What is a rubric anyway?
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❓What is a Rubric in Homeopathy?
A rubric is a category or heading in a repertory that describes a specific symptom. It can also represents how a symptom appears, not just what the symptom is.
Think of it as the bridge between your client’s words and the remedies that might help.
Symptoms indexed into a repertory - an organized system/ structure so they can be searched, to identify remedies that come up in the symptom picture.
🔍 Example: Client says:
“I always feel worse when I’m alone.”
That might lead you to the rubrics:
👉🏼 Mind, company, desire for, amel or 👉🏼 Mind, company, desire for, alone agg; when
Or… Client says:
“The headache gets worse when I move around.”
That becomes: 👉 Head, pain, motion, agg.
🧠 A rubric helps you:
• Translate real language into repertory terms
• Navigate the repertory structure
• Match symptoms to remedies with more precision
There are rubrics for everything - from “weeping during urination” to “aggravation in the stomach from frozen food.” And learning to use them well is what takes you from guessing → to confident prescribing.
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