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Summary
Tape recordings are presented of a case where Lilium tigrinum provided the cure, and to begin with an attempt is made to solve the case with the
aid of the repertory only, without consulting the materia medica. Lachesis emerges as the result, and not Lilium. The reason is shown to be that the short rubrics needed for repertorization are
by their very nature incomplete, so that the right remedy is often excluded.
Next, some highly characteristic Lilium symptoms are quoted from the provings, and these are then brought out more clearly
with the aid of further tape recordings. A surprisingly close correspondence emerges
of its own accord between some highly differentiated Lilium symptoms and certain symptoms presented by the patient—demonstrating the application
of the “keynote system”. It is established that this system is not, in fact, in opposition
to repertorization based on the totality of symptoms. Quotes from the literature show
that Kent himself certainly also used keynotes to find the remedy, and was against
purely mechanical repertorization.
The conclusion to be drawn is that the value of a symptom in our search for the right
remedy does not depend on whether it is a mental, general or local symptom, but that
the really valuable symptoms are only those which are characteristic as defined in
§ 153 of the Organon, i.e. “More accurately described”.
