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SINGLE MEDICINE RUBRICS OF FEVER FROM KENT’S REPERTORY

Dr. Yashasvi Shakdivipiya*, Dr. Vartika Garg, Dr. Charushila Sharma and Dr. Sandhya Goyal

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Abstract

This article includes the clinical understanding of the teaching of our repertory that; whatever it maybe the name of the disease or the pathology, if the patient shows characteristic signs & symptoms of a particular medicine, that act as the specific remedy in that case. Raised body temperature above set point is called fever or pyrexia which is the result of infections, inflammations, trauma. Fever is a clinical indicator of disease in the body, as well is part of the defense system of the body. Chapter Fever from Homoeopathy Repertory by James Tyler Kent gives all the symptoms related to fever which are very useful for fever cases. In this article an attempt has been made to highlight important single remedy rubrics of fever.

Keywords: chill, fever, perspiration, hyperpyrexia, Kent Repertory, Single medicine rubrics.