Year :- 2020 – 2021

Presented
Dr. Sneha Wagh.Ganachari Professor
Boger Boenninghausen Characteristics Repertory.
• Introduction:-
Boericke and Tafel published it in 1905 in German language.M/s. Roy &
Company Bombay, India published his manuscripts then after with the
assistance of his wife, in 1936 on 1154 pages. They published second Indian
edition in 1952.
• Sources:-
1) Bonninghausen’s characteristics of Materia Medica.
2) Bonninghausen’s Therapeutic pocket book.
3) Whooping cough by Boenninghausen and
 Clarke.
4) Domestic physician by Dr. Herring.
5) Aphorisms of Hippocrates.
6) Intermittent Fever
7) Repertory of Antisporic remedies. -
Dr.Boenninghausen.
8) Sides of Body – G. Miller & Boenninghausen.
9) Boenninghausens Repertory of Antipsoric remedies.
• Philosophical background –
Dr. C. M. Boger accepted the some principles of finding out Similimum.
Boenninghausens characteristics and repertory is also based on
following fundamental concepts – 1) Doctrine of pathological
generals.
 2)Doctrine of causation and time.
3)Doctrine of Clinical rubrics.
4)Doctrine of Fever totality.
5) Doctrine of Concordance.
Doctrine of Pathological Generals –
Besides the concept of complete symptom Dr. Boger emphasized
certain general tendencies of the tissues and propensity to certain
types of abnormal changes as an important feature aiding in the
selection of the Similimum
• Doctrine of Causation and Time –
Dr. Boger has given importance to Causation and time modalities
while prescribing Homoeopathic remedy.
 • Doctrine of Clinical Rubrics –
Dr. Boger’s concept of including clinical rubrics in his repertory, was
to get group of remedies and not to prescribe the final Similimum on
the basis of clinical rubrics or clinical Nosological terms.
• Doctrine of Fever Totality –
Fever totality is one of the separate contributions of Dr. Boger in
the work of Therapeutic pocket book. But this section, unless
studied carefully, is confusing in its arrangements of headings and
rubrics.
Doctrine of Concordance –
In his repertory we find the chapter on concordance, a little known and
seldom-used section that has proved of inestimable benefit when
comprehended. It is practically the section as the relationship of remedies
of the Therapeutic Pocket Book.
• Construction of the repertory –
Boger’s work is mainly divided in to FOUR parts:-
1) Introductory part
2) Characteristics of Materia Medica.
3) Repertory proper.
4) Concordance part.

Chapters :-
• Mind
• Sensorium
• Vertigo
• Head • Ears
• Eye • Nose
• Face • Epigastrium
• Teeth • Hypochondria
• Mouth • Abdomen
• Appetite • External abdomen
• Thirst • Inguinal and pubic
• Taste region
• Eructation • Flatulence
• Water brash and heart • Stool
burn • Anus and rectum
• Hiccough • Perineum
• Nausea and vomiting • Prostate gland
• Stomach • Urine
• Urinary organs • Menstruation
• Genitalia sexual impulse
• Respiration • Larynx and trachea
• Cough
• Voice and speech
• Neck and external throat • Compound fever
• Chest • Conditions in
• general
• Back

• Conditions of aggravation and

• Upper extremities amelioration in general

• Lower extremities

• Concordances.
• Sensation and complaints in general
• Glands
• Bones
• Skin and exterior body
• Sleep
• Dreams
• Fever

• Arrangement of Remedies –
Boger followed the same innovation, which
Boenninghausen introduced in the grading of remedies.
He indicated the grading of symptoms in to Five grades by the use of
different typography such as CAPITAL - 5 Marks
Bold - 4 Marks
 Italics - 3 Marks
Roman - 2 Marks
(Roman) - 1 Mark

Bogers concept of totality –

• Dr. Bogers concept of analysis and evaluation of symptoms was
different, which we have studied under “Synoptic key to M.M.” where he
classified symptoms in following manner: -
a) Modalities - Causation, time, temperature, weather, open air,
Posture, motion, eating and drinking, sleep, touch, discharges. Etc.
b) Mind Irritability, sadness, fear, placidity.
c)Sensations - burning, cramping, cutting, throbbing etc.
d) Objective Aspect - Restlessness, nervous, excitability, Facial
expressions.
e)Part Affected - organs, side, right or left.
• Advantages:• Complete symptom.
• Diagnostic clinical rubric is mentioned in each chapter.
• Pathological generals are valuable for repertorization.
• Rubrics with sub rubrics in each chapter.
• Constitution with group of medicines in each chapter.
• Fever chapter is unique work of Boyer.
• Cross reference are very useful .
• Disadvantages:-
• Contains only 125 remedies; mind chapter contains few rubrics.
• 53 chapters are there in repertory but specific order is not
followed .
• Misplacing of rubrics created difficulties in finding them.
• Many rubrics have single or few medicines.
Thank you !