Boericke’s Repertory

By Oscar E. Boericke.

Repertory accompanying William Boericke’s Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica — ninth edition (1927), revised and enlarged. Repertory revised for this edition; prefatory note dated June 1927.

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Ears

In the author’s prefatory note, italics indicate the more frequently verified clinical remedy. This is a historical grading convention.

AUDITORY NERVE

Torpor -- Chenop.

AURICLE (external ear)
Burning, as if frost-bitten -- Agar., Caust., Sang.

Eruptions -- Ant c., Bar. c., Calc. c., Calc. s., Graph., Lyc., Mez., Petrol., Rhus t., Tellur.

Acne -- Calc. s.
Eczema around -- Ars., Arundo, Bov., Chrysarob., Clem., Crot. t., Graph., Hep., Kali m., Mez., Oleand., Petrol., Psor., Rhus t., Sanic., Scrophul., Tellur.
Erysipelas -- Apis, Bell., Rhus t., Rhus v.
Fissures -- Calc. c., Graph.
Frostbites -- Agar., Apis., Bell., Rhus t.
Intertrigo -- Petrol.
Herpes -- Cistus, Graph., Psor., Rhus t., Sep., Tellur.
Moist, oozing -- Ant. c., Calc. c., Graph., Hep., Mez., Petrol., Psor., Sanic.
Pustules -- Ars., Hep., Psor.
Scabs, scurfs -- Chrysar., Hep., Psor.
Glands, swollen, painful, around -- Bar. c., Bell., Cal. c., Caps., Graph., Iod., Merc.

Itching -- Agar., Ars., Hep., Nat. p., Sul iod., Tub.

Lobe

Eruption on -- Bar. c.
Ulceration of ring hole -- Stann.
Numbness -- Mag. c., Plat., Verbasc.

Pain, tearing, with tophi -- Berv. v.

Red

Raw, sore -- Graph., Petrol., Sul.
Swollen -- Acon., Agar., Anac., Apis., Bell., Cinch., Graph., Hep., Kali bich., Medusa, Merc., Puls., Rhus t., Scrophul., Sul.
Sensitive to touch -- Arn., Bell., Bry., Caps., Cinch., Ferr. p., Hep., Psor., Sanic., Sep.

CERUMEN -- Carbo v., Caust., Con., Elaps, Graph., Lach., Puls., Sep., Spong.

DEAFNESS, hardness of hearing -- Agar., Agraph., Ambra., Am c., Arn., Ars. iod., Bar. c., Bar. mur., Bell., Calc. c., Calc. fl., Calend, Carbo an., Carbon. s., Caust., Cheiranth., Chenop., Chin. s., Cinch., Con., Dig., Dulc., Elaps, Ferr. p., Ferr picr., Graph., Hep., Hydr., Hydrobr. ac., Iod., Kali ars., Kali c., Kali m., Lob. infl., Lyc., Mang. ac., Merc. d., Merc. s., Mez., Nat. c., Nat. sal., Nit. ac., Petrol., Phos. ac., Phos., Psor, Puls, Rham c., Sal. ac., Sang. n., Sep., Sil., Tellur., Thiosin., Verbasc., Viola od.

Cause
Mercury, abuse of -- Hep., Nit. ac.
Adenoids and hypertrophied tonsils -- Agraph., Aur., Bar. c., Calc. p., Merc., Nit. ac., Staph.
Alternate with sensibility of ear -- Sil.
Apoplexy -- Arn., Bell., Caust., Hyos., Rhus
Bone conduction, deficient, or absent -- Chenop.
Catarrh (eustachian, middle ear) -- Ars. iod., Asar, Calcareas, Caust., Gels., Graph, Hep., Hydr., Iod., Kali bich., Kali m., Kali s., Mang. ac., Menthol, Merc. d., Merc. s., Petrol., Puls., Rosa d., Sang., Sep., Sil., Thiosin.
Cerebral -- Chenop., Mur. ac.
Cold exposure -- Acon., Kali m., Visc. a.
Concussion -- Arn., Chin. s.
Damp weather -- Mang. ac.
Discharge suppressed or eczema -- Lob. infl.
Eruption of scalp, suppressed -- Mez.
Human voice, difficult to hear -- Calc. c., Chenop., Ign., Phos., Sil., Sul.
Infectious diseases -- Arn., Bapt., Gels., Hep., Lyc., Petrol., Phos., Puls.
Nervous exhaustion, and nervous origin -- Ambra., Anac., Aur., Bell., Caust., Chin. s., Cinch., Gels., Ign., Lach., Phos. ac., Phos., Plat., Tab., Val.
Nutritional disturbance, in growing children -- Calc. c., Merc. i. r.
Old age -- Kali m., Merc. d., Phos.
Rheumatico-gouty diathesis -- Ferr. picr., Ham., Kali iod., Led., Sil., Sul., Visc. a.
Sclerotic condition of conducting media -- Ferr. picr., Thiosin.
Scrofulous diathesis -- Æthiops, Calc. c., Merc., Mez., Sil., Sul.
Sounds, low toned -- Chenop.
Syphilis -- Kreos.
Working in water -- Calc. c.
Aggravation
Before menses -- Ferr. picr., Kreos.
Amelioration
Noise, riding in cars [from] -- Calend., Graph., Nit. ac.

EUSTACHIAN TUBES
Catarrh or closure -- Alfal., Alum., Bar. m., Calcareas, Caps., Caust., Ferr. iod., Ferr. p., Gels., Graph., Hep., Hydr., Iod., Kali bich., Kali chlor., Kali m., Lach., Lob. cer., Menthol, Merc. d., Merc., Nit. ac., Penthor., Petrol., Phyt., Puls., Rosa d., Sang. n., Sil., Visc. a.

Inflamed, subacute, great pain -- Bell., Caps.

Tickling inducing swallowing, cough -- Gels., Nux v., Sil.

EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
Boils, pimples -- Bell., Calc. picr., Hep., Merc. s., Picr. ac., Sil., Sul.

Burning -- Ars., Arundo, Caps., Sang., Strych.

Digging and scratching Into -- Cina, Psor.

Dryness -- Calc. picr., Carbo v., Ferr. picr., Graph., Nux v., Petrol., Verbasc.

Exostoses -- Calc. fl., Hekla, Kali iod.

Feels, as if distended by air -- Mez., Puls.

Fissures -- Graph., Petrol.

Inflammation and pain -- Acon., Apis, Ars. iod., Bell., Bor., Brachygl., Cal. picr., Cham., Ferr. p., Hep., Kali bich., Kali m., Merc. s., Nit. ac., Psor., Puls., Rhus t., Tellur.

Itching -- Alum., Anac., Calc. c., Caust., Elaps, Hep., Kali bich., Kali c., Psor., Puls., Sabad., Sep., Sil., Sul., Tellur., Viola od.

Polypoid excrescences, granulations -- Alum., Calc. c., Calc. iod., Calc. p., Formica, Kali bich., Kali iod., Kali m., Merc. s., Nit. ac., Phos., Sang., Sil., Staph., Teucr., Thuya.

Scales, epithelial, exfoliated, with scurfy accumulation -- Calc. picr.

Sensation as if

Drop of water in left ear -- Acon.
Heat emanated from -- Æth., Caust.
Obstructed -- Æth., Anac., Asar., Carbon. s., Cham., Crot., Glon., Merc., Nit. ac., Puls., Verbasc.
Open too much -- Mez.
Sensitive to air, touch -- Ars., Bell., Bor., Caps., Cham., Ferr. p., Hep., Merc., Mez., Nux v., Petrol., Tellur.

HYPERSENSITIVE
To noises, sounds, voices -- Acon., Anhal., Asar., Aur., Bell., Bor., Chenop., Cim., Cinch., Coff., Ferr. p., Ign., Iod., Lach., Mag. m., Nat. c., Nit. ac., Nux m., Nux v., Op., Petrol., Phos. ac., Phos., Plant., Puls., Sang., Sep., Sil., Spig., Tereb., Ther.

LABYRINTH
Bloody, serous effusion, in -- Chenop.

Inflamed (otitis interna) -- Aur., Kali iod., Merc. i. r.

MASTOID PROCESS
Caries -- Aur., Caps., Fluor. ac., Nit. ac., Sil.

Inflammation (mastoiditis) -- Am. picr., Asaf., Aur., Bell., Benz. ac., Canth., Caps., Hep., Kali m., Mag. p., Menthol, Onosm., Oniscus., Tellur.

MEMBRANA TYMPANI
Calcareous deposits -- Calc. fl.

Inflammation (myringitis) (See Otitis.) -- Acon., Atrop., Bell., Bry., Cinch., Hep.

Perforated -- Aur., Calc. c., Caps., Kali bich., Merc., Sil., Tellur., Tub.

Thickened -- Ars. iod., Merc. d., Thiosin.

Thin, white, scaly deposit -- Graph.

Ulceration -- Kali bich.

OSSICLES
Caries -- Asaf., Aur., Calc. c., Caps., Fluor. ac., Hep., Iod., Sil., Syph.

Petrous bone, tender to touch -- Caps., Onosm.

Sclerosis, also petrous portion of temporal bone -- Calc. fl.

TYMPANUM (middle ear)
Inflammation (otitis)
Catarrhal
Acute -- Acon., Bell., Cham., Ferr. p., Gels., Hep., Kali m., Merc., Puls., Rhus t., Sil.
Chronic (See Eustachian Tubes.) -- Agar., Ars., Bar. m., Calc. c., Caust., Cinch., Graph., Hydr., Iod., Jabor., Kali bich., Kali iod., Kali m., Merc. d., Nit. ac., Phos., Sang., Teucr.
Suppurative
Acute (otitis media suppurative, acute) -- Acon., Ars., Ars. iod., Bell., Bor., Bov., Calc. s., Caps., Cham., Ferr. p., Gels., Guaiac., Hep., Kali bich., Kali m., Merc. s., Merc. v., Myrist., Plant., Puls., Sil., Thiosin.
Chronic -- Æthiops., Alum., Ars. iod., Aur., Bar. m., Calc. c., Calc. fl., Calc. iod., Caps., Caust., Chenop., Elaps., Hep., Hydr., Iod., Kali bich., Kali iod., Kali m., Kali p., Kali s., Kino, Lapis alb., Lyc., Merc. s., Merc. v., Naja, Nit. ac., Psor., Puls., Sil., Sul., Tellur., Thuya., Viola od.

DISCHARGE (otorrhœa)
Bloody -- Ars., Ferr. p., Hep., Kali iod., Merc. s., Merc., Psor., Rhus t., Shook. ch.

Excoriating, thin -- Alum., Ars., Ars. iod., Calc. iod., Calc. p., Cistus, Iod., Merc., Syph., Tellur.

Muco-purulent, fetid, acrid or bland -- Æthiops., Ars. iod., Asaf., Aur., Bor., Calc. c., Calc. s., Caps., Carbo v., Elaps, Ferr. p., Graph., Hep., Hydr., Kali bich., Kali s., Kino, Lyc., Merc. pr. rub., Merc. s., Merc. v., Nat. m., Psor., Puls., Sil., Sul., Tellur., Thuya, Tub.

PAIN (otalgia) -- Acon., Antipyr., Apis, Bell., Bor., Caps., Cham., Chin. s., Coff., Dulc., Ferr. p., Gels., Hep., Iod., Kali bich., Kali iod., Mag. p., Menthol, Merc. s., Merc. v., Naja, Plant., Puls., Sang., Tereb., Val., Viola od., Visc. a., Verbasc.
Type
Aching, constant -- Caps., Guaiac., Merc.
Boring -- Am. picr., Asaf., Aur., Bell., Caps., Kali iod., Sil., Spig.
Burning -- Ars., Caps., Kreos., Sang., Sul.
Cramp-like, pressing, piercing -- Anac., Calc. c., Cham., Kali bich., Merc., Puls.
Neuralgic, lancinating, shifting, shooting, paroxysmal -- Acon., Bell., Caps., Cepa., Cham., Cinch., Ferr. p., Kali c., Mag. p., Nit. ac., Puls., Sil., Spig., Viola od.
Pulsating, throbbing -- Acon., Bell., Cact., Calc. c., Ferr. p., Glon., Merc. c., Merc. s., Puls., Rhus t., Tellur.
Stinging -- Acon., Apis, Caps.
Stitching -- Bor., Cham., Ferr. p., Hep., Kali bich., Kali c., Merc., Nit. ac., Plant., Puls., Viola od.
Tearing -- Bell., Caps., Cham., Kali bich., Kali iod., Merc. s., Plant., Puls.
Modalities
Aggravation
Night, at -- Acon., Ars., Bell., Calc. p., Cham., Dulc., Ferr. p., Hep., Kali iod., Merc., Puls., Rhus t.
Cold air [from] -- Calc. p., Caps., Cham., Hep., Kali m., Mag. p., Sang.
Noise -- Bell., Cham.
Pressure, motion -- Menthol.
Warmth -- Acon., Bor., Calc. p., Cham., Dulc., Merc., Nux v., Puls.
Washing face and neck with cold water -- Mag. p.
Amelioration
During day -- Acon.
Being carried, motion -- Cham.
Cold applications -- Puls.
Motion, covering -- Aur.
Sipping cold water -- Bar. m.
Warmth -- Bell., Caps., Cham., Dulc., Hep., Mag. p.
Open air, in -- Acon., Aur., Ferr. p., Puls.

TINNITUS AURIUM (noises in ears) -- Adren., Am. c., Antipyr., Ars., Bar. c., Bar. m., Bell., Canchal., Carbon. s., Caust., Chenop., Chenop. al., Chin. sal., Chin. s., Cim., Cinch., Cistus dec., Con., Dig., Ferr. p., Ferr. picr., Graph., Hep., Hydr., Jabor., Kali c., Kali iod., Kali m., Kali p., Lach., Lecith., Lith. chlor., Merc., Merc. d., Nat. m., Nat. sal., Parth., Petrol., Phos., Piloc., Plat., Plumb. m., Puls., Sal. ac., Sang., Sang. n., Sil., Sulphon., Sul., Viola od.
Buzzing -- Am. c., Anac., Antipyr., Bar. m., Calc. c., Canchal., Caust., Chenop., Chin. s., Cinch., Dig., Diosc., Ferr. p., Formica., Graph., Iod., iris, Kali p., Kreos., Lach.

Cracking, snapping, when blowing nose, chewing, swallowing, sneezing -- Ambra., Bar. c., Bar. m., Calc. c., Chenop. al., Formica, Gels., Graph., Kali c., Kali m., Lach., Nit. ac., Petrol., Puls., Sil., Thuya.

Hissing -- Can. inc., Chin. s., Dig., Graph., Teucr.

Humming -- Alum., Anac., Calc. c., Caust., Cinch., Ferr. p., Kali p., Kreos., Lyc., Petrol., Puls., Sang., Sep., Tereb.

Intolerance of music -- Acon., Ambra., Bufo., Viola od.

Pulsating, throbbing -- Calc. c., Caust., Ferr. p., Glon., Hep., Hydrobr. ac., Lach., Merc., Morph., Nit. ac., Puls.

Re-echoing of voice, sounds -- Bar. c., Bar. m., Bell., Caust., Col., Lyc., Phos., Tereb.

Ringing as of bells -- Bell., Calc. fl., Carbon. s., Caust., Cham., Chin. s., Cinch., Formica., Graph., Iris, Lach., Mez., Nat. sal., Petrol.

Roaring -- Aur., Calc. c., Caust., Chin. s., Cinch., Elaps, Ferr. p., Graph., Kreos., Lyc., Merc. d., Merc., Nat. m., Nat. sal., Nit. ac., Petrol., Phos. ac., Puls., Sal. ac., Sang., Sil., Strych., Viola od.

Relieved by music -- Ign.
Rushing -- Ferr. p., Gels., Puls.

Singing -- Chin. s., Dig., Graph., Lach., Puls.

Whizzing -- Bar. m., Bell., Hep., Rhod., Sul.

 

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Historical text: Oscar E. Boericke. Prefatory note dated June 1927. Transcription presented by Médi-T / Homéopathe International; source notice: Copyright © Médi-T 2000. Retrieved from the Luiz Meira mirror on October 25, 2026.

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