Originally Posted by DenisGibbon

Thanks Derek and Snoopy. I take your points very well.

I remember learning the repertorisation technique using Kent's Repertory as the reference. It seemed like a very mechanical process, but I later realized that the more important work really began at the conclusion of the repertorisation. I mean the study of the Materia Medica in relation to the probable remedies.

By the way, I was surprised when I looked at Clarke's choices of remedies and found that many of them were not even mentioned in Kent's repertory in places you would expect to find them.

So it seems to me that successful prescribing has more to do with a sound knowledge of Materia Medica than skillful repertorisation. This idea was already alluded to in Gavin's comment , but I see its significance more now, than I did before. It seems that the highly experienced Homeopath can very often manage without any need to refer to a repertory, but I would think that the on-going study of Materia Medica would be essential regardless of one's level of experience.

Are my conclusions correct?