CONTENTS
1. Acknoledgment
2. Aim
3. introduction
4. preface
5. silent features of repertory
6. abbreviations
7. authe index
8. Repertory proper
9. materials and method
10. inferences
11. Bibliography
12. appendix

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I would like to express my sincere and heartful thanks to my respected teacher and guide Prof. K.B.Rameshan, principal and controlling officer Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College Trivandrum. for his valuable guidance, constructive criticism and constant encouragement through out my postgraduate studies as well as in fulfilment of this work.

I am very grateful to Dr. P.Vijayan, Head of The Department of surgery, Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College Calicut for his valuable suggestions and wholehearted co-operation for conducting the clinical study

I am also grateful to Mr. P.I. Narayanan MSc. DHS for the great suggestions he gave in the analysis of this work

I extent my sincere thanks to all my colleagues, internees, students, teaching and non teaching staffs of various departments of Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College. Calicut.for their co-operation and timely help in undertaking this study

Finally I extent my gratitude to my patients who voluntarily submitted themselves to the trouble of being photographed and allowing me to conduct this clinical study on them.
                                                                                                                                     - Dr.C. Abdul Gaffoor

AIM
To construct a repertory on ulcers of the skin by collecting the related rubrics from various authentic repertories and reportorial conversion of the symptomatology given in various classical works on therapeutics and proving the effectiveness of this work by clinical verificaion for Homoeopathic therapeutics.

Introduction:
Chronic skin ulcers are a source of great misery, suffering, incapacity and economic loss for the patients. Their treatment by modern medicine have yielded unsatisfactory results.despite their best endeavours many of the ulcers remain indolent and chronic. Prolonged tretment with strong and potent agents not only ruin patient’s health, but also add to his financial burden. This makes the patient to search for a new and safe mode of medication that inflicts no disastrous effect on health. Homoeopathy meets these requirements, having in its fold thousands of remedies that not only bring about a permanent cure, but also affect it in a mild, most reliable and harmless way.

There are many effective medicines in homoeopathy for the treatment of ulcers of skin. It is high time that a scientific and systematic study be conducted on this subject, so that the hard solid, true, indispoutable facts could be laid bare before the eyes of the scientific community. Scrutiny and judgment over such facts will heip to establish the efficacy of homoeopathic medicines and genuinity of the homoeopathic system. A humble effort is done in this direction, by undertaking a scientific study based on statistical data. The proper selection of homoeopathic medicine is essential for this study.

Repertory is an indispensable tool for this process. Until now, there is no complete textbook or reference to look to for the treatment of ulcers. Searching for a remedy suitable for a particular presentation and modality of an ulcer in the vast array of materia medica and repertory is an uphill task. So a sincere effort is made to bring out a complete, concise, and comprehensive repertory on ulcers of skin by collecting informations from various authentic repertories, materia medicas and therapeutic textbooks. . It has been found that many rare remedies are indicated in various kinds of ulcers of the skin. An abstract of the symptomatology of thes rare and often-neglected remedies also is reproduced for ready and easy reference.
I hope this work would help the students and practitioners for the selection of acute simillimum as well as a ready reference

Preface:
This is a new and a different work in Homoeopathy to construct a repertory dealing with the ulcers of the skin. This work is expected to serve the purpose of selecting the simillimum based on the acute and distressing symptoms of the ulcer. After the relief of the acute symptoms it may be needed to follow the case with some constitutional medicine. However it also serves the purpose of synthetic repertorisation by using appropriate general repetories. Here the rubrics from various important repertories are brought together and arranged in different order. Various classical books of materia medica are referred and the important symptoms related to the ulcers are converted to the rubrics and added.
However this work does not serve the purpose of complete repertorisation but to work out the sector totality of ulcer symptoms.
This work is small but comprehensive and will help in better management of ulcers.
I hope this will benefit the profession and welcome any suggestions to improve this work.
                                                                                                                                      - Dr. Abdul Gaffoor


Features of the repertory
• Additions have been made to the Kent’s repertory from various repertories and materia medicas. There are two hundred and ten new rubrics and one thousand five hundred new additions. A reference number is given for additions of medicines as well as rubrics . The medicines in the added rubric from same source book has given no reference number
E.g.
ULCERS - painful - burning- Around about14
This rubric is from the Boenninghausan’s characteristics and repertory by
C.M.Boger. The medicines from the same source book

• Grading of medicines is similar to that of the kent’ s repertory. Grading of certain medicines are changed when other repertories are given a higher grading. Here The medicines with changed grading is denoted by an ‘asterix’ mark after the Reference number. Certain Repertories are having more than three grades.  Here first grade remedies are given three marks, second and third grade  medicines are given two marks and fourth and fifth grade medicines are given  three marks. As it is difficult to grade the medicines from materia medica and  therapeutics, Medicines from this source are given one mark.

• All the modifications of ulcers are given under one main rubric in Kent’s repertory. In this book these rubrics are divided to suit into diffeent chapters such as sensation , appearance, edges, margin, floor, base, surrounding area, discharges, modalities. The area involved in the ulcer is important in diagnosis as well as in management. So the part involved is brought under the chapter ‘location’. The pathological and clinical types of ulcers are brought under one heading for easy reference.

• Chapter modalities are divided into two. Generals and Particulars. Rubrics showing aggravations and ameliorations of ulcers without mentioning any particular symptoms are brought under the section Generals. Rubrics of aggravation and amelioration for particular symptoms of ulcer such as pain, bleeding etc, are given under the section Particulars. Rubrics representing ulcers seen associated with certain other conditions are also brought under the chapter modalities for convenience.
For e.g.
Ulcers, Emaciation with: Lyc3

• Care has been taken to avoid misplacement of the rubrics. For this many subrubrics from different chapters of Kent’s repertory are rearranged to suit into respective chapters.
For e.g. an ulcer on the nose with burning pain
In Kent’s repertory, Nose, ULCERS: burning. In this book first look in chapter ‘Location’ then for burning look in chapter ‘sensations’.
However certain rubrics of modifications are retained along with the respective rubrics to avoid over generalization.
For e.g. perforating ulcers of nose. Here the rubric perforating is retained  along with the main rubric in the chapter location

List of medicines with abbreviations
1. abrot., abrotanum
2. acet-ac., acetic acid
3. acon., aconitum napelus
4. aesc., aesculus hippocastanum
5. agar., agaricus muscarius
6. agn., agnus castus
7. ail., ailanthus
8. all-c., allium cepa
9. aloe., aloe socotrina
10. alum., alumina
11. alum-p., aluminium phosphoricum
12. alum-sil., alumina silicata
13. alumn., alumen
14. am-c., ammonium carbonicum
15. ambr., ambra grisea
16. am-m., ammonium muriaticum
17. anac., anacardium orientale
18. anac-oc., anacardium occidentale
19. anag., anagallis arvensis
20. anan., anantherum muriaticum
21. ang., angostura vera
22. ant-c., antimonium crudum
23. ant-t., antimonium tartaricum
24. anthr., anthracinum
25. anthraco., anthrococali
26. apis., apis mellifica
27. ap-g. , apium graveolens
28. aran., aranea diadema
29. arg-m., argentum metallicum
30. arg-n., argentums nitricum
31. arn., arnica montana
32. ars., arsenicum album
33. ars-h., arsenicum hydrogenisatum
34. ars-i., arsenicum iodatum
35. ars-m., arsenicum metallicum
36. ars-s-f., arsenicum sulphuratum flavum
37. arum-t., arum triphyllum
38. arund., arundo mauritanica
39. asaf., asafoetida
40. aster., asterias rubens
41. aur., aurum metallicum
42. aur-ar., aurum arsenicum
43. aur-i., aurum iodatum
44. aur-m., aurum muriaticum
45. aur-m-n., aurum muriaticum natronatum
46. aur-s., aurum sulphuratum
47. bad., badiaga
48. bals., balsamum pruvianum
49. bapt., baptisia tinctoria
50. bar-c., baryta carbonica
51. bar-m., baryta muriatica
52. bar-s., baryta sulphurata
53. bell., belladonna
54. benz-ac., benzoic acid
55. berb., beriberis vulgaris
56. bism., bismuthum oxidum
57. borx., borax
58. bov., bovista
59. brom., bromium
60. bry., byonia alba
61. bufo., bufo rana
62. cadm-s., cadmium slphuratum
63. calc., calcarea carb
64. calc-f., calcarea fluorata
65. calc-i., calcarea iodata
66. calc-p., calcarea phosphorica
67. calc-s., calcarea sulphurica
68. calc-sil., calcarea silicata
69. calen., calendula officinalis
70. camph., camphora officinarum
71. cann-s., cannabis sativa
72. canth., cantharis
73. caps., capsicum
74. carb-ac., carbolic acid
75. carb-an., carbo animalis
76. carb-v., carbo vegetabilis
77. carb-s., carbonium sulphuratum
78. card-m., cardus marianus
79. cast-eq.,castor equi
80. caust., causticum
81. cedr., cedron
82. cench., cenchris contortrix
83. cham., chamomilla
84. chel., chelidonium
85. chim., chimaphila umbellata
86. chin., china officinalis
87. chinin-ar., chininum arsenicosum
88. chin-b., chininum brom.
89. chinin-s., chininum sulphuricum
90. chlol., chloralum
91. chlor., chlorum
92. chr-ac., chromicum acidum
93. cic., cicuta virosa
94. cimic.,cimicifuga racemosa
95. cimx., cimex
96. cina., cina
97. cinnb., cinnabaris
98. cist. Cistus canadensis
99. clem., clematis erecta
100. cocc., cocculus indicus
101. coff., coffea cruda
102. colch., colchicum autumnale
103. coloc., colocynthis
104. com., comocladia dendata
105. con., conium maculatum
106. cop., copaiva officinalis
107. cor-r., corallium rubrum
108. croc. Crocus sativus
109. crot-c., crotalus cscavilla
110. crot-h., crotalus horridus
111. crot-t., croton tiglium
112. cub., cubeba officinalis
113. cund., cundurango
114. cupr., cuprum metallicum
115. cupr-ar., cuprum arsenicosum
116. cycl., cyclamen europaeum
117. dig., digitalis purpurea
118. dor., doryphora
119. dros., drosera rotundifolia
120. dulc., dulcamara
121. ech., Echinacea angustifolia
122. epiph., epiphegus
123. erechthites., erechthitis hieracifolia
124. eucal., eucalyptus globulus
125. euph., euphorbium
126. euphr., euphrasia officinalis
127. ferr., ferrum metallicum
128. ferr-ar., ferrum arsenicosum
129. ferr-i., ferrum iodatum
130. ferr-m., ferrum mur
131. ferr-p., ferrum phospgoricum
132. fl-ac., fluoricum acidum
133. fuli., fuligo ligni
134. gali., gallium aparine
135. gamb., gambogia
136. gast., gastein aqua
137. ger. Geranium maculatum
138. graph., graphites
139. grat., gratiola officinalis
140. grin., rindelia robusta
141. guaj., guajacum officinale
142. ham., hamamelis virginica
143. hell., helleborus niger
144. hep., hepar sulphuris calcareum
145. hippoz., hippozaenium
146. hydr., hydrastis canadensis
147. hydrc., hydrocotyle asiatica
148. hydr-ac., hydroyanic acid
149. hyos., hyoscyamus niger
150. hyper., hypericum perforatum
151. ign., ignatia amara
152. ins., -insulinum
153. iod., iodium
154. ip., ipecacuanha
155. jac-c., jacaranda caroba
156. jatr-c., jatrpha curcus
157. jug-r., juglans regia
158. kali-ar., kali arsenicosum
159. kali-bi., kali bichromicum
160. kali-c., kali carbonicum
161. kali-chl., kali chloricum
162. kali-i., kali iodatum
163. kali-m., kali muriaticum
164. kali-n., kali nitricum
165. kali-p., kali phosphjoricum
166. kali-s., kali sulphuricum
167. kali-sil., kali silicicum
168. kam., kamala
169. kreos., kreosotum
170. lac-c., lac caninum
171. lach., lachesis
172. lam., lamium album
173. laur., laurocerasus
174. led., ledum palustre
175. liat., liatris spicata
176. lith. , lithium carb
177. lyc., lycopodium clavatum
178. lyss., lyssin
179. mag-aust., magnetis polus australis
180. mag-c., magnesia carbonica
181. mag-m., magnesia muriatica
182. mag-p-a., magnetuis poly ambo
183. mang., manganum
184. med., medorrhinum
185. merc. mercurius
186. merc-c., mercurius corrsivus
187. merc-cy., mercurius cyanatus
188. merc-d., mercurius dulcis
189. merc-i-f., mercurius iodatus flavus
190. merc-i-r., mercurius iodatus ruber
191. merc-n., mercurius nitrsus
192. merc-sul mercurius sulphuricus
193. mez., mezerium
194. mill., millifolium
195. mosch., moschus
196. murx., murex
197. mur-ac., muriatic acidum
198. mygal., mygale lasiodora
199. nat-ar. natrum arsenicatum
200. nat-c., natrum carbonicum
201. nat-m., natrum muriaticum
202. nat-p., natrum phosphoricum
203. nit-ac., nitricum acidum
204. nux-m., nux moschata
205. nux-v. vux vomica
206. olnd.,oleander
207. ol-j.,oleum jecoris aselli
208. op., opium
209. paeon., paeonia officinalis
210. pall., palladium
211. par., pareira brava
212. petr., petrolium
213. ph-ac.,phosphoricum acidum
214. phos., phosphorus
215. phyt., phytolacca decandra
216. pip-m., piper methysticum
217. pip-n., piper nigrum
218. plat., platinum metallicum
219. plb., plumbum metallicum
220. polyg., polyonum hydropiperoides
221. psor., psorinum
222. puls., pulsatilla nigricans
223. pyrog., pyrogenium
224. rad., radium
225. ran-b., ranunculus bulbosus
226. ran-s., ranunculus scleratus
227. rhus-t., rhustxicodendron
228. rhus-v., rhus venanata
229. rob., robinia pseudocaia
230. rumx., rumex crispus
231. ruta., rua graveolens
232. sabad., sabadilla
233. sabin., sabina
234. samb. Sambucus nigra
235. sang., sanguinaria canadensis
236. sanic., sanicula aquata
237. sars., sarsdaparilla
238. scroph-n., scrophularia nodosa
239. sec., secale cornutum
240. sel., selenium
241. seneg., sensga
242. sep., sepia
243. sil., silicea
244. sin-n.,sinapis nigra
245. sol-ni.,solanum nigrum
246. spig., spigelia anthelmia
247. spong., spongia tosta
248. squil., squilla hispanica
249. stann., stannum metallicum
250. staph., staphysagria
251. still., stillingia sylvatica
252. stram., stramonium
253. stront-c., strontium carb.
254. sul-ac., sulphuricum acidum
255. sul-i., sulphuricum iodatus
256. sulph., sulphur
257. syph., syphilinum
258. syzyg., syzygium jambolanum
259. tab., tabacum
260. tarax., taraxacum
261. tarent-c., tarentula cubensis
262. tep., teplitz
263. ter., terebinthina
264. thuj., thuja ocidentalis
265. trif-p., trifolium pratense
266. trychnos. Trychnos gaultheriana
267. verat., veratrum album
268. vesp., vespa crabro
269. vinc., vinca minor
270. viol-t ., viola tricolor
271. vip., vipera
272. xan., xanthxylum fraxinium
273. zinc., zincum metallicum
274. zinc-p., zincum phosphoricum

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