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1. The remedies are ordered according to the number of hits.

Further remedies are not shown for reasons of space, and because they have a smaller number of hits and a lower polarity difference.

2. Symptom descriptions:

< = worse ; > = better

Polar symptoms are marked with (p).

The number after the symptom in square brackets (for example, < warmth in general [73]) refers to the number of remedies matching the symptom. This information is important because it shows how strongly the choice of remedy is restricted by the use of the symptom rubric.

3. Patient symptoms:

These are listed underneath the blue line and above the red line.

4. Opposite poles:

These are shown in italics and are found below the red line.

5. Calculation of the polarity difference: The grades of the polar patient symptoms of a remedy are added up. From this total, the sum of the grades of the opposite poles listed for the remedy are subtracted: the result is the polarity difference (example: Iodum 21-0=21 or Lycopodium 15-7=8).

6. Contraindications, ci: The opposite poles at the genius level (grades 3-5) are compared with the grades of the patient’s symptoms. If the patient’s symptom has a low grade (1-2) but the opposite pole is listed for the remedy with a high grade (3-5), the genius of this remedy does not correspond to the characteristics of the patient’s symptom; the remedy is therefore contraindicated.

Example: When checking Bryonia, we find that the patient’s symptom desire for open air is listed at the 1^st grade whereas the opposite pole aversion to open air is listed for the remedy at the 3^rd grade. In other words, dislike of fresh air is a genius symptom of Bryonia. Therefore Bryonia does not fit the patient’s symptoms and is contraindicated.

7. Columns with contraindications (ci) and relative contraindications (ci) are shaded grey so that we can instantly see which remedies are contraindicated. (The relative contraindications are explained in the key to table 13, see p. 50).