Minutus

Hello Arun,

I'm glad you did!
Yes, that is my primary focus doing this exersize.

Well, I just checked 'Allen's Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica' and there
actually is a reference to envy in the Pulsatilla prooving:
"Envious, avaricious, unsatisfied, greedy, he would gladly have everything
to himself."
Although, it is listed in plain type here. And H's M.M. Pura listed the
exact same phrase so I would guess that both have listed the same proover
here.
I couldn't find any reference to envy under Staphasagria in either H's or
Allen's M.M. Pura.
This prompted me to look again at Kent's instructions at the beginning of
his repertory and he said much the same thing:

"But for the mental symptoms particularly, it is well to go constantly
through the Repertory (Mind-section), and to master all that it presents;
and to make cross references; and to be sure that you get the correct
rubric; and often combine two rubrics that practically amount to the same
thing, and yet do not give quite the same list of drugs. As for instance,
'aversion to company' and 'better alone' may not be quite the same thing;
and yet it is often difficult to sort them. Again, 'worse in the dark', and
'fear of darkness are difficult to fix correctly in many cases, while the
elements 'fear of robbers', 'fear of ghosts' - 'of apparitions', etc., many
come in: so here you have at least four rubrics which you may have to
combine on pain of missing something. Many of the rubrics must be
considered in company, and all with intelligence and some elasticity, or
there is a great danger of eliminating the very drug you are in search of.
And--the better you know your Repertory, the more rapid your work will be,
and the better your results. Never grudge turning its pages."

So there we have it from the man himself.

Thanks for your input Arun, it prompted me to do some research and learn
some things that I woundn't otherwise have learned!

Hope you all having an insightful day!

Mary-anne Black