Intermediate~12 hours12 lessons

Reading the Kent Repertory in Practice

The repertory is the bridge between case-taking and materia medica — this is how to use it

Twelve lessons on how to use a repertory as a working tool. You will learn what a repertory is and how Kent organized his, how to choose rubrics from a case, how to repertorize without over-rating common symptoms, how to compare the remedies that come up, and how to make a final selection — the skill set that turns a case into a defensible prescription.

Taught by Deidre Starner, Master Herbalist

What you'll learn

Navigate the Kent Repertory by section, rubric, and grade with confidence
Select rubrics from a case that are both specific and characteristic — not common to many remedies
Run a repertorization, hand or software, and produce a short list of candidate remedies
Compare top candidate remedies using materia medica differentiation
Make a defensible final remedy choice and document the reasoning

Course outline

1
What a Repertory Is and What It Is Not
35 minFree preview
2
Navigating Kent's Structure — Sections, Subsections, and Rubric Hierarchy
45 minFree preview
3
Selecting Rubrics from a Case — Specificity and Characteristic Symptoms
55 min
4
Running a Repertorization — Hand and Software
50 min
5
Comparing Remedies via Materia Medica
50 min
6
Common Rubrics Worth Memorizing
55 min
7
Repertorizing a Case in Real Time
60 min
8
Common Errors and Recovery
45 min
9
Chronic-Leaning Acutes — When the Acute Is Really Chronic
45 min
10
Pediatric Acute Cases — Adjusting Case-Taking and Prescription
45 min
11
Writing Cases for Colleagues — The Communication Discipline
35 min
12
Capstone — Five Cases to Professional Standard
75 min