Boger-Boenninghausen's repertory

Boenninghausen’s Characteristics and Repertory (called Boger-Boenninghausen's repertory in Mercurius) by C.M. Boger is a repertory based on the system of C.M. Boenninghausen used in the Therapeutic Pocketbook. This system, radically different from the system used by J.T. Kent and other homeopaths, was further perfected by C.M. Boger. He has enlarged the original Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocketbook (from 1863 rubrics to 28.471 and from 77.858 remedy additions to 287.888) and he has in this way created a formidable repertory, that could be without any hesitation compared to the Homeopathic Repertory by J.T. Kent.

The main ideas behind the Boenninghausen’s system are, that:
- It is possible to generalize rubrics (e.g. the symptom Head, location, forehead contains all remedies that produce any kind of sensations in the forehead and the symptom Eyes, itching contain all remedies producing itching sensation in any part of eyes).
- Every rubric is composed of four basic elements:

Locality
Condition
Modality
Concomitant

Majority of rubrics in the BCR contain information about all of the basic elements and create a valuable source of information for modern homeopaths. The main drawback of Boenninghausen’s repertory is the fact, that as time went by, the Boenninghausen’s system was used only by minority of homeopaths and there were no additions to the BCR and the last edition of the BCR is from the year 1938. In order to increase the usability of the BCR, we have made many improvements to the contents and the structure of this repertory.

1. Modernization of the language

In order to bring the Boenninghausen’s Characteristics and Repertory (BCR) closer to modern users, we have updated the language of the repertory. Archaic terms were replaced with the modern ones and the result is a better usable repertory containing wealth of information written in a modern and more understandable language.

Original term	New term
thro	through
swelled	swollen
caecal	cecal
ileo caecal	ileo-cecal
bellyache	abdominal pain
haemorrhage	hemorrhage
maidens	girls
haemorrhoids	hemorrhoids
humour	humor
leucorrhoea	leucorrhea
foods	food
gonorrhoea	gonorrhea
drafts	draft
osteo-myelitis	osteomyelitis
tumour	tumor
citron	lemon
dyspnoea	dyspnea
amenorrhoea	amenorrhea
fontanelles	fontanels
oedema	edema
fraenum	frenum
haemetemesis	hemetemesis
crampings	cramps
vigour	vigor
oesophagus	esophagus
lithaemic	lithemic
groupes	groups
haematocele	hematocele
naevus	nevus
pyorrhoea	pyorrhea

Examples of modified rubrics:

Original rubric	New rubric
Cough, expectoration, yellow, citron yellow	Cough, expectoration, yellow, lemon colored
Urine, phenomena, citron-yellow	Urine, phenomena, yellow, lemon colored
Face, aggravation, lying, thereon	Face, aggravation, lying, face on
Face, aggravation, lying, thereon, when not	Face, aggravation, lying, on face, when not
Saliva, but feels dry	Saliva, changed, increased, but feels dry

2. Structure of the repertory

In order to maximize the benefits of the structure of BCR, we have arranged the rubrics according to their meanings. We have arranged all rubrics according to whether they describe a location or a phenomena. In this way we have added a description of the type of the rubrics to all relevant rubrics. In this way, it is possible to exactly differentiate the type of rubric we are looking for (rubrics describing aggravation, amelioration, concomitant, location or phenomena).

Example of the structure changes:

Original rubric	New rubric
Eyes, eyelids, in general	Eyes, eyelids, location, in general
Eyes, eyelids, upper	Eyes, eyelids, location, upper
Eyes, eyelids, adhering to balls	Eyes, eyelids, phenomena, adhering to balls
Eyes, eyelids, agglutinated, left	Eyes, eyelids, phenomena, agglutinated, left

Groups of rubrics therefore contain descriptors:

location
phenomena
aggravation
amelioration
concomitants
time

3. Corrected errors

3.1. The symptom “Urinary organs, urethra, phenomena, open feeling” contained an unknown remedy “copaiba”. It was changed to “Copaiva Officinalis”.

Reasons

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V - “Urethra, phenomena, open feeling” contains the remedy “Copaiva Officinalis”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Copaiva Officinalis] – “Urethra feels wide open”.
Phatak, S.R., Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines [Copaiva Officinalis] – “Urethra feels wide open”.
Boger, Cyrus Maxwell, Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica [Copaiva Officinalis] – “Urethra feels wide open”.

3.2. The symptom “Hypochondria, location, diaphragm” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Abdomen, location, diaphragm” contains the remedy Asclepias Tuberosa and does not contain the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Abdomen, pain, diaphragm” contains the remedy Asclepias Tuberosa and does not contain the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Cowperwaite, A.C, A Textbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pain in chest low down, on diaphragm”.
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pain in region of diaphragm on motion”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Thoracic pains, easier; still felt in region of diaphragm and on motion”
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Undefined pain: in forehead; in eyes; in molars; in throat; in stomach; in chest; in diaphragm;”
Hughes, R., Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Thoracic pains easier today, though still felt in region of diaphragm and on motion”.
Hale, E.M., Special Symptomatology of the New Remedies [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pain in the chest, low down, on the diaphragm”.
Clarke, J. H., A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pain in chest low down, in diaphragm”.
There are no known references of diaphragm-related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.3. The symptom “Hypochondria, throbbing, left” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Abdomen, location, hypochondria, left” contains the remedy Asclepias Tuberosa and does not contain the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Throbbing in left hypochondrium”.
Clarke, J. H., A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Throbbing in left hypochondrium”.
Allen, T.F, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Throbbing in the left hypochondrium (three and a half hours)”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Throbbing in left hypochondriac region”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Left: pain in scalp; pain behind eyeball; throbbing in hypochondrium”.
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Throbbing in left hypochondrium”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Throbbing in left hypochondriac region”.
There are no known references of hypochondrium-related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.4. The symptom “Chest, external chest, external, neuralgia, intercostal” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Chest, phenomena, pain, neuralgic, muscles, intercostal” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa, but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “chest; intercostal neuralgia”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “STITCHING PAINS; downward; transversely; in pleurisy or intercostal neuralgia”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Intercostal neuralgia: Ranunculus bulbosus and Asclepias tuberosa, while Bryonia and Ledum are indicated in rheumatic region of this region”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Vica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Asclepias tuberosa is a remedy that you must think of in cases of intercostal neuralgias with sharp, knife like pains, or in pleurisy or pericarditis, with similar pains”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Vica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “In cases of intercostal neuralgias or pains in the abdomen”.
There are no known references of intercostal neuralgia-related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.5. The symptom “Chest, external chest, external, pleurodynia” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

Phatak, S.R., Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “[Respiration] Pleurodynia”.
Boger, Cyrus Maxwell, Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “[Symptoms] Pleurodynia”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Vica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pleurisy. Pleurodynia. Rheumatism.”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pleurodynia”.
Clarke, J. H., A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pleurisy. Pleurodynia. Rheumatism.”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Very many cases of pleurisy and pleuropneumonia and some of the pleurodynia have been cured by it.”
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pleurodynia or acute pleurisy”.
There are no known references of pleurodynia-related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.6. The symptom “Chest, external chest, external, sensitive” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Chest, phenomena, sensitive” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa, but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Hale, E.M., Special Symptomatology of the New Remedies [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The spaces between the ribs, close to the sternum are sensitive to pressure”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Spaces between ribs close to sternum tender; 7 sensitive to pressure, and the pain, which is acute, quick and darting, shoots over right side”.

3.7. The symptom “Chest, location, inner chest, lower part” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Chest, location, lower” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa, but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Sore, in lower part of chest”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Soreness in lower part of chest”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Soreness: in throat; in lower part of chest”.

3.8. The symptom “Chest, location, inner chest, left” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Chest, location, left” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa (grade 3), but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca. The only reference to Asclepias Syriaca is in the symptom “Chest, sides, left” (grade 1).
Kent, J.T., Homeopathic Repertory – “Chest, cutting, sides, left” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa (grade 2), but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Kent, J.T., Homeopathic Repertory – “Chest, pain, stitching, sides, left” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa (grade 1), but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Kent, J.T., Homeopathic Repertory – Asclepias Syriaca does not contain any chest-related symptoms.
Boenninghausen C.M., Therapeutic Pocket Book – “Chest, left side” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa (grade 2), but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.9. The symptom “Chest, location, inner chest, ribs, between, intercostal” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – “Chest, location, muscles, intercostal” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa (grade 3), but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca. There is no other reference to this symptom or any other related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
Lilienthal, S., Homeopathic Therapeutics [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “pressure on intercostal spaces caused some pain”.
Clarke, J. H., A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “intercostal spaces near sternum tender to pressure”.
Clarke, J. H., A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The spaces between the ribs, close to the sternum, are sensitive to pressure”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Asclepias tuberosa is a remedy that you must think of in cases of intercostal neuralgias with sharp, knife like pains”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “In cases of intercostal neuralgias or pains in the abdomen”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “pressure on intercostal spaces caused some pain”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The spaces between the ribs close to sternum are tender on pressure”.
Boericke, William, Homeopathic Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Spaces between ribs close to sternum tender”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “pressure on intercostal spaces caused some pain”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “pain in intercostal spaces near sternum”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The spaces between the ribs close to sternum are tender on pressure”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – contains 3 references to intercostal neuralgia.
Allen, T.F., The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – contains 2 references to “spaces between ribs” and “intercostal space”.
Allen, T.F., A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homeopathy [Asclepias Tuberosa] – contains 2 references to “intercostal spaces” or “intercostal muscles”
Cowperwaite, A.C, A Textbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The spaces between the ribs, close to the sternum, are sensitive to pressure”.
Hale, E.M., Special Symptomatology of the New Remedies [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The spaces between the ribs, close to the sternum are sensitive to pressure”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Spaces between ribs close to sternum tender”.
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – contains 2 references to “intercostal muscles” or “spaces between ribs”.
Hughes, R., Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Spaces between ribs close to sternum are tender on pressure”.
Blackwood, A.L., A Manual of Materia Medica Therapeutics and Pharmacology [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The intercostal spaces, close to the sternum, are sensitive to pressure”.
There are no known references of intercostal-related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.10. The symptom “Larynx And Trachea, phenomena, sticking, larynx” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

Kent, J.T., Homeopathic Repertory – “Larynx and Trachea, pain, larynx” contains remedy Asclepias Tuberosa (grade 1), but does not contain remedy Asclepias Syriaca. There are no references to Larynx-related symptoms for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.
van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Asclepias Tuberosa is contained in 17 Larynx-related symptopms. Asclepias Syriaca contains 3 Larynx-related symptoms – “Larynx & Trachea, phenomena, in general”, “Larynx & Trachea, phenomena, tickling in air passages”, “Larynx & Trachea, tickling in air passages, nausea, with”

3.11. The symptom “Sensations And Complaints In General, phenomena, direction of pain, diagonal” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Asclepias Tuberosa is contained in 3 symptoms describing diagonal pains. Asclepias Syriaca is not listed among any of the symptoms with this type of pain.
Clarke, J. H., A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Rheumatic pains affect the body diagonally”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “pains occurring diagonally”.
Choudhuri, N.M., A Study on Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “These pains run diagonally”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – contains 3 references to diagonal pains.
Vermeulen, Frans, Concordant Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – contains 1 reference to diagonal pains.
Allen, T.F, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The pains are always felt crosswise”.
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Pains are always felt crosswise”.
There are no known references to diagonal pains for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.12. The symptom “Stool, concomitants during stool, anus and rectum, like fire” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Asclepias Tuberosa is contained in the symptom “Rectum, phenomena, burning, fire, like, stool, during”. Asclepias Syriaca is not listed in this symptom.
Allen, T.F, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “The stools, when passing, feel like a stream of fire”.
Boger, Cyrus Maxwell, Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Stools smell like rotten eggs, or burn like fire”.
Douglas, M.E., Pearls in Homeopathy [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Feeling as if a stream of fire passed through the abdomen, and as if bowels would come out”.
Bell, James, Homeopathic Treatment of Diarrhead [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Feeling as if a stream of fire passed through the abdomen, and as if bowels would come out”
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Frequent, painful, with colic, of bistre color and slimy, the last containing false membranes, looking as if intestines had been scraped, also yellow spots as from grease and feeling like a stream of fire”.
Vithoulkas, George, Materia Medica Viva [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “A feeling as if a stream of fire passed through abdomen”.
Phatak, S.R., Materia Medica of Homeopathic Medicines [Asclepias Tuberosa] contains 2 references to this symptom.
Other authors mention this symptom in their Materia Medica (Clarke J.H., Vermeulen Frans, Lilienthal S., Hering C.)
There are no known references to this symptom for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.13. The symptom “Stool, albuminous” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Asclepias Tuberosa is contained in the symptom “Stool, phenomena, mucous, slimy, albuminous”. Asclepias Syriaca is not listed in any similar symptoms.
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “[Stool] Entirely albuminous”.
Allen, T.F, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Stool without fecal matter; entirely albuminous”.
There are no known references to this symptom for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.14. The symptom “Stool, phenomena, fatty, oily, greasy, etc.” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Asclepias Tuberosa is contained in the symptom “Stool, phenomena, fatty, greasy”. Asclepias Syriaca is not listed in any similar symptoms.
Allen, T.F, Handbook of Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “[Stool] ...also yellow spots as from grease”
There are no known references to this symptom for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.15. The symptom “Teeth, phenomena, tartar on” contained the remedy Asclepias Syriaca. It was changed to Asclepias Tuberosa.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Asclepias Tuberosa is contained in the symptom “Teeth, phenomena, tartar”. Asclepias Syriaca is not listed in any similar symptoms.
Allen, T.F, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Yellow teeth, the enamel being covered with yellow tartar”.
Vermeulen, Frans, Synoptic Materia Medica II [Asclepias Tuberosa] – “Discoloration, teeth covered with yellow tartar
There are no known references to this symptom for the remedy Asclepias Syriaca.

3.16. The symptom “Mouth, time, night” contained a reference to an unknown remedy china-r. It was changed to Chinum Arsenicosum. The original remedy shortcut should probably have been “china-ar.”

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – China Arsenicosa is contained in the symptom “Mouth, time, night”.
Hering, Constantine, The Guiding Symptoms of Materia Medica [Chininum Arsenicosum] – “nightly delirium, difficult swallowing, fetid stench from mouth”.

3.17. The symptom “Teeth, concomitants, blood, rushes of” contained a reference to an unknown remedy Meg. It was changed to Mezereum. The original remedy shortcut should probably have been “Mez.”

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Mezereum is listed in the symptom “Teeth, modalities, blood, with rushes of”. Apart from Mezereum, this symptom lists also Sepia Officinalis (it is also located in the BCR symptom) and Hyosciamus Niger (it is not located in the BCR symptom).
Lilienthal, S., Homeopathic Therapeutics [Mezereum] – “[Toothache (tooth pain), odontalgia] rush of blood to head”.

3.18. The symptom “Sensations and Complaints in general, phenomena, waves undulations” contained a reference to an unknown remedy Senio. It was changed to Senecio Aureus. The original remedy shortcut should probably have been “Senecio.”

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Senecio Aureus is listed in the symptom “Generalities, phenomena, wavelike sensation”.
Other authors mention this symptom in their Materia Medica (Clarke J.H., Vermeulen Frans, Lilienthal S., Hale E.M., Hering C., Allen T.F., Hughes R., Boericke W., Phatak S.R.)

3.19. The symptom “Mouth, throat (and gullet), phenomena, dry” contained a reference to an unknown remedy Chi-o. It was changed to Chionanthus Virginica. The original remedy shortcut should probably have been “Chio.”

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Chionanthus Virginica is listed in the symptom “Throat, phenomena, dryness”.

3.20. The symptom “Stomach and Epigastrium, phenomena, anus, extending toward” contained a reference to an unknown remedy Orinth. It was changed to Ornithogalum Umbellatum. The original remedy shortcut should probably have been “Ornith.”

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – Chionanthus Virginica is listed in the symptom “Throat, phenomena, dryness”.

3.21. The symptom “Eyes, eyelids, phenomena, itching of, n., left” was changed to “Eyes, eyelids, phenomena, itching of, inner, left”.

Reasons:

van Zandvoort, Roger, Repertorium Universale V – the symptom “Eyes, phenomena, itching, lids, inner, left” contains remedy Natrium Muriaticum (same remedy that is contained in the “Eyes, eyelids, phenomena, itching of, n., left” BCR symptom).
Hahnemann S., Chronic Diseases [Natrium Muriaticum] – “Severe itching in the left inner canthus”.
Allen, T.F., Handbook of Materia Medica [Natrium Muriaticum] – “[Eyes] Itching in left inner”.
Allen, T.F., The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica [Natrium Muriaticum] – “Itching in the left inner canthus”.

3.22. The symptom “Lower Extremities, phenomena, swelling, joint, knee, white (tb.)” was changed to “Lower Extremities, phenomena, swelling, joint, knee, white (tuberculosis - fungus articulosum)”. A white swelling of the knee was believed to be tuberculosis and its correct name is fungus articulosum.

4. Changes to certain symptom groups

In order to update the language of the repertory, some symptom groups had to be changed.
4.1. Symptoms containing word “post” that referred were changed to “posterior nares”.

Example:
"Nose, phenomena, splinter like pain", post was changed to "Nose, phenomena, splinter like pain, posterior nares"

4.2. Name of the symptom group “Eyes-vision” was changed to “Vision”, since it was not necessary to have the reference to the word “eyes” and modern repertories use a separate term “vision”.

4.3. Name of the symptom group “Back, back proper - dorsal region, dorsal region” was changed to “Back, dorsal region”, because the definition “proper back” is archaic and no longer used. The term “dorsal region” is the correct term describing the location.

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