Book Review
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2000 Jan / Feb VOL II NO 1.
Reviewed By
Dr Nina Doshi
Title: The Phoenix Repertory (Vol 1 & Vol 2)
Author : Dr J P S Bakshi
Published By: Cosmic healers Pvt. Ltd., 7393, B10, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India.
Website : www. phoenixrepertory.com
Edition: 1999 1st
Price: 1200
Pages: 1248 (Vol 1), (Vol 2)
A new synthesis, amongst many other similar works, which attempts to retain the essence of the past and at the same time make use of new findings and researches. A comparison of rubrics in the repertories and modern classification of diseases mainly in the field of psychiatry and other fields has made the huge collection of new rubrics and remedies possible in this repertory.
There are 38 chapters and Dreams appears as a separate chapter (with more understanding factors, modalities and further subsections) and is placed after the MIND chapter. Nearly 80,000 additions have been made from 540 different sources and are collected from reference works and many have never been included in any repertory.
This awesome work has nearly 2 times the total number of rubrics in Kent and 4 times the number of rubrics in the mind section.
This monumental work takes its place in being one with the most updated information in aiding the search for the correct similimum.
Editor adds: Well-packaged with strong binding, it should certainly aid the diligent Homoeopath in his search for the similimum. We require all the aid we can get, if we are to avert the trend towards combinations, much discussed in this issue (vide Calcutta report and Focus: irrational to rational medicine)
