the section after sleep the grade before the drug signifies amelioration and after the drug signifies

aggravation and the cipher signifies that nothing has been observed. .In the section on seasons, “w”
stands for winter, “spr” for spring, “s” for summer and “f” for rain fall.

In the section “chill, heat, sweat” the three grades represents chill, heat and sweat

respectively, if only two are there then they are the heat and sweat. In the section worse during the
phases of the moon, the first grade is for full moon and the second for new moon. These are
according to Boenninghausen and Jahr.

ANALYTICAL REPERTORY

As the drugs given in the left margin are differentiated on the basis of mental or

physical concomitant. This repertory is called the analytical repertory

SPECIAL FEATURES:

.Features of The Repertory include:

Rich section of Ailments from Emotions and exertions of mind i.e. the physical complaints

arising from mental exertions and emotions. This includes Ailments from Laughing, Love pangs,

Jealousy etc. . Elaborate work on Psychosomatic complaints i.e. mental complaints associated with
physical ailments. . A detailed description of Differential remedies, how each medicine differs from
the rest of the list in each complaint .Nosodes are also represented. .Model cures are given in each
section. .Drugs which posses neither provings nor sufficient clinical observations, have been omitted.
At the end of the book there is an appendix to few chapters and an index to the model cures with
the authors same, drug and page number. Followed by an index to the remedies. An index to the
symptoms is also given.

CRITICISM:.

The arrangement is totally different and very difficult to understand. . Systemic repertorization is not
possible. . Chapters are not arranged properly and no clear demarcation at the end of each

chapter. . Rubrics are not arranged properly and sub rubrics are not following an order it is

difficult to search. . Sub rubrics containing very few remedies. Chapter sensorium is missing.

. Total numbers of drugs used 749, but many drug synonyms are used and cross-references

are given. . Different type of symbols are used for representation in the different sections, thus

confusing .For some main rubrics drugs are not given. E.g. Better when thinking about something

else .Misplaced rubric -Cold, heat, sweat is given under external head. In some rubrics indentations
are given in sub rubric level. E.g- sweat, paleness, tongue, mouth and teeth.

Some rubrics have spelling mistakes/ old terminology. E.g- Scrobiculum), VomituritioPraecordial
anxiety(Uropoetic organs), Slumber)

AUTHOR REMARKS

When commenting about translation from German materia medica. Hering says east

wind from midst of Europe means dry land wind, not like our east but more like our

west wind. so dry or damp wind used. In Rio Janeiro or new Holland, the same

reversion has to take place with regard to the north and south wind of hemisphere.

Hence it is given as cold or warm wind. Bread in Germany means rye bread.

Bread and butter mean sandwiches.

CONCLUSION

.“Although ithis work bears some similarity to the Materia Medica, the mental process is

different in character; for while the Materia Medica requires a constant synthesis in the

mind of the reader, a constant action of the mind aiming at that which is general in the

numerous single observations as recorded in the symptoms; the therapeutical work

requires a constant analysis “- C HERING