rubrics and repertorisation

[Joy Lucas]

Thanks Rochelle, I just wanted to use this as a pointer towards advising, to
those who are interested, on rubric choice and repertorisation.

After choosing rubrics and having repertorised it is important to realise
that the remedy which comes out on top, i.e. scores the most points, isn't
necessarily the correct remedy. If rubrics have been chosen carefully then
the simillimum might actually be the remedy which comes out bottom, which
scores the least points. More important that it is there in all the rubrics
- even in plain small type all the way through.

When I repertorise a case I take, what I call, the leading rubric - one
where I cannot go beyond. By this I mean it could be a rubric which
dominates the case, or suggests the essence of the case, or it might be a
strange rare and peculiar sx, or a physical symptom which is so strong it
dominates, or something so specific (like a stabbing head pain above left
eye which extends backwards and never varies), or it might be serious
pathology which leads the case, etc.

When I have chosen this rubric I know the correct remedy is in that rubric
and that it should appear in all other rubrics chosen - it should follow
through. But it might be in plain lower case type all the way through. What
is important is that the remedies that are coming through are read up on in
the materia medicas and the chosen remedy must fit the case - the total case
not bits of it.

I know this sounds obvious, but sometimes there is nothing like stating the
obvious in helping to reach the simillimum so much quicker.

Best wishes, Joy Lucas
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[Rochelle]

Hi Joy,

I have my rep weighted for the number of rubrics that appear rather than the
number of points which is the default on Cara. It is very rare for me to
take the top Rx. You are quite right in pointing out the importance of
going to all the MM you can lay your hands on before prescribing. Repping is
just a tool but it is the search into the MM and their provings that finds
the correct remedy.

Regards, Rochelle
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[Dave Hartley]

Hi Joy,

I'm used to the term "elimination rubric" as a label for the technique you
describe of choosing a rubric as being essential to the case, and excluding
remedies not in that rubric.

The obvious danger with the technique is that if the Simillimum is not
present in the rubric (the repertory isn't perfect, also repertorizing is
sometimes tricky) -then you've eliminated the Simillimum from your purview

I often use the "elimination rubric" with the computer repertory- to get
different angles on a case when too many of the rubrics are kinda large.

A big YES! to your restatement of the obvious:

"What is important is that the remedies that are coming through are read
up on in the materia medicas and the chosen remedy must fit the case
- the total case not bits of it"

regards,
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284

[Joy Lucas]

Dear Dave, just to add this

but if the simillimum isn't in the rubric (because of imperfections or bad
choice of rubric) then reading up on the remedies coming through will show
that - none will fit the case fully. But don't be misled I do not just use
one rubric - all others of the case have to be chosen just as carefully. I
don't really regard it as an elimination process - quite the opposite - more
of a building process.

It is all part of the work we have to do in our case taking and analysis

Best wishes, Joy
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[Dave Hartley]

Hi Joy,

I'm very glad you mention this again, because it deserves underscoring.

Since the repertory is the index to the materia medica, and the map of the
remedy needs to be matched to the terrain of the client.. if, on diligently
studying all remedies (except those we have internalized well due to other
occasions of study & perhaps prior cases, which we may still re-read with an
eye to possible enlargement of our interpretation of the remedy)
-we find, as you say- "none fit the case fully" -then we may need to look
at our "building process" as being in momentary need of deconstruction- take
out one rubric, rethink, substitute another, see what results... and so on,
until your craftsmanship has built a series of rubrics which yield, on study
of MM, a likely simillimum.

I've seen too many instances where it seems that one has become too attached
to the rubrics selected.. forgetting that these rubrics are just building
blocks - to be moved about and fitted into place until they constitute a
rough model which guides us to the simillimum in the materia medica.

Thanks again for bringing this topic into the foreground... I am enjoying
witnessing your teaching style and facility with MM.

regards,
Dave Hartley
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284