Dear Members
I have been away for a few days and I am pleasantly surprised to see all this interest in this topic.
Why the characteristics?

This is a concise and complete compilation of the most important points of the provings gathered by Boenninghausen. It is kind of a mini materia medica, which gives the centre of the remedy. It is printed in front of the Repertory part of Boger-Boenninghausen’s repertory, But, in fact, it’s a book in its own. We found, that this exercise furnishes in a very short time a good working knowledge of what’s important in each remedy. Once this exercise is done, a further study may be conducted by comparison of the actual provings with the TT in a similar fashion.

Here is a point, which brings us a bit away from the original heading:

Homeopathic prescribtion in a nutshell

It is outlined in the paragraphs,7, 71, 153/154, 164, 211/212 et.al, that the homeopathic prescription is based on:
1) The totality of disease symptoms, of which
2) The group of strange rare and peculiar symptoms needs special attention, and
3) the changes of the mood take the importance, to often be decicive in the final differentiation.

This group of par 153 symptoms is matched by characteristics of the remedy.

This is the method advocated by Hahnemann and used by Boenninghausen in their works and defines the homeopathic method as such. I term this after these two Gentlemen to highlight other ways and means of prescribing, such as the Kentian approach, or the more recent varieties.

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Hans Weitbrecht
Consultant Homeopath