Repertorial Approaches in the Individualized Homoeopathic Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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@article{1709270,
      author = {Dr. Ajay Kumar, Dr. Amritpal Singh},
      title = {Repertorial Approaches in the Individualized Homoeopathic Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {8},
      number = {12},
      pages = {1046-1051},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1709270.pdf},
      abstract = {About 1% of the world's population has rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is a long-term inflammatory illness. It makes your joints hurt, swell, and work less properly for a long time. Standard treatment commonly involves biologic medicines and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). Homoeopathic medicine, on the other hand, offers a customised therapy choice through thorough repertorial examination. This study talks about the most common ways to employ repertorial analysis to treat RA with homoeopathy. It focuses on how to take cases, identify remedies, and look at clinical outcomes. Both Boenninghausen's unique symptom approach and modern synthetic repertorization have proved helpful in therapy. Repertorization includes things like patterns of joint inflammation, stiffness in the morning, susceptibility to changes in the weather, and unique constitutional traits. Doctors often give them Rhus toxicodendron, Bryonia alba, Calcarea carbonica, and Sulphur. They all have their own symptoms and ways of working. In general, repertorial analysis is an organised and individualised technique to use homeopathy to treat RA.},
      keywords = {Homoeopathy, Repertory, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Individualization, Case-Taking, Remedy Selection},
      month = {June},
  }