COMPARISON AMONG

SIMILAR
MENTAL RUBRICS
SYNTHESIS REPERTORY
 Dr. Devika Chaturvedi
PG SCHOLAR
Department of Case Taking & Repertory
State National Homoeopathic Medical
College & Hospital, Lucknow
 WHAT IS A RUBRIC.?
1. The word rubric is originated from the latin word ‘rubrica’ which
means heading.
2. Rubrics are the converted forms of symptoms of a person. Thus, a
rubric is the repertorial language of representing a symptom and
clinical terms.
3. When a patient narrates us a symptom we convert it into rubric and
look for the medicine against that particular rubric in repertory.
 MENTAL RUBRICS
1. The mental symptoms narrated by the patient converted into rubrics
represent the mental rubrics.
2. Although it has been accepted since Hahnemann's time that mental
symptoms play a very important role in unfolding the true image of
sickness.
3. But in practical experience they are not only difficult to obtain from
sick persons but are also very difficult to understand correctly and
convert them into rubrics for selection of similimum.
 NEED TO STUDY SIMILAR RUBRICS
1. There are many mental rubrics which somewhat
appear similar to each other i.e. are synonyms but
have different meanings.
2. So let us understand the differences between
these rubrics and know the situations where these
can be taken during case taking.
 I. ABSENT MINDED/ABSORBED/
ABSTRACTION OF MIND

1.A B S E N T MIN D E D
● Inatten tio n of m in d
● Pre-occupied to the point of failure to respond to the ordinary
demands without having any thoughts. A person who is not
doing anything and still he doesn’t respond to the ordinary calls
although he has no oth er th o u g h ts in his m in d .
ABSENT MINDED
ABSORBED
➢ B ein g fixed in certain
th o u g h ts. The mental
capacities are working
perfectly and the mind is
fixed in certain thoughts,
totally engaged in certain
problems, and not reading
what is going on around
him.
 ABSTRACTION
OF MIND
• A destructive symptom; something in
the mind has been lost.
• Here the pers o n is to tally ou t of
reality , sep arated fro m th e res t
of th e w o rld .
ABSENT MINDED ABSORBED ABSTRACTION OF
MIND

➢Inattention of mind ➢Fixed in certain ➢Something in the mind

thoughts has been lost.

➢Mild stimulation is ➢More deep than absent ➢It is an impractical idea;

needed to bring the mindedness; patient something visionary and
patient back to the comes to present unrealistic.
immediate surrounding. situation with difficulty

➢Ex- Agn., Apis, Cann-i., ➢ Ex- HELL. ➢Ex- Kali phos, Nux-m.,
Hell., caust., lach., puls., Puls., Sep
sep.,plat.
 II. ABANDONED/ESTRANGED/ DESERTED
1. A B A N D O N E D
= F O R S A K E N F E E L IN G
= D E S E R TE D
● Forsaken feeling is a feeling of loneliness, as if others
have left her in his time of need. As he expects too much
from others, he feels forsaken when he
becomes unable to get help up to his level of expectation.
ABANDONED OR FORSAKEN FEELING OR DESERTED
 ESTRANGED
1. Estranged is having become a stranger, of one who formerly was
close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

1. Here we can differentiate it from; indifference loved ones to, in

which the individual develops
a lack of feeling or care (but not unfriendliness) for someone with
whom he not only had a good relation but also a strong sense of love.
ESTRANGED
ABANDONED ESTRANGED
➢ =Forsaken feeling ➢Person himself behaves like a
= Isolation, sensation of stranger to those with whom formerly
= loneliness he was having good relationship.

➢ Feeling of being left alone by loved

ones.
➢Ex- Lach., Nat-m., Sep., puls.
➢Ex – Aur., Psor., Puls., Nat.-sil. Sulph.
 1. B E N E V O L E N C E - Benevolence is
III. BENEVOLENCE / the disposition to do good or help
others.
CHARITABLE /
SYMPATHETIC /
GENEROUS/
ANXIETY OTHERS
FOR
 CHARITABLE
● Charitable giving is the
act of giving money,
goods or time to the
unfortunate,
either directly or by
means of a charitable
trust or other worthy
cause.
SYMPATHETIC
‘Sympathetic’ people feel
suffering of others. They
may or mayn’t express
their feeling outwardly;
they mayn’t give
something material to
them. Just a feeling of
heartily pity for the
suffering of others.
 GENEROUS
1. Generous’ people share money, time with others or may help them by
active participation, but more than the normal expectations.
 ANXIETY FOR OTHERS
Anxiety, Others for means being much worried about
the problems of others. They may help others, but due
to worry; not the kindness or a feeling of pity
BENEVOLENT SYMPATHETIC CHARITABLE GENEROUS ANXIETY FOR
OTHERS

➢Disposition to ➢May or may ➢ Helping ➢Helping ➢There is a

help others not help others others by others more prominent
but has a feeling giving than the feeling of
of pity toward
material normal worry rather
the suffering of
things expectation than pity or
others.
kindness
➢Don’t have ➢Might have
any selfish any selfish
motive behind
motive
➢Ex- Carc. ➢ Ex- Carc. , ➢Ex- Triticum ➢Ex- Cocc.,
vulgare, vanilla Phos.
Phos., Spong
aromatica, nat-
m
 IV. HAUGHTY/
EGOTISM/CONTEMPTUOUS/INSOLENT/
VANITY/ POMPOUS IMPORTANT
HA U G H TY
=proud
=Narcissism
=conceit
=Arrogance

➢ ‘Haughty’ people have the feeling of

superiority of self over others
 EGOTISM
1. A feeling of having respect for
yourself and your abilities

2. It is the feeling of pride in

yourself.
 CONTEMPTUOUS
• = despising
• = scoffing
• = scorning

1. Contemptuous’ people misbehave others showing lack of respect and

insult them with self-ego

2. These people behave or talk in a way which clearly express that they
consider others worthless.
CONTEMPTUOUS
 INSOLENT
● Insolence is being boldly rude to someone who are ought to
be respectful. It is an offensive disrespectful act.
 POMPOUS, IMPORTANT
● Feeling pompous’, means one is feeling that he is
an important person, feeling of an exaggerated
dignity pride.
● He usually has no quality or ability to be proud off,
he wants respect because he just thinks that he,
himself is an important person.
 VANITY

● It is to be obsessed with oneself; how you look, to

love one self’s image, to think you are the most
gorgeous thing on two legs.
● These people are excessively proud of their own
qualities; like their appearance, abilities,
achievements etc.
VANITY
HAUGHTY CONTEMPTUOUS INSOLENT POMPOUS

➢Showing ➢Showing superiority ➢Being insulting ➢ No quality or

superiority of self of self + insulting towards someone ability to be proud
others who ought to be off but he wants
given respect respect because
➢It is the persons ➢It is the persons he thinks that he
attitude towards attitude towards is an important
oneself others person

➢EX- LYC., PLAT. ➢Ex- Cic., Plat. ➢Ex- LYC., ➢Ex- Plat.
VERAT.
 IDIOCY/IMBECILE/STUPIDITY/FOOLISH
IDIOCY IMBECILE STUPIDITY FOOLISHNESS

➢ Person with ➢Person with ➢ = Dullness ➢Foolishness is

extreme mental moderate mental ➢=Comprehension the lack of wisdom
retardation retardation. difficult or not having
cleverness.
➢It is the person of ➢Dullness means
the lowest order in sluggishness of
intelligence mind

➢Ex- Bar-c., Bar-m., ➢Ex- Bar-c., Bar-m., ➢Ex-Bapt., Calc., ➢Ex-Anac.,

Aeth.,phos.,tub. Bufo etc. Bry. etc. Bar c., Sulph etc.
IDIOCY
 VI. JEALOUSY / ENVY
JEALOUSY ENVY
➢Jealousy says, “I can’t ➢‘Envy’ simply says, “I
bear that want what he has.”
he has something that I
don’t,” with a straight ➢It is a positive emotion.
intention, “He should not
have it !!”

➢Ex – HYOS., LACH. ➢Ex- Ars., Hyos., Puls.

 VII. AVARICE / GREEDY
AVARICE GREEDY
➢He doesn’t spend money easily and is very ➢The ‘greedy’ person wants continually to get
much calculative. more and more of something, especially food
or money

➢ Avarice person not only has the desire to ➢ Insatiable hunger for something, especially
gain, but also the food or money
desire to withhold them.

➢Ex-ARS.

➢ Arsenic album is both avarice and greedy ➢Ambition increased money to make
whereas Veratrum album is
greedy for money and at the same time being ➢Ex- Ars., Hyos., Lyco., puls.,sep.
extravagant or spendthrift, but
never miser.
AVARICE / GREEDY
AVARICE
 CLAIRVOYANCE/PROPHESYING/FOREBODING
CLAIRVOYANCE PROPHESYING FOREBODING
➢Clairvoyant ➢It is the prediction of the ➢Prior knowledge of an
is a person who is able to future under divine impending misfortune
foresee the future. guidance. that something bad is
going to happen.
➢Able to see things that ➢Prophesy is
cannot be perceived made based on specific
by the normal sense religious and philosophical
background.

➢Sixth sense ➢May be positive or

negative
➢Ex- Calc., Carc., Caust.,
➢Ex – Med., Lyss., Nux-m., ➢Ex- Lach. Psor.
Phos
CLAIRVOYANCE PROPHESYING
 IX.YIELDING / SERVILE / NAIVE
YIELDING SERVILE NAIVE
➢Agreeing with other’s ➢= Submissive ➢ Very clear-hearted and
wish without any ➢They know what is right they never think that
hesitation. or what is wrong, but they someone
just follow the order of
could be unfair to them
others.
➢They do it without ➢They differ from yielding
sacrificing their dignity. people by their slavery
nature as they obey
someone with sacrifice of
their own dignity.

➢Ex- Carb-v., Lac-c., ➢Ex- Puls.

➢Ex- Verat.
Puls., Thuj., Zinc.
SERVILE
 X.CENSORIOUS OR FAULT FINDING /
SLANDER DISPOSITION TO/ REPROACHES
OTHERS
CENSORIOUS SLANDER DISPOSITION REPROACHES
TO OTHERS

➢‘Censorious’ means a ➢ They purposefully make ➢‘Reproaches, others’

tendency to point out at fault false statements, which are means, one blames
of others and those are true not true in order to harm others for something
to their conviction. someone’s reputation. wrong, though it is not
likely so.

➢Ex- Ars., Graph., Sulph, ➢Ex- Verat. ➢Ex- Ars., Chin.,

Symph. Lach., Merc.
CENSORIOUS
 Courageous/Audacity/Indiscretion/
Fearless
Courageous Audacity Indiscretion Fearless

➢ Has the ability to ➢It means doing ➢Foolish boldness. ➢ Absence of fear
control fear in a something risky due in a situation where
dangerous situation to overconfidence a normal person
would feel fearful

➢Shows boldness only ➢Shows boldness ➢Unnecessarily ➢Shows boldness

when necessary unnecessarily to showing boldness because he does
show their because he does not not have any fear in
overconfidence know the his mind
consequences
➢Genuinely bold ➢Arrogantly bold ➢Foolishly bold ➢Excessively bold

➢Ex- Bell, Dulc., Ign., ➢Ex- Med., Ign. ➢Ex- Puls. ➢Ex- Agar., Ign.,
Op., Tub., puls. Op.
FEARLESS

अभिमन्यु - महािारत
AUDACITY
 XII. Godless / Blasphemy
GODLESS BLASPHEMY
➢ =Religious affections- want ➢ May believe in existence of
of religious feeling god but criticizes god
➢=Faithless
➢=Irreligious

➢Do not believe in existence

of god.

➢Ex- Lach. ➢Ex- Anac., Nux-v.

 DISOBEDIENT /DEFIANT/
REBELLIOUS/REVOLUTIONARY
DISOBEDIENT DEFIANT REBELLIOUS REVOLUTIONARY

➢ Refuses to do ➢ Not only ➢‘Rebellious’ people ➢These people try to

what someone in disobeys the not only disobey change the political system
authority tells him authority but also people in authority or the existing government
to do. challenges him but also proceed usually by using force (or by
with strong further fighting non-violence)
resistance. against the system or ➢ Difference with anarchist-
those rules to change They believe in no official
them completely. establishment which
controls people, they think
that people should work
➢Ex- Caust., Med., freely.
➢Ex- Caust.,
Merc., Plb., Tarent. ➢Ex.- Caust. ➢Ex- Caust., Merc.
Dulc., merc.
DEFIANT
OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER
REBELLIOUS
REVOLUTIONARY
 XIV. COMPLAINING/DISCONTENTED
COMPLAINING
➢ Complaining people are not adjustable.
➢ Every little things trouble them and they
express these problems
➢Grumbling – complaining by way of muttering
➢Moaning – low prolonged sound due to pain
➢Lamenting- expressing deep sorrow verbally
➢Ex- Calc-p., Cham.
DISCONTENTED
➢ = Dissatisfied
➢Discontented people never become satisfied
with what they have ;have no tendency to
express their feeling to others and to trouble
them.
➢Ex- Anac., Calc-p., Nat-m. , Merc., sulph.,
tub.
 XV.EXTRAVAGANCE/SQUANDERS
EXTRAVAGANCE SQUANDERING
➢‘Extravagant’ person ➢One, who ‘squanders’,
expends much more than wastes money. He spends it
normal, but not in a wasteful in wrong way, may be
way. through alcohol, drugs,
prostitution, gambling or any
other bad way.

➢Ex- Bell, Caust., Nat-m. ➢Ex- Merc.

SQUANDERING
 XVI.ACTIVITY, DESIRE FOR/BUSY/
INDUSTRIOUS
ACTIVITY, BUSY INDUSTRIOUS
DESIRE FOR
➢ It refers to physical ➢It refers to both ➢It also refers more to
work physical and mental physical work.
work

➢Is not always fruitful. ➢Can be fruitful ➢It is always fruitful.

➢Ex- Coff., Dulc., Iod., ➢Ex- Spectrum, ➢Ex- Aur., Coff.,

Lach., Phos., verat. lach,sulph Tarent., Tub.
 XVII. REVERENCE FOR THOSE AROUND HIM/
VENERATION
REVERENCE FOR THOSE VENERATION
AROUND HIM
➢ Giving too much respect to ➢Here one respects another as he
EVERYONE while talking with them or feels them superior to him due to their
being in their company quality or power

➢ Person respects everyone regardless ➢Person respects only those who are
of their social status or position. superior to him.

➢Ex- Hyos. ➢Ex- Podo., lyc.

 Answering
ABRUPTLY INCOHERENTLY IRRELEVENTLY MONOSYLLABIC RELUCTANTLY

➢ Sudden in ➢Patient answers ➢Patient answers ➢Patient answers ➢Patient is

an unexpected which is impossible clearly but it has no in single words or unwilling to
manner to understand connection with the very short like yes, answer which
question put to him no etc. can be observed
➢Seen in by his
semiconscious or expression
delirious state.

➢Ex- Hyos., ➢Ex- Ph-ac Ex- Hyos., Nux-m., ➢Ex- Verat., Ph- ➢Ex- Hyos., Ph-
Nux -v,Tarent., Thuj., Sil. ac. ac., Nux-v.,
Sulph. Glon.
 ASCETIC/ CELIBACY

ASCETIC CELIBACY
➢ = SELF-CONTROL- increased ➢ = AILMENTS FROM- Celibacy

➢Avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple ➢Abstinence from sexual intercourse.
life, often for religious
reasons.

➢It is by choice. ➢A person follows celibacy due to compulsion

➢Ex- Ars., Calc., Carc., Nat-m., Sep. ➢Ex- Phos.

ASCETIC
 SATYRIASIS/NYMPHOMANIA

SATYRIASIS NYMPHOMANIA

➢ Excessive sexual desire in ➢Excessive sexual desire in

males. females.

➢Ex- Canth. ➢Ex- PLAT.,ORIG.

 CHEERFUL/VIVACIOUS/MIRTH/JESTING
CHEERFUL VIVACIOUS MIRTH JESTING
➢ = Happy ➢= Lively ➢ = Hilarity ➢ These people
➢ = Joyous ➢= Animated have a tendency to
➢ = Humorous talk in a joking way
in order to make
➢These people ➢These people are ➢When people others laugh.
always behave very energetic and express their
in a way that shows lively happiness with
that they are happy,Become centre of laughter, it is called
usually reflected attraction because ‘mirth’.
from their face. of their dynamic
personality
➢Ex- Cann-i, ➢Ex- Coff., Croc., ➢Ex- Cann-i., ➢Ex- Croc., Ign.
Coff., Croc., Hyos. Lach., Valer. Coff., Hyos.,
Lach., Op.
CHEERFUL
 GOURMAND/REVELING/RAVEOUS APPETITE
GOURMAND REVELING RAVENOUS
APPETITE
➢A person who is fond of ➢They celebrate or enjoy EXTREME HUNGER.
good eating. themselves in a lively and
noisy way, especially
➢ A person who takes by singing, dancing, and
great pleasure in food. drinking alcohol.

➢Ex- Verat. ➢Ex- Nat-c., Nux-v. ➢Ex- Cina, Iod., Nat-m.,

Psor., Sulph etc.
 DICTATORIAL/DOGMATIC

DICTA TORIA L

➢ These people try to control other people to obey their order.

➢ They may impose their thoughts, decision or choice on others

which is disliked by others.

➢ They have an attitude to give direction to others instead of letting

others to do their work freely.
DICTATORIAL
 DOGMATIC

• These people always consider their own beliefs and convictions to

be right and expect others to accept them without any argument.

• They remain stick to their opinion despite sufficient

demonstration are given to prove them
wrong.

• But they may or may not impose their views on others.

DOGMATIC
 DICTATORIAL/DOGMATIC
DICTATORIAL DOGMATIC
➢=Bossy ➢Too narrow-minded to accept the
➢=Despotic truths which are different from
➢Try to control other people and their own.
impose their decisions on them.

➢Impose their views on others. ➢May or may not impose their

views on others.

➢Ex- Lyc. ➢Ex- Kali-c.

 RESEARCH RESOURCES

● BOOK- D ecoding the rubrics of mind- By Dr Amulya Ratna

Sahoo 2nd Edition

● BOOK- R ubricism- By Dr Sushil Dubey

● BOOK- K ey to the R ubrics of Mind- By Dr M L Aggarwal

● BOOK- Interpretation of mind rubrics – By Dr Mansoor Ali

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