Female reproductive system disorders such as dysmenorrheal, leucorrhoea, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), infertility, and menopausal complaints are highly prevalent and significantly affect the quality of life of women. Homoeopathy emphasizes individualization through totality of symptoms, and repertory serves as a scientific tool for systematic case analysis. Classical repertories like Kent’s Repertory, Boericke’s Repertory, and Synthesis Repertory provide extensive rubrics related to obstetrical and gynecological disorders. An evidence-based evaluation of reportorial application in such conditions is essential for strengthening clinical outcomes. -Objectives: 1.To evaluate the effectiveness of repertorial approach in managing selected female reproductive system disorders.2.To compare rubric selection and remedy outcome across different homoeopathic repertories.3.To assess clinical improvement using defined outcome measures.-Methods: A Prospective Observational clinical study was conducted on Diagnosed cases of common Gynecological disorders including -Dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, PCOS, and menopausal syndrome. Detailed case taking was performed according to homoeopathic principles. Cases were repertorized using classical repertories, and remedy selection was based on totality and material medica confirmation. Follow-ups were conducted at regular intervals over a defined study period. Clinical assessment was conducted using symptom scoring scales and objective diagnostic parameters, as applicable. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods.-Results: The reportorial approach demonstrated significant symptomatic improvement in the majority of cases. Individualized remedies selected through systematic repertorisation showed reduction in frequency, intensity, and duration of symptoms. Comparative analysis revealed consistency in core constitutional remedies across repertories, though rubric depth and cross-referencing varied. Objective parameters (where applicable) also showed measurable improvement. No adverse effects were reported.
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Homoeopathy, Repertory, Female Reproductive Disorders, Dysmenorrheal, PCOS, Individualization, Evidence-Based Homoeopathy, Obstetrics, Gynecology
Condition / Stage | Common Signs | Common Symptoms |
|---|---|---|
Early Pregnancy | Amenorrhea, breast enlargement, positive UPT | Nausea, vomiting (morning sickness), fatigue |
Antenatal Period | Weight gain, pedal oedema, abdominal enlargement | Backache, heartburn, urinary frequency |
Labor | Cervical dilatation, uterine contractions, show | Labour pains, anxiety, bearing down sensation |
Postpartum Period | Lochial discharge, uterine involution | Weakness, after-pains, breast engorgement |
Ectopic Pregnancy | Adnexal tenderness, abdominal guarding | Severe lower abdominal pain, spotting |
Pre-eclampsia | Hypertension, proteinuria, oedema | Headache, blurring of vision |
Hyperemesis Gravidarum | Dehydration, ketonuria | Persistent vomiting, dizziness |
Condition | Common Signs | Common Symptoms |
|---|---|---|
Dysmenorrhoea | Lower abdominal tenderness | Cramping pain before/during menses |
Menorrhagia | Excessive menstrual bleeding | Weakness, fatigue |
Amenorrhea | Absence of menstruation | Associated weight change, stress history |
Leucorrhoea | Vaginal discharge (white/yellow/green) | Itching, irritation, backache |
PCOS | Obesity, acne, hirsutism | Irregular menses, infertility |
Uterine Fibroid | Enlarged irregular uterus | Heavy bleeding, pelvic pressure |
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease | Cervical motion tenderness | Lower abdominal pain, fever |
Infertility | Normal or abnormal pelvic findings | Failure to conceive after 1 year |
Menopause | Vaginal atrophy | Hot flushes, mood swings |
Ovarian Cyst | Adrenal mass | Pelvic pain, bloating |
Clinical Condition / Symptom | Kent’s Repertory (Chapter & Rubric) | BBCR (Chapter & Rubric) | Boericke’s Repertory (Chapter & Rubric) | BTPB(Chapter & Rubric) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amenorrhea | Female Genitalia → Menses → Absent | Female Organs → Menses → Absent | Female Sexual Organs → Menses → Suppressed | SEXUAL ORGANS-Menstruation -Suppressed |
Dysmenorrhoea | Female Genitalia → Pain → Menses → During | Female Organs → Pain → Menses → During | Female Sexual Organs → Menses → Painful | - |
Menorrhagia | Female Genitalia → Menses → Profuse | Female Organs → Menses → Profuse | Female Sexual Organs → Menses → Profuse | SEXUAL ORGANS-Menstruation -Profuse |
Irregular Menses | Female Genitalia → Menses → Irregular | Female Organs → Menses → Irregular | Female Sexual Organs → Menses → Irregular | - |
Leucorrhoea | Female Genitalia → Leucorrhoea → (colour, consistency sub rubrics) | Female Organs → Leucorrhoea | Female Sexual Organs → Leucorrhoea | SEXUAL ORGANS-leucorrhoea |
Leucorrhoea before Menses | Female Genitalia → Leucorrhoea → Before menses | Female Organs → Leucorrhoea → Before menses | Female Sexual Organs → Leucorrhoea → Before menses | SEXUAL ORGANS-Leucorrhoea- accompanying troubles of leucorrhoea |
Sterility / Infertility | Female Genitalia → Sterility | Female Organs → Sterility | Female Sexual Organs → Sterility | - |
Ovarian Pain | Female Genitalia → Pain → Ovaries | Female Organs → Ovaries → Pain | Female Sexual Organs → Ovaries → Pain | - |
Uterine Fibroid (clinical correlation) | Female Genitalia → Tumours → Uterus | Female Organs → Tumours | Female Sexual Organs → Tumours | - |
Prolepses Uterus | Female Genitalia → Prolepses uteri | Female Organs → Prolepses | Female Sexual Organs → Prolepses | - |
Morning Sickness (Pregnancy) | Stomach → Nausea → Pregnancy | Pregnancy → Nausea | Stomach → Nausea → Pregnancy | - |
Labour Pains – Weak | Female Genitalia → Labour → Pains → Weak | Pregnancy → Labour → Pains → Weak | Female Sexual Organs → Labour → Pains | Sexual organs – female organs- labour like pains |
Threatened Miscarriage | Female Genitalia → Abortion → Threatened | Pregnancy → Abortion | Female Sexual Organs → Abortion | Sexual organs –menstruation- abortion |
After-pains | Female Genitalia → Puerperal → After pains | Pregnancy → After pains | Female Sexual Organs → Puerperal complaints | Sexual organs – female organs- after pains |
Menopausal Hot Flushes | Female Genitalia → Climacteric complaints | Female Organs → Climacteric | Female Sexual Organs → Climacteric | - |
Aspect | Kent | BBCR | Boericke | BTPB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Philosophical Base | Pure Kentian hierarchy (Mind → Generals → Particulars) | Boenninghausen method (Location, Sensation, Modality, Concomitant) | Clinical and practical arrangement | Boenninghausen method (Location, Sensation, Modality, Concomitant) |
Obstetric Coverage | Detailed labour& puerperal rubrics | Strong modality-based pregnancy rubrics | Concise but clinically direct | Strong modality-based pregnancy rubrics- with concomitants |
Leucorrhoea Sub rubrics | Detailed (colour, acrid, bland, thick, etc.) | Fewer but modality-focused | Short and practical | Separate chapter |
Climacteric Rubrics | Well elaborated | Moderately covered | Brief clinical rubrics | - |
Tumours/Fibroids | Under “Tumours” chapter | General “Tumours” | Clinical grouping | - |
No | Clinical Symptom | Kent (Chapter–Rubric–Page) | BBCR (Chapter–Rubric–Page) | Boericke (Chapter–Rubric–Page) | BTPB (chapter-rubric-page) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amenorrhea | Female Genitalia → Menses → Absent (p. 722) | Female Organs → Menses → Absent (p. 498) | Female Sexual Organs → Menses → Suppressed (p. 533) | Sexual organs- female organs-Menstruation- suppressed (p.109) |
2 | Delayed Menses | Menses → Late (p. 724) | Menses → Retarded (p. 499) | Menses → Delayed (p. 534) | Sexual organs- female organs-Menstruation- suppressed (p.108) |
3 | Early Menses | Menses → Too early (p. 723) | Menses → Too early (p. 499) | Menses → Too soon (p. 534) | Sexual organs- female organs-Menstruation- suppressed (p.107) |
4 | Scanty Menses | Menses → Scanty (p. 724) | Menses → Scanty (p. 500) | Menses → Scanty (p. 534) | Sexual organs- female organs-Menstruation- suppressed (p.108) |
5 | Profuse Menses | Menses → Profuse (p. 723) | Menses → Profuse (p. 500) | Menses → Profuse (p. 534) | Sexual organs- female organs-Menstruation- suppressed (p.108) |
6 | Irregular Menses | Menses → Irregular (p. 724) | Menses → Irregular (p. 499) | Menses → Irregular (p. 534) | - |
7 | Dysmenorrhoea | Pain → Menses → During (p. 736) | Pain → Menses → During (p. 503) | Menses → Painful (p. 535) | - |
8 | Pain before Menses | Pain → Before menses (p. 735) | Pain → Before menses (p. 503) | Menses → Before (p. 535) | - |
9 | Membranous Dysmenorrhoea | Menses → Membranous (p. 725) | Menses → Membranous (p. 500) | Menses → Membranous (p. 535) | - |
10 | Leucorrhoea (general) | Leucorrhoea (p. 728) | Leucorrhoea (p. 502) | Leucorrhoea (p. 536) | Sexual organs- female organs-Leucorrhoea(p.110) |
11 | Leucorrhoea before menses | Leucorrhoea → Before menses (p. 729) | Same rubric (p. 502) | Same rubric (p. 536) | Sexual organs- female organs-Leucorrhoea-accompanying troubles of leucorrhoea(p.111) |
12 | Leucorrhoea acrid | Leucorrhoea → Acrid (p. 729) | Discharge → Acrid (p. 503) | Leucorrhoea → Acrid (p. 536) | Sexual organs- female organs-Leucorrhoea(p.110) |
13 | Thick leucorrhoea | Leucorrhoea → Thick (p. 730) | Discharge → Thick (p. 503) | Leucorrhoea → Thick (p. 536) | Sexual organs- female organs-Leucorrhoea(p.111) |
14 | Sterility | Sterility (p. 739) | Sterility (p. 504) | Sterility (p. 537) | - |
15 | Abortion threatened | Abortion → Threatened (p. 720) | Pregnancy → Abortion (p. 506) | Abortion (p. 538) | - |
16 | Habitual abortion | Abortion → Habitual (p. 720) | Abortion → Repeated (p. 506) | Abortion → Habitual (p. 538) | - |
17 | Morning sickness | Stomach → Nausea → Pregnancy (p. 621) | Pregnancy → Nausea (p. 505) | Stomach → Nausea → Pregnancy (p. 402) | - |
18 | Vomiting in pregnancy | Stomach → Vomiting → Pregnancy (p. 624) | Pregnancy → Vomiting (p. 505) | Stomach → Vomiting → Pregnancy (p. 403) | - |
19 | Ovarian pain | Pain → Ovaries (p. 734) | Ovaries → Pain (p. 501) | Ovaries → Pain (p. 537) | - |
20 | Right ovarian pain | Ovaries → Right (p. 734) | Ovaries → Right (p. 501) | Ovaries → Right (p. 537) | - |
21 | Left ovarian pain | Ovaries → Left (p. 734) | Ovaries → Left (p. 501) | Ovaries → Left (p. 537) | - |
22 | Prolepses uterus | Prolepses uteri (p. 738) | Prolepses (p. 504) | Prolepses (p. 537) | - |
23 | Uterine fibroid | Tumours → Uterus (p. 742) | Tumours (p. 507) | Tumours (p. 538) | - |
24 | Bearing down sensation | Bearing down (p. 722) | Bearing down (p. 503) | Bearing down (p. 537) | - |
25 | Climacteric complaints | Climacteric complaints (p. 721) | Climacteric (p. 504) | Climacteric (p. 538) | - |
26 | Hot flushes | Climacteric → Flushes of heat (p. 721) | Heat → Flushes (p. 504) | Climacteric → Flushes (p. 538) | - |
27 | Labour pains weak | Labour → Pains → Weak (p. 732) | Labour → Weak pains (p. 506) | Labour pains (p. 538) | Sexual organs- female organs-Labour like pain (p.104) |
28 | Labour pains absent | Labour → Pains → Absent (p. 732) | Labour → Inefficient (p. 506) | Labour pains → Wanting (p. 538) | Sexual organs- female organs-Labour like pain (p.104) |
29 | After pains | Puerperal → After pains (p. 737) | After pains (p. 506) | Puerperal complaints (p. 538) | Sexual organs- female organs-Labour like pain (p.105) |
30 | Lochia suppressed | Lochia → Suppressed (p. 733) | Lochia → Suppressed (p. 506) | Lochia → Suppressed (p. 538) | - |
31 | Itching vulva | Vulva → Itching (p. 741) | Vulva → Itching (p. 502) | Vulva → Itching (p. 537) | - |
32 | Vaginal dryness | Vagina → Dryness (p. 740) | Vagina → Dryness (p. 502) | Vagina → Dryness (p. 537) | - |
33 | Pain during coition | Coition → Painful (p. 721) | Coition → Painful (p. 504) | Coition → Painful (p. 537) | - |
34 | Milk suppressed | Lactation → Milk → Suppressed (p. 731) | Milk → Suppressed (p. 506) | Lactation → Suppressed (p. 538) | - |
35 | Breast engorgement | Breasts → Swelling (p. 719) | Breasts → Swelling (p. 500) | Breasts → Swelling (p. 531) | - |
Sl no | Clinical Symptom / Rubric | Psora | Sycosis | Syphilis | Tubercular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amenorrhea | + (functional suppression) | + (hormonal/PCOS) | + (destructive ovarian pathology) | + (anaemic states) |
2 | Delayed Menses | + | + | - | + |
3 | Early Menses | + | - | - | + |
4 | Scanty Menses | + | + | - | + |
5 | Profuse Menses | + | + (fibroid) | + (ulcerative lesions) | + |
6 | Irregular Menses | + | + | - | + |
7 | Dysmenorrhoea | + (spasmodic) | +(congestive) | +(ulcerative pain) | + (neuralgic) |
8 | Membranous Dysmenorrhoea | - | + (overgrowth) | + (destructive) | - |
9 | Leucorrhoea bland | + | - | - | - |
10 | Leucorrhoea thick, green | - | + | + | - |
11 | Acrid Leucorrhoea | + | + | + (ulcerative) | - |
12 | Sterility | + (functional) | + (PCOS) | + (tubal block, destruction) | + |
13 | Habitual Abortion | - | + (hormonal) | + (syphilitic destruction) | + |
14 | Threatened Abortion | + | + | + | - |
15 | Morning Sickness | + | - | - | + |
16 | Ovarian Cyst | - | + (overgrowth) | - | - |
17 | Uterine Fibroid | - | + (tumour tendency) | - | - |
18 | Prolepses Uterus | +(relaxed tissues) | + (infiltration) | - | - |
19 | Bearing Down Sensation | + | + | - | - |
20 | Climacteric Complaints | + | + | - | + |
21 | Hot Flushes | + | - | - | + |
22 | Labour Pains Weak | + | - | - | + |
23 | Labour Pains Violent | + | + | + | - |
24 | Lochia Suppressed | + | + | + | - |
25 | After Pains | + | - | - | - |
26 | Itching Vulva | + | + | + (ulceration) | - |
27 | Vaginal Dryness | + | - | - | + |
28 | Pain during Coition | + | + | + | - |
29 | Milk Suppressed | + | - | - | + |
30 | Breast Engorgement | + | + | - | - |
31 | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease | - | + | + | - |
32 | Ulceration Cervix | - | - | + | - |
33 | Offensive Discharge | - | + | + | - |
34 | Endometriosis | - | + | + | - |
35 | PCOS | - | + | - | - |
BBCR | Boger Boenninghusen Characteristics Repertory |
PCOS | Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome |
OBG | Obstetrical and Gyenacology |
BTPB | Boeninghusen Therapeutic Pocket Book |
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Ganapati, Shah, J. (2026). Repertorial Approach in Managing Female Reproductive System Disorders: An Evidence-Based Homoeopathic Study. International Journal of Homeopathy & Natural Medicines, 12(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijhnm.20261201.11
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Ganapati; Shah, J. Repertorial Approach in Managing Female Reproductive System Disorders: An Evidence-Based Homoeopathic Study. Int. J. Homeopathy Nat. Med. 2026, 12(1), 1-9. doi: 10.11648/j.ijhnm.20261201.11
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