The addition of Concomitant creates a complete CASE. Using Boenninghausen’s method we learn that a complete symptom is Sensation/Complaint, Location, Modality, or CO – LO – MO. You may have learned that a complete symptom needs to have Sensation, Location, Modality and Concomitant. Robert Bannan explained several aspects of Boenninghausen’s method which contribute to the unique effectiveness of his repertory. Many practitioners have since experienced Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocketbook as the most effective and useful repertory in Homeopathy and a dynamic reliable bridge to Materia Medica. The translation of the German repertory to English in 2000 paved the way for using the unique method of Boenninghausen’s Pocketbook, which due to poor translations and misunderstandings had fallen out of use. Listening to Hahnemann’s desire to have more ease in finding a remedy to heal the symptoms of the ailing person, Boenninghausen began work on creating a repertory which would link a patient’s symptoms with the curative remedy of Hahnemann’s Materia Medica. After recovering he was in constant communication with Hahnemann. Boenninghausen recovered, subsequently devoting his life to Homeopathy, to curing the sick. His friend, a physician named Weihe who was a homeopath and friend of Hahnemann, asked for details of Boenninghausen’s symptoms and mailed him a remedy.

Gravely ill with what was thought to be tuberculosis, Boenninghausen’s healing had been given up by allopathic doctors. The shorthand notation for this repertory is often read as TBP. Delaware Homeopathy thanks Robert Bannan, practitioner of classical Homeopathy, for his very interesting and helpful overview of the Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocketbook.

Boenninghausen therapeutic pocket book