Complete Repertory Project 2016–2025: Résumé & Conclusions

by Roger van Zandvoort

Main Objectives Across the Years

  • Enhance clinical accuracy through continuous integration of verified cured cases.

  • Expand remedy coverage, especially for smaller and underrepresented remedies.

  • Systematically incorporate historical and modern provings, toxicology, and materia medica.

  • Modernize and professionalize the editorial and software process, transitioning to multi-user platforms.

Chronological Highlights

2016: The Year of Foundations

  • Major additions from Trinks’ 1847 Materia Medica, over 275,000 entries.

  • Use of Bönninghausen’s original grading system to enrich evaluation.

  • Start of the Repertory Comparison Project, comparing results across different repertories and programs to test accuracy using real historical cases. Thousands of published clinical cases have now been analyzed and integrated. The project is ongoing, but not all of it is published anymore.

  • ~760 new articles processed from the Homoeopathic Recorder.

2017: Completion of Homeopathic Recorder Additions

  • Finalized major effort: ~400,000 additions from The Homoeopathic Recorder (from 2,370 sources).

  • Focus on cured cases and lesser-known remedies published in this trusted journal.

2018: Emphasis on Small Remedies and Clinical Confirmation

  • 106,081 additions from Karl Stauffer’s Symptomen-Verzeichnis (1929).

  • Significant proving data from contemporary authors.

  • Highlight: Astacus fluviatilis case by George Vithoulkas demonstrating success of repertory enrichment for rare remedies.

  • Integration of handwritten repertory additions by Roger Schmidt, Pierre Schmidt’s brother.

2019: Structural Enhancements and Kent Comparison

Collaboration with Dr. Rajesh Rajendran enhanced contemporary source inclusion.

  • Compared rubrics between Kent and Complete Repertory; restored over 10,000 Kent page references.

  • Continued work on Knerr’s Repertory—notably Mind, Respiratory, Digestive, Circulatory chapters.

2020: Proving-Focused Expansion

  • Built multi-user database system for shared editorial work.

  • Added new provings, e.g., Triticum vulgare (gluten/GMO relevance), Latrodectus, Acridotheres, Americium, Hafnium, etc.

  • Over 25,000 new additions, especially from toxicological sources.

2023: Classic Literature and Contemporary Clinical Integration

  • 28,600+ additions from C.G. Raue’s Annual Record (1870–1875)—material that later fed into Hering’s Guiding Symptoms.

  • 40,000+ additions from modern clinical cases on Interhomeopathy, many based on J. Scholten and Sankaran’sapproaches.

  • Recalculated and promoted many remedies in grading, especially Boenninghausen’s lowest degree to second degree for better analytical performance.

2024: Dual Focus – Proving and Clinical Integration

  • 118,934 new additions between Jan–May 2024.

  • 56 provings integrated by Dr. Rajesh Rajendran (1950s–2020s).

  • Over 24,000 additions from the Materia Medica Pura Project (MMP) by André Saine.

  • Launch of Saine Repertory 2024, based on CR 4.5 and MMP data.

  • Verified cured cases remained central to ensure grading reliability and practical analytical output.

  • Many smaller remedies elevated to higher grades due to combined proving + cured case confirmation.

 

 

 

 

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Thematic Threads Over the Years

 

  • Emphasis on Clinical Confirmation: Grading systems have consistently evolved to reflect the real-world value of a remedy in cured cases—not just theoretical presence.

  • Smaller Remedies in the Spotlight: Targeted remedy work (e.g., Astacus, Triticum, Mandragora, Falco, Electricitas) helped such remedies appear more appropriately in analyses.

  • Historical + Modern Bridging: Integration of long-forgotten primary sources alongside cutting-edge provings.

  • Grading Adjustments Based on Evidence Type: Systematic distinction and recalibration based on whether the evidence was from proving, cured cases, or toxicology.

  • Digital Professionalization: Move to shared editorial systems and analysis comparison projects.

 

 

Results & Impact

 

  • Increased clinical reliability: Gradings now better reflect real-world outcomes.

  • Higher repertory usability: Enriched remedy entries provide more accurate and detailed analytical rankings.

  • Stronger remedy differentiation: Smaller remedies now compete more equally due to enriched data.

  • Wider practitioner participation: Integration of work from the homeopathic community and modern thinkers.

  • Recognition of Repertory as a living system: Proven dynamic with continuous, thoughtful evolution.

 

 

 

Many contemporary provings are now included

 

As of August 2025, the Complete Repertory comprises 247,334 rubrics, with 219,081 containing remedies. Its network now includes 301,961 cross-references and the same number of donor/receptor links, along with 7,016 polar links that highlight key rubric contrasts. These figures reflect the culmination of years of steady expansion, particularly through the integration of provings, and mark a transition toward the next phase: systematically strengthening clinical confirmations to refine and validate the vast body of recorded symptoms.

 

Conclusion

 

 

The Complete Repertory 2016–2025 development is a unique blend of historical rigor, modern application, and editorial integrity, guided by a vision of improving clinical outcomes. From the meticulous reintegration of Kent and Trinks, to new grading algorithms and clinical additions, the repertoire now represents not just a static reference—but an evolving tool for success in practice.

The work continues.....

“The proof is in the pudding. Use it. Repertorize with it. Pick the right individual rubrics. And mark what was helpful.”— Roger van Zandvoort

 

see also: Rep Stats