Dr Shubhanshi Johri
Abstract: The Rubrics in Repertory are the tools towards unlocking the language of symptoms of the patient. The correct interpretation of the language of the patient starts with incorporating those symptoms into our homoeopathic translator i.e. Repertory and interpretation of the patient’s language through Rubrics. This article discusses about the Interpretation of Mind Rubric Amusement along with the Comparison of its Medicines in its subrubrics from Kent Repertory.
Keywords: Mind, Rubric, Amusement, Desire, Averse, Kent Repertory,
Introduction: The dictionary meaning of the word Amusement is “the feeling caused by something that makes you laugh or smile; or by something that entertains you”. Another meaning tells us that Amusement is something that makes time pass pleasantly; an entertainment.
The word “amusement” originates from the Middle French word “amusement,” derived from the verb “amuser,” meaning “to entertain,
deceive,” which in turn comes from the Latin “muser” meaning “stare stupidly”. [1, 2]
Here’s a more detailed breakdown: [1, 2]
- Middle French “amusement”: This is the direct ancestor of the English word.
- French “amuser”: Meaning “to entertain, deceive”.
- Latin “muser”: Meaning “stare stupidly”.
- “a-” (in “amuser”): This prefix, meaning “to” or “causal effect”
The feeling of being entertained or laugh can come from anything – it can be watching movies or dramas, adventurous sports or going on scary joy rides, making poses for photographs, getting ready doing make-up, buying new clothes or accessories every other day, listening to music. Even eating food of various varieties and in large quantities can be a kind of amusement. Anything which can give the Dopamine a rush can be a form of amusement. Even amusement can be something where a person can feel excited; thrilled; scared, can scream because it can also be a sort of entertainment for certain people where they are getting scared. A person is getting to laugh, getting entertained is the motive whether it comes by getting thrilled or excited is not the matter. The feeling of the patient is important. So, this feeling of excitement; thrill; getting scared, where a person can laugh are all forms of amusement.
There are two Sub-rubrics given under the Rubric Amusement in Kent Repertory. First is Averse to and second is Desire for.
| AMUSEMENT, averse to | AMUSEMENT, desire for |
| Baryta-carb ( 1stgrade) | Lachesis mutus (2ndgrade) |
| lilium-tig. (3rdgrade) | Piper methysticum (3rdgrade) |
| menyanthes (3rdgrade) | |
| oleander (3rdgrade) | |
| Sulphur (3rd grade) |
AMUSEMENT, averse to: The meaning of word aversion is a strong feeling of not liking something/somebody. In the following medicines the aversion/strong dislike towards amusement consists of different reasons.
1.BARYTA CARBONICA : The personality of Baryta Carb is like foolish type; doing foolish things; behaving in a foolish manner, escaping from people, not making any friends because they think everyone will make fun of me. I’ll become a product of other people’s amusement rather than me getting any amusement. This fear of being laughed at by others in Baryta prevents them to do any kind of amusement making them feel they do not deserve enjoyment therefore this aversion to amusement. They feel criticized of being called as foolish therefore they feel they does not need any kind of amusement.
Rubrics like –
Mind, absent-minded (See Forgetful) (p. 1)
Mind, amusement, averse to (p. 2)
Mind, childish behaviour (See Foolish) (p. 11)
Mind, company aversion to, amel., when alone (p. 12)
Mind, company aversion to, presence of strangers, to (p. 12)
Mind, delusions, laughed at, imagines she is (p. 28)
- MENYANTHES: In this medicine the aversion to amusement comes from the feeling of something wrong is going to happen; something evil will happen that’s why I should not involve myself into any kind of fun or entertainment. If I get involved in any kind of fun I will have to undergo a lot of hardships; I will have to do some lower job; I will have very less money. Oh, I will have to suffer too much because of this entertainment that I’ll do. In Menyanthes there develops a kind of Anxiety that something bad is going to happen.
Rubrics like –
- Mind, amusement, averse to (p. 2)
- Mind, anxiety, fear, with (p. 6)
- Mind, dwells on past disagreeable occurrences (p. 39)
- Mind, fear, driving him from place to place (p. 44)
- Mind, fear, misfortune, of (p. 46)
- Mind, suspicious (p. 85)
- LILIUM TIGRINUM : The most important thing about Lilium Tig. is that it belongs to the family of Veratrum Album. And in the family of Veratrum Album; Lilium tig – the most important thing for them is Social Position. The thing or feeling that matters for them is social position – How much I am socially acceptable? The feeling of Lilium Tig is that it feels that in the eyes of society I am a very religious person; richest person doing all sorts of good deeds and right things and this is what everybody should know about me that I am a good and noble person. So, if I get involved in amusement; people will start calling me and will start inviting me for all kinds of social gatherings and functions and I will somehow lose my social position which will be the big headache for me. Moreover if I start involving with people normally they will come to know about my sexual habits and all sexual thoughts and the image of me being a prestigious person in front of them will get destroyed and everyone will start thinking bad about me and that is why I should keep myself away from all sorts of entertainment as people will come to know about my sexual thoughts and excitement. The feeling of maintaining a good and powerful image in front of others keeps the Lilium tig away from all sorts of amusement. The indulgence of Lilium tig into religious affections comes from being too much into sexual thoughts and this is one of the main reason of being religious. The thoughts of Lilium tig are like – I should keep myself busy so that my mind do not go into sexual thoughts and also being busy will free me from all sorts of entertainment and my social position will be maintained forever which is the most important thing for me.
Rubrics like –
- Mind, amusement, averse to (p. 2)
- Mind, anxiety, salvation, about (p. 8)
- Mind, despair, religious (of salvation etc.) (p. 36)
- Mind, despair, religious, alternating with sexual excitement (p. 36)
- Mind, escape, attempts to (p. 39)
- Mind, hurry, occupation, in, desires to do several things at once (p. 52)
- Mind, hurry, occupation, in (p. 52)
- Mind, nymphomania (p. 68)
- Mind, suicidal disposition, position, by (p. 85)
4.OLEANDER : The personality of Oleander is more or less similar to Baryta carb being dull; difficult to grasp things; unable to read; unable to memorize things. They feel its better to stay away from everything. They make no friends as they feel; the friends will make fun of them. I will become a matter of their amusement. For Oleander its better to stay alone rather than getting into entertainment/amusement. Oleander’s main concern is grasping and retaining things as they can read and can even memorize but main difficulty arises for them is when they have to understand things. When there is continuous conscious effort to understand things they have read the Oleanders starts to suffer and gets into confusion and lack of understanding which leads to walking away of them from all sorts of entertainment. Oleander feels that it takes time for me to read and understand things so I should not waste my time and energy into any kind of amusement or entertainment.
Rubrics Like :
- Mind, amusement, averse to (p. 2)
- Mind, concentration, difficult (p. 13)
- Mind, confidence, want of self (p. 13)
- Mind, confusion, reading, while, if he attempts to understand it (p. 15)
- Mind, dullness, sluggishness, difficulty of thinking and comprehending (p. 37)
- Mind, imbecility (p. 53)
- Mind, indifference, apathy, etc. (p. 54)
- Mind, memory, weakness of, read, for what has (p. 65)
- SULPHUR : The thinking of Sulphur is – I am a very evolved personality and I don’t need to get into these small useless things like Amusement or any kind of entertainment. I am here in this world to do big things not these small stupid things. Sulphur is like – this amusement and all are for normal people and not such a big personality like me. Sulphur has its own Delusions so the thinking in Sulphur is – I don’t need to get into all these stupid things like amusement. Due to the Delusion of being a Great person in Sulphur gives the feeling that stupid things like amusement are made for stupid people and not for an evolved and intelligent person like me.
Rubrics Like :
- Mind, amusement, averse to (p. 2)
- Mind, delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions (p. 20)
- Mind, delusions, disgraced, that she is (p. 24)
- Mind, delusions, great person, is (p. 26)
- Mind, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, etc. (p. 36)
- Mind, fancies, exaltation of (p. 41)
- Mind, foolish behavior, happiness and pride (p. 48)
- Mind, haughty (p. 51)
- Mind, indifference, external things, to (p. 55)
The medicines described above were who have an aversion to amusement ; likewise there are medicines given in Kent Repertory under the rubric AMUSEMENT who has a Desire For Amusement. These medicines are Lachesis mutus and Piper Methysticum.
AMUSEMENT; desire for : The dictionary meaning of Desire is the feeling of wanting something very much; a strong wish. So the rubric is – wanting and wishing too much for amusement most of the time. The medicines are :
1.LACHESIS MUTUS : In Lachesis the Desire for Amusement is about wearing beautiful unique clothes; looking beautiful and presentable. The main theme of Lachesis is to be the centre of attraction gaining all the limelight from others; Lachesis does not want that the attention should shift on anybody else. The amusement in Lachesis is fulfilled by attracting others through cracking jokes ; dancing to please others; saying and doing all sorts of things which can grab attention of others towards him/her. Lachesis make sure that people should look at me only and I should be the only centre of attraction in front of everyone and for this Lachesis himself can call everyone for a gathering and can do all sorts of things by which others can give attention. The desire for Amusement in Lachesis can be seen along with a sense of Competitiveness; Jealousy; and Wanting Attention from others.
Rubrics Like :
- Mind, amusement, desire for (p. 2)
- Mind, cheerful, gay, happy (See Mirth) (p. 10)
- Mind, delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions (p. 20)
- Mind, delusions, house is full of people (p. 27)
- Mind, delusions, identity, errors of personal (p. 27)
- Mind, dictatorial (p. 36)
- Mind, egotism (p. 39)
- Mind, envy (p. 39)
- Mind, gestures, ridiculous or foolish (p. 50)
- Mind, jealousy (p. 60)
- Mind, jesting (p. 60)
- Mind, laughing, silly (p. 62)
2.PIPER METHYSTICUM : This remedy can be called as a remedy of Pure
Amusement because in Piper there is an inner feeling of getting bored from daily routine so Piper wants some kind of amusement which can provide a diversion from daily life. Piper feels I am very bored of this same routine; feels as if I am very tired of doing same things. To overcome this feeling of intense tiredness there arises a feeling to get diverted from the routine and same old tasks and this diversion in Piper is achieved by Amusement. This Desire for Amusement in Piper can be anything which is different or diversion from daily routine life. It could be even looking outside the window to random people. There should be excitement in life which is important and it doesn’t matter for them from which source the excitement/amusement is coming. All which is needed is Amusement and this is only important for Piper Methysticum.
Rubrics Like :
- Mind, amusement, desire for (p. 2)
- Mind, ennui, entertainment amel. (p. 39)
- Mind, excitement, ameliorates (p. 40)
- Mind, exhilaration (p. 41)
- Mind, fancies, exaltation of (p. 41)
- Mind, mirth, evening (p. 66)
- Mind, mirth, emission, after an (p. 66)
This article has laid emphasis on the meaning; importance and application of the Mind rubric AMUSEMENT along with its sub-rubrics AVERSE TO and DESIRE FOR. The medicines which covered the rubric and sub-rubrics for AMUSEMENT are taken from KENT REPERTORY and have been explained thoroughly. The use of rubrics in Repertory depends on how creatively one can understand the meaning of Rubrics and thus clinical practice and gaining knowledge in homoeopathy is a never ending process.
REFERENCES:
- https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/amusement [2]
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amusement
- Repertory Of The Homoeopathic Materia Medica by James Tyler Kent
- Reverse Repertory Of Kent
- Lectures from the other song academy by Dr. Shrikant Talari
- Oxford Dictionary
Dr Shubhanshi Johri
MD Scholar, Department of Case Taking And Homoeopathic Repertory
Government Homoeopathic Medical College And Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Email Id : anshi19j@gmail.com
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