Concept of Mind

INTERDEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSION –
ORGANON OF MEDICINE AND HOMOEOPATHIC

PHILOSOPHY/HOMOEOPATHIC REPERTORY
PRESENTED BY- Dr. SANA AFSAR KHAN

MD PART 1(BATCH 2023-2024)
TOPIC- CONCEPT OF MIND AS PER DR.

HAHNEMANN, DR J.T KENT, DR.
BOENNINGHAUSEN AND DR. C.M BOGER
DEPARTMENT OF ORGANON AND

HOMOEOPATHIC PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMOEOPATHIC
REPERTORY
CONCEPT OF MIND AS PER-
 Dr. Hahnemann-
Dr. Hahnemann said the Mind is key to the man. Man consists of
what he thinks and what he loves and there is nothing else in a
man. If these two grand parts of man the Will and the
Understanding, be separated, it means Insanity, disorder and
death.
Dr. Hahnemann has given great importance towards the

understanding of mental illness. In fact, he was basically the first
physicians to perceive the mentally ill as “sick individuals” who
always required special care and proper medical care.
According to our Master, the mind and body are not two different
part but they are derived from same body but they form an
indivisible whole but absolutely separate by mind. In natural
diseases the physical turbulences are usually found associated
with their mental disturbances. Illness is the end result of whole
body as well as of physiological events that happens in the
lifetime of an Individual.
 Dr. J.T KENT-
Dr. J.T. Kent was always the strong follower of Dr. Samuel
Hahnemann he has also elaborated the Organon of Medicine,
further he also said like, “Human body is a government and the
mind is the central government of the body he lives. He has
clearly given example to this by saying about a nervous child may
have wild dreams, nervous excitement, restless sleep, but if we
examine all the organs of the body, he or she might be absolutely
normal. But if this sickness is allowed just like that then in the
span of twenty or thirty years will definitely produce some very
aggressive deadly bodily disease.
He always says that there is a Strong relationship between the

Mind and Body through the nerve fibre.” Therefore, every
homeopath is essentially a psychotherapist.
When it comes to his Lesser writings he has, divided mind into

three categories, they are will, intellect and memory and
explained them for better understanding.
In kent’s repertory of homoeopathic material medica there are 564

main rubrics given under mind chapter.
 Dr. Boenninghausen-
Boenninghausen was criticized for paying too little respect

for the mental symptoms whereas Hahnemann had laid the
greatest emphasis on the mental symptoms. Of course
Boenninghausen was conscious of the value of mental
symptoms, but he had given his own reasons for not giving
in minute details the particularization of mental symptoms.
He was of the opinion that, in routine practice it is difficult
to extract reliable mentals. Very often, the psychic state has
to be ignored as it is only a mask for the true mental
symptoms which are exhibited through somatic symptoms.
That meant that he would only consider the most reliable
symptoms even while considering mental symptoms. There
also, he made broad Generalizations. So his Repertory
combined both the concepts and produced something which
was elastic enough to suit the combinations, to work on the
philosophical base and yet serve faithfully as an index to the
Materia Medica, through peculiar, rare and strange
symptoms.
Boenninghausens’s therapeutic pocket book has 2 separate
chapters under mind that is, mind and intellect.
There are 18 rubrics under mind and 18 rubrics under intellect.
 Dr. C.M BOGER-
To understand a case he says that “The spirit of the clinical

symptoms picture is best obtained by asking the patient to tell his
own story, whenever that is possible” He has always stressed on
the importance of mental state by further saying that, always
consider the mental state as it comes next to the cause and also
course of the sickness”.
He was very clear about the fact that mind is the cause behind the
physical symptoms, hence should be understood and properly
utilized. The dependency of the mental symptoms and physical
symptoms should never be ignored.
In boger boenninghausen’s characteristics and repertory

(B.B.C.R) there are 366 rubrics given under mind chapter.

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INTERDEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSION –

ORGANON OF MEDICINE AND HOMOEOPATHIC

PRESENTED BY- Dr. SANA AFSAR KHAN

TOPIC- CONCEPT OF MIND AS PER DR.

DEPARTMENT OF ORGANON AND

Dr. Hahnemann has given great importance towards the

 Dr. J.T KENT-

He always says that there is a Strong relationship between the

When it comes to his Lesser writings he has, divided mind into

In kent’s repertory of homoeopathic material medica there are 564

Boenninghausen was criticized for paying too little respect

 Dr. C.M BOGER-

To understand a case he says that “The spirit of the clinical

In boger boenninghausen’s characteristics and repertory

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