[Omeo33] Art 0917 - Homeopathy, 2008, 97 (1), 16-21

[Gino Santini]

New repertory, new considerations
A.L.B. Rutten, C.F. Stolper, R.F.G. Lugten and R.W.J.M. Barthels

The criteria for entering medicines in repertory rubrics are unclear  
and partly incorrect. A new repertory should be based on clear and  
objective criteria.
Retrospective and prospective assessment of medicines and symptoms by  
the Dutch Committee for Methods and Validation gives an indication of  
the validity of existing repertory entries. Reliance on the experience  
of one expert is the cause of part of the shortcomings of the  
repertory. This experience is highly influenced by chance. Another  
part is due to the use of absolute rather than relative occurrence of  
symptoms. Yet another part is caused by not comparing prevalence in  
the population ‘cured’ by a medicine with the remainder of the  
population. In many cases we need better definitions of symptoms.
A clear protocol and prospective research could overcome many  
shortcomings of the repertory. Statistics help to get more objective  
criteria, but we still need to reach consensus about how to handle  
probabilities of outcomes of our assessments.

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