Hi,I am a new member;I would appreciate if somebody can explain me in detail:the elimination repertorization method!!
Thanks
Sorry for my english :

Elimination is where you choose one to three symptoms from the case *that you can rely on* and choose only a remedy found in the rubrics that match.

It is important that whatever symptoms you choose must be reliable - little interpretation on the part of the practitioner. For instance, if a patient must have lots of fans blowing, all the time, even when they are sleeping, you can Eliminate any remedies not found in the Rubric "Desires to be fanned". If a patient craves lots of cold water, DON'T use a rubric like "worse for heat" or "Ailments from being overheated" to eliminate, as this is merely an interpretation of the facts.

This helps to cut down on the work involved in repetorising a case. It is also helpful to eliminate using rubrics that have no more than 20 remdies in them. I prefer to use rubrics with much less - this helps narrow your choices more quickly.

Once you have eliminated down to a small group of remedies, you can then continue to repetorise using any other symptoms that have caught your intention, including any interpretations on your part, or any theories (plant groups, animal remedies, Scholten themes etc).

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David Kempson.<br />Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine.<br />Lecturer Australian College of Natural Therapies (Brisbane Campus)<br />Member AHA, AROH, HMA<br />Member Australian Homoeopathic Association. Member#0442.

Thanks DavidJK,but i have a doubt:
What is the criterion to choose the eliminatory sympton between 3 0 4 of these,That i suppose all have to be representative of the patient?

The only real criteria is that the symptom can be relied on. If you are going to eliminate any remedy that is NOT in that rubric, you have to be 100% certain it is a reliable symptom. If you have any doubts as to whether the rubric represents that symptom, then don't use it. If the symptoms are not particularly strong then I also would not use it.

If a person says they like coffee, I would not use "desires coffee" as an eliminating symptom. If that person said they loved coffee and drank 10 cups a day and could not go long without craving for the next cup, I would consider it for an eliminating symptom. If someone says they are nervous around snakes, I would not use "fear snakes" as an eliminating symptom, but if they said they cannot even bear to see a picture of a snake in a magazine without wanting to scream and run away, it is a good candidate for eliminating.

Also remember that only symptoms that are spontaneously offered by the patient, without any prompting or suggestions from the practitioner, are really useful for elimination. If the practitioner offers a few choices, and , heaven forbid, starts reciting rubrics from the repetory for the patient to choose from, they are USELESS - WORSE THAN USELESS, as you are beginning to corrupt the patient's natural expressions.

Hope this has been helpful.

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David Kempson.<br />Dip.Homoeopathic Medicine.<br />Lecturer Australian College of Natural Therapies (Brisbane Campus)<br />Member AHA, AROH, HMA<br />Member Australian Homoeopathic Association. Member#0442.

Thanks DavidJK for your help

Yes! we do note all the symptoms of the patient. But whenever we will prescribe. We will only prescribe by selecting only one symptom.

In other words. We base our prescription on only one symptom. If the selected remedy is also touching other symptoms of the patient then it is O.K. But it is not necessory.

Expert opinon requestd. This case will help you to understand this lesson. Although we read and noted many symptom but prescription is based on only symptom.

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Hafeez
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WRONG DR MASS

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Wrong dr. Mass
similia similibus curantur!
Cure by symptom similarity.
this means by mathing the symptoms of the disease with a remedy which has all of them in its provings. matching only one and leaving the others dissimilar is allopathic treatment, and leads to suppression.
I am surprised to see comment's like these of a homeopath having all these titles behind their name.

Hans Weitbrecht
Homeopath

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Ditto.
Well put.

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Carroll Dunham

DR.MAS.Don't you think that by choosing a single symptom lose valuable information,leaving outside several medicines?
Wouldn't be prudent to select 3 or 4 characteristic symptoms and choose only one as eliminatory?
Thanks for your reply