<\/a>Dr Jayadeep.B.P<\/strong>\u00a0 BHMS MD<\/p>\nKNERR\u2019S REPERTORY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Full name – Repertory of Hering\u2019s guiding symptoms of our materia medica<\/li>\n
- Author \u2013Dr. Calvin B Knerr, M D<\/li>\n
- A concordance repertory based on Hering\u2019s guiding symptoms of our materia medica.<\/li>\n
- Published in 1896. Published in India by B Jain publishers<\/li>\n
- Reprint edition in 2002 and Augmented & Revised edition in 2006<\/li>\n
- Old edition contains 408 remedies in 48 chapters. New edition contains 419 remedies in 33 chapters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Gradation of remedies used <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- In old edition \u2013 4 gradings which denotes as II, I<\/strong>, II, I in\u00a0 hierarchial order<\/li>\n
- In new edition 5 gradings are given as<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- 5 mark \u2013 BOLD CAPITALS<\/strong><\/li>\n
- 4 mark \u2013 ORDINARY CAPITALS<\/li>\n
- 3 mark \u2013 Bold roman<\/strong><\/li>\n
- 2 mark \u2013 Roman italics<\/em><\/li>\n
- 1 mark \u2013 ordinary roman<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
MURPHY\u2019S REPERTORY <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Full name – Homoeopathic medical repertory<\/li>\n
- Author – Dr. Robin murphy<\/li>\n
- A modern alphabetical repertory mainly based on Kent\u2019s repertory and Knerr\u2019s<\/li>\n
- First edition – 1993, 2nd<\/sup> edition \u2013 1996<\/li>\n
- 1st<\/sup> Indian edition \u2013 1994 by Indian books & periodical syndrome, New Delhi<\/li>\n
- 2nd<\/sup> Indian edition \u2013 2002 by Jain Publishers, New Delhi<\/li>\n
- 3rd<\/sup> Indian edition \u2013 2010 by B Jain publishers with 74 chapters with more number of medicines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Gradation of remedies \u00a0in 3rd<\/sup> edition<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- 4 mark – BOLD CAPITALS<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
- 3 mark \u2013 BOLD<\/strong> CAPITAL <\/strong><\/li>\n
- 2 mark \u2013 Italics<\/em><\/li>\n
- 1 mark \u2013 Roman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
COMPARISON OF CHAPTER HEART OF KNERR\u2019S REPERTORY & MURPHY\u2019S REPERTORY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nIn Knerr\u2019s repertory <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- In old edition – Heart, Pulse and Circulation<\/strong> are given together as a single chapter – 29th<\/sup> chapter<\/strong><\/li>\n
- In new revised edition – they are considered along with inner chest, lungs, outer chest<\/strong> under chapter CHEST <\/strong>[24th<\/sup> chapter]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In Murphy\u2019s repertory<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- They are given separately.<\/li>\n
- In new 3rd<\/sup> edition – Heart<\/strong> is the 34TH<\/sup> Pulse <\/strong>is the 54th<\/sup> chapter. Circulation<\/strong> is given as a rubric under chapter Clinical <\/strong>[14th<\/sup> chapter]<\/li>\n
- In old edition – Heart<\/strong> was 35th<\/sup> Pulse<\/strong> was 56th<\/sup> chapter. Circulation<\/strong> was given under chapter Blood,<\/strong> as a rubric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Here for further comparison, old edition of Knerr\u2019s repertory and 3rd<\/sup> edition of Murphy\u2019s repertory are used.<\/p>\nKnerr\u2019s repertory \u00a0– Heart chapter <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Has 6 main sections \u2013 BLOOD, BLOOD VESSELS, HEART, PALPITATION, PERICARDIUM, PULSE<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Rubrics are arranged alphabetically under each sections along with symptoms in original form as sub-rubrics<\/li>\n
- Sub rubrics are expressions of symptoms as it is without much change.<\/li>\n
- Majority of the sub-rubrics are single medicine rubrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In Murphy – Heart <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- There is no arrangement as sections.<\/li>\n
- 283 main rubrics are given, starting with a rubric of \u2018Heart, general\u2019 <\/strong>then arranged alphabetically from \u2018aching\u2019 <\/strong>to \u2018wounded\u2019 <\/strong>along with sub-rubrics in alphabetical order.<\/li>\n
- Rubrics are well systematically arranged with more number of medicines for the purpose of repertorisation.<\/li>\n
- Important main rubrics are\u00a0 Anemia, Aneurism, Angina pectoris, Congestive heart failure, Dilatation,\u00a0 Edema, Endocarditis , Fatty degeneration, Heart attack, Heart beats, Hypertrophy, Inflammation, Menopause,at,heart troubles, Murmurs, Myocarditis, Pain, heart, Pain, region of heart,Palpitations, Paralysis, Pericarditis, Rheumatism, Systole,extra, Valvular heart disease etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0Knerr\u2019s repertory \u2013 sections<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- BLOOD
\n<\/span><\/strong>Blood is the 1st<\/sup> section\u00a0 with \u00a0rubrics<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n- Anemia, Carbonized, Chlorosis, Circulation, Coagulation, Color<\/li>\n
- Congestion, Corpuscles, Cyanosis, Decomposition, Ebullition, Fibrin<\/li>\n
- Hemorrhage, Hyperemia, Leukaemia , Oxidation, Plethora, Septicemia<\/li>\n
- Serum, Thick, Thin, Uneasiness, Zymosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In Murphy <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Blood is given as a rubric in chapter Clinical<\/strong> which is upgraded\u00a0 with more number of useful clinical sub rubrics like,
\n– Blood letting, ailments from, Transfusion, ailments from, Venesection, ailments from,
\n– \u00a0Embolism, Eosinophilia,\u00a0 Leucocytosis, Poisoning, Polycythemia, RBC cells, WBC cells etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- Rubrics like Chlorosis, Circulation, Cyanosis, Bleeding, Hyperaemia, Leukemia, Septicemia, Zymosis are given as direct rubrics in chapter Clinical <\/strong>with more no. of medicines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rubrics common in both repertories <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Congestion, Plethora, Serum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Some useful rubrics in Knerr, not seen in Murphy\u2019s repertory<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- BLOOD, anemia: amenorrhea, with<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, anemia :childbirth after<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, anemia : climacteric period in<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, anemia : consumption in<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, anemia: diabetes in<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, anemia: scurvy<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, circulation: Excited during menses -Sulph<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, circulation: Impeded,gives raise to edema – Cocculus<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, circulation: Affected in Menopause – Lach<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, circulation: deranged,portal – Card.m<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, circulation: Stoppage, sensation of, at night, with fright and then sweat (angina pectoris):- Lyco<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, coagulation: Formation of clots,causes plugs – Kali-m<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, coagulation: partly clotted,in haemorrhage – Ferr<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, coagulation: Difficult – Phos<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, coagulation: Easy- Merc<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, coagulation: Slow,or not at all – Dig<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, color: Black – Anthrac<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, color: Black, coagulated [viper bite] – Camph<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, color: Dark,cherry red – Anthrac<\/li>\n
- BLOOD , color: Violet – Amyg-am<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, corpuscles: Smaller and irregular [ascites] – Apis<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, corpuscles: White, abnormal number of – plb<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis: Angina pectoris in – Chin ars<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis : Asthma during fit of – Ipec<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis : Bronchitis in – Lobel<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis : Dyspnea with – Ipec<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis : Emphysema with – Lobel<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis: Fever in yellow – Carbo veg<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Cyanosis: Forman ovale,non closure of – Dig<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, fibrin: augments and transforms into connective tissue: Deficient: Phos<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, haemorrhage: Abortion,threatening – Cinnam<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, haemorrhage : Abortion at 3rd<\/sup> month – Trill<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, haemorrhage:Anemia,causes – Ferrum<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, Leukemia (leucocythaemia):Corpuscles normal as to quantity, but lack color:- Ferr P<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, plethora: In old people,in well nourished – Nux v<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, plethora: Venous – Carb v,sul ac<\/li>\n
- BLOOD, septicemia: Child bed in – ars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
BLOOD VESSELS <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- With rubrics like<\/li>\n
- Aneurism, Atheroma, Capillaries, Distended, Elasticity, Fatty degeneration, Circular fibres, Induration, Inflammation, Injuries, Murmurs, Naevus, Stenosis, Thrombosis, Varicose veins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In Murphy <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Blood vessels are given as a rubric in Clinical<\/strong> chapter with similar subrubrics but with more no. of medicines and asked to consider rubric\u00a0 \u2018veins<\/strong>\u2019 as a cross reference.<\/li>\n
- Aneurysm, thrombosis and varicose veins<\/strong> are separate rubrics under \u2018Clinical\u2019 chapter<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Rubrics in Knerr but not seen in Murphy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: Aorta,arch of, Kali-I<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: Aorta,of descending – Ran s,spong<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: Flat – Carb v<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: of large vessels near heart – Lycopus<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: Round – Carb v<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: Syphilitic – Iod,kali I<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS, aneurism: Vagus and its branches, involving pressure on – eucalyptus<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,atheroma : Morbus, brighti – Phos ac<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,atheroma:Obese persons in – Caps<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,atheroma: Old people in – Lac<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,atheroma: Pulmonary arteries, dilatation of right heart (cerebral oedema) – phos<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,capillaries: Net like appearance – Caust<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Distended: Carotid – Bell,glono.verat v<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Distended: Jugular veins – Camph,amyg-am<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Distended: Veins, arms, legs – Eucalyptus<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Elasticity: – Sumb<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Fatty degeneration: – Calc<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,inflammation: Vena cava,superior – Phos<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,thrombosis: In Albuminaria – Calc-ars<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,thrombosis: Of Great veins of region of groins(pyaemia):- Ars<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,thrombosis: Hydrogenoid constitutions, in, particularly with affections of glands – Nat-s<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Varicose veins: esp from alcohol – Crot h<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Varicose veins: Blue – Carb v<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Varicose veins: in left leg – Ambr<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Varicose veins :on legs – Puls<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Varicose veins: Women, especially in, who have borne many children, obstinate – Fl-ac<\/li>\n
- BLOOD VESSELS,Varicose veins: In Young persons – Ferr p<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
III. HEART <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- with rubrics like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Aching, Action, Affections, Aneurism, Angina, Anxiety, Arms, Asthma, Beat, Breathing, cavity, Dilatation, Dropsy, Ears, Ebullition, Inflammation, Fatty degeneration, Foramen ovale, non closure, Functional disorder, Gout, Haemorrhoids, \u00a0Inflammation, Paralysis, Percussion sound, \u00a0Rheumatism, Sounds, Stenosis, \u00a0Valvular affections, Weak action etc<\/p>\n
\n- rubrics are arranged alphabetically, with many clinical & pathological rubrics<\/li>\n
- rubric \u2018mental conditions\u2019 <\/strong>are unique to this repertory are worthy to note.<\/li>\n
- rubric Heart \u2018Sounds\u2019 <\/strong>with many sub rubrics like Bellowing, bruit, deep, diastolic, friction like, knuckle, metallic, murmurs, Systolic etc and the rubric\u00a0 \u2018percussion sound<\/strong>\u2019\u00a0 are more clinically useful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Some important Cross references made are<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Angina \u2013 inner chest, angina<\/li>\n
- Dilatation \u2013 organic affections<\/li>\n
- Endocarditis – inflammation<\/li>\n
- Enlargement \u2013 organic affections<\/li>\n
- Failure – paralysis<\/li>\n
- Foramen ovale,non closure of – Blood, cyanosis<\/li>\n
- Hypertrophy \u2013organic affections<\/li>\n
- Murmur -sounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In Murphy <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Almost all rubrics of Knerr\u2019s heart section are able to recollect under Heart <\/strong>chapter with definite order and more number of medicines.<\/li>\n
- Many more clinical rubrics are added as direct rubrics <\/strong>like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Angina pectoris, Congestive heart failure, Dilatation of heart, Fatty degeneration of heart, Endocarditis, Heart attack, Heart beats, Hypertrophy, Inflammation, Murmurs, Myocarditis, Palpitations, Paralysis, Pericarditis, Rheumatism, Extra systole, Valvular heart disease etc<\/p>\n
Rubrics not seen in Murphy\u2019s repertory<\/span><\/p>\n\n- HEART, affections: Right, of, with venous stagnation – Phos<\/li>\n
- HEART, affections: As of something alive running – Cycl<\/li>\n
- HEART, anxiety: In climaxis – Ther<\/li>\n
- HEART, anxiety: With attacks of pain in chest – Psor<\/li>\n
- HEART, anxiety: Crime, as if she had committed a, and restlessness, or some misfortune were in store, drives her from one place to another (amenorrhoea from fright) – Rhus t<\/li>\n
- HEART, anxiety: Facial neuralgia, with – Spig<\/li>\n
- HEART, Beat: Excessive, in exophthalmic goiter – Iod<\/li>\n
- HEART, Breathing: organic disease, with spasmodic asthma:Cardiac dyspnoea – Amyl-n<\/li>\n
- HEART, Fever: rheumatic, with cardiac complications – Lyco<\/li>\n
- HEART, Functional disorder: Idiopathic – ars<\/li>\n
- HEART, Functional disorder: Over exertion from – Coca<\/li>\n
- HEART, Head:pain extend to – Lith c<\/li>\n
- HEART, Inflammation: Acute,idiopathic or rheumatic – Naja<\/li>\n
- HEART, Inflammation: bad effects of acute – Naja<\/li>\n
- HEART, Inflammation: Chronic – Cactus<\/li>\n
- HEART, Kidneys: Cirrhotic, with heart disease – Plb<\/li>\n
- HEART, Kidneys: Organic disease of heart in morbus brightii – tereb<\/li>\n
- HEART, Lying down,can lie only on left side (disease of heart): – Ars met<\/li>\n
- HEART, Lying down: painful,on left side – Lach<\/li>\n
- HEART, Menses: cardiac trouble at menopause – Crot h<\/li>\n
- HEART, Metastasis;<\/li>\n
- HEART, Paralysis: seems to be paralyzed – Anan<\/li>\n
- HEART, Paralysis: From inflammation of spinal cord – Oxa ac<\/li>\n
- HEART, Paralysis: threatened, in pericarditis – Chlol<\/li>\n
- HEART, Paralysis: threatened, In pneumonia – Ant t phos<\/li>\n
- HEART, Stenosis: – aur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PALPITATION <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Starts with a group of medicines with different gradings which can consider medicines in general<\/li>\n
- Then rubrics are arranged alphabetically from \u2018abdomen\u2019 <\/strong>to \u2018with, worms\u2019 <\/strong><\/li>\n
- Modality rubrics like afternoon, bending, eating, exertion etc and Causative modalities like anemia, climacteric period, fistula in ano, Epilepsy etc also\u00a0 well represented<\/li>\n
- Nature of palpitations also considered like audible, frequent etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In Murphy <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Palpitation is under chapter Heart<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Starting with the rubric \u2018palpitations in general\u2019 <\/strong>to \u2018young girls in\u2019 <\/strong><\/li>\n
- Almost all rubrics of Knerr\u2019s repertory can see in this chapter too with with more modality rubrics and more number of medicines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- PERICARDIUM <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- With only 3 rubrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
–\u00a0 Ecchymosis
\n–\u00a0 Effusion [dropsy, hydropericardium]
\n–\u00a0 Inflammation [pericarditis] with many useful sub rubrics<\/p>\n
In Murphy <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- There is no section or direct rubric as pericardium<\/li>\n
- Effusion can be seen as a rubric \u2018Edema, pericardium\u2019<\/strong> in Heart<\/strong> chapter with a group of medicines<\/li>\n
- Pericarditis<\/strong> is given as a direct rubric in Heart <\/strong>chapter with only 4 sub rubrics including \u2018Chronic\u2019 and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u2018Rheumatic\u2019 but with more number of medicines<\/p>\n
Rubrics not in Murphy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- PERICARDIUM, Inflammation (pericarditis):Idiopathic: – verat v<\/li>\n
- PERICARDIUM, Inflammation (pericarditis):nephritis,with \u2013 Coc.c<\/li>\n
- PERICARDIUM, Inflammation (pericarditis): Pneumonia, in complication with croupous – Iod<\/li>\n
- PERICARDIUM, Inflammation (pericarditis): Rheumatism, with acute articular \u2013 Iod<\/li>\n
- PERICARDIUM, Inflammation (pericarditis): Second stage \u2013 Kali m<\/li>\n
- PERICARDIUM, Inflammation (pericarditis): Subacute \u2013 Asc t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PULSE <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Last section, starts from rubric \u2018absent\u2019 <\/strong>to \u2018wiry\u2019 <\/strong><\/li>\n
- Some important rubrics are – Absent, Accelerated, Dicrotic, Feeble, Frequent, Full, Intermtting, Irregular, Quick, Rapid, Small, Soft, Synchronous, Thread like, Weak etc which expressed different nature of pulses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Under rubric \u2018Accelerated\u2019<\/strong> pulse rate is given from 80 till 200 with corresponding medicines \u00a0and under rubric \u2018Slow\u2019<\/strong> pulse rate from 30 to80 \u00a0are also given<\/li>\n
- Pulse rate in different clinical states are also given along with medicines<\/li>\n
- Rubric \u2018intermittent\u2019 <\/strong>gives intermitting nature of pulse under many sub rubrics like \u2018every 3rd<\/sup> beat\u2019, \u2018every 4th<\/sup> beat\u2019 etc and also in some clinical states<\/li>\n
- Pulse section was quite an useful section for reference purpose in clinical application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0In Murphy <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n- PULSE<\/strong> is a separate chapter starts from \u00a0rubric \u2018Abnormal pulse\u2019 <\/strong>to \u2018Wiry pulse\u2019 <\/strong><\/li>\n
- with 61 rubrics<\/li>\n
- Almost all rubrics are reproduced here too with more no. of medicines<\/li>\n
- Pulse rate is given here under rubrics \u2018fast\u2019<\/strong> and \u2018slow\u2019 <\/strong><\/li>\n
- Intermitting nature of pulse given here as two rubrics under same name \u2018intermittent\u2019 – <\/strong>for different clinical states and for different nature of intermittency separately.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Additional rubrics not seen in Knerr are<\/span><\/p>\n