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CompleteDynamics

PractitionerEdition

foriPad

Version20.1

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AboutthismanualIsthistherightmanualforyou?

TheCompleteDynamicsdocumentationisavailableinalargenumberofvariants.

Wehavedifferentmanualsfordifferentprogramconfigurations.

Programedition:Browser,Practitioner,orMaster.Computertype:AppleOS-X,Windows,iPad,iPhone,Android.Variousinternationallanguages.

Therightmanualisadaptedexactlytoyoursituation.Ifyouthinkyouarenotreadingtheperfectmanual,pleasegotoourwebsitewww.completedynamics.com,sectionDocumentation,anddownloadyourmanualthere.

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WelcomeWelcometoCompleteDynamics-PractitionerEdition.

TheCompleteDynamicssoftwareprogramoffersyoutheultimateexperienceincomputerbasedreadingandstudyingoftheCompleteRepertory.Amongsthomeopathicprofessionals,theCompleteRepertoryisrenownedworldwideforitscompleteness,accuracyandcoverageoforiginalsources.

ThesoftwareisavailableforApplemacOS®,MicrosoftWindows®,Linux®,AppleiOS®,Android®.

WiththePractitioneredition,youwillbeableto:-ReadandstudytheentireCompleteRepertory,inmultiplelanguages.-Managepatientcasefiles.-Performanalyses.-ReadMateriaMedicabooks.

Thesepagesaremeanttohelpyoufindyourwayaroundtheprogram.WesuggestyoustartwiththesectionGettingstarted,whichwillgiveyouanoverviewofthepossibilities.

WesincerelyhopethatCompleteDynamicswillenrichyourhomeopathiclife,whetheryouareaprofessionalpractitioner,student,teacherorresearcher.

TheCompleteDynamicsdevelopmentteam:EduardvanGrinsvenRogervanZandvoort

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GettingstartedIntuitivedesign

CompleteDynamicsisdesignedtobeusedintuitively,bythosewhohaveaprofessionalbackgroundinhomeopathy.Somefeaturesoftheprogramcanbeusedmuchmoreeffectivelyifyoulearnafewtricks.

Popupmenus

Inmanysituations,popupmenusprovidequickaccesstofunctions.Justtouchthescreenandholditfor1second.Amenuwillthenshow,ifavailablefortheitemyouclickedon.Example:

Indextabs

ThemainmodulesofCompleteDynamicsareaccessiblethroughsocalledindextabs.InthePractitionereditiontheseareIndex,Book,Find,Case,AnalysisandMateriaMedica.

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TheIndexmoduleprovidesquickaccesstothebook'schapters,usingbothatextualaswellasagraphicalrepresentation.SeehelpsectionIndexmodulefordetails.TheBookmoduleshowstheCompleteRepertorybook.Youcanreaditlikeaprintedbook,butalsoviewitinamorecondensedform.SeehelpsectionBookmodulefordetails.TheFindmoduleofferspowerfulfunctionalityforfindingrubricsandremediesinthebook.SeehelpsectionFindmodulefordetails.TheCasemoduleletsyoucreateandorganizeyourpatientscasefiles.SeehelpsectionCasemodulefordetails.TheAnalysismoduleisusedforanalysisofyourcases.SeehelpsectionAnalysismodulefordetails.TheMateriaMedicamodulegivesinformationaboutremedies.SeehelpsectionMateriaMedicamodulefordetails.

Buttonbar

Atthetopofthescreen,abuttonbarprovidesquickaccesstocommonlyusedfunctions.

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iOSversionUsingiOS

TheAppleiPad®doesnothaveamouseandakeyboard,likeyouareusedonaPC.Also,theiPaddoesnothaveanapplicationMenubar,likeapplicationsonaPC.Instead,popupmenusareusedtoofferoffunctionsthatwouldotherwisebeavailablethroughkeyboardkeysandtheMenubar.

ThetouchscreenoftheiPadoffersseveralpossibilitiesthatarenotavailableonaPC,calledgestures.Examplesofthesegestures,usedinCompleteDynamics,are:

Swipe.Placeyourfingeronthescreen,andswipeitleft,right,up,ordown.Oftenusedtoturnpagesinabook.Alsousedtoscrollcontentsthatistoolargetofitonthescreen.Pinch.Placetwofingersonthescreen,thenmovethemtowardsorawayfromeachother.UsedintheBookmoduletomakethetextsmallerorlarger.

SharingcasesbetweenyouriPadandyourPCworksslightlydifferentthanbetweentwoPCs,becausecopyingfilestoandfromyouriPadrequirestheuseiftheiTunesapplicationonyourPC.YouwillfindaspecialsectiononthisunderCasemodule,casesharing.

Deviceorientation

YoucanholdyouriPadintwodifferentpositions,calledlandscapeandportraitorientation.TheCompleteDynamicsapplicationwillautomaticallyadjustthewayitshowsyouinformation,accordingtothewayyouholdyouriPad.

AllpicturesinthismanualaremadewiththeiPadinlandscapeorientation.Itisuptoyoutodiscoverhoweverythinglookswhenyouchangetheposition,anddecideforyourselfwhatismostconvenientforyou.

Speedandmemory

TheiPadisnotalargecomputerlikearealPC,withalmostunlimitedspeedandmemory.SinceCompleteDynamicsisaverycomplexandlargeprogram,thisimposessomerestrictionsontheiPadversion.Ifyouunderstandtheserestrictions,theyshouldnotbeaproblemtoyou.

TheCompleteRepertorycontainsalmost250,000rubrics,holding2,500,000remedyentries!TosearchforspecificinformationintheFindmodule,allthisinformationneedstobecompared.Tomakethismoreefficient,theprogramtriestokeepasmuchinformationinmemoryaspossible.Whentheinformationisnotinmemory,itneedstobereadfromthedatabase.

Thefirsttimeyoudoafind,youmaynoticethatsearchingcanberelativelyslow.Butthenextfindisconsiderablefaster,oftenjustafewseconds(dependingonthecomplexityofyourquery),becausetherubricsandremediesarealreadyinmemory.

Morethan1program

Youtypicallyusemorethan1programonyouriPad.AlltheseprogramsneedtorunusingthelimitedmemoryoftheiPad.Whenthereisnotenoughmemoryforallprograms,theiPadaskstheprogramstofreememory.Whenthishappens,CompleteDynamicsfreesasmuchmemoryasitcan.Consequently,thenextFindmightagaintakemoretime.

Whileyouworkwithoneprogram,theotherprogramsdonothing.Duringthistime,whenmemorybecomestoolimited,theiPadwillsimplyendotherprogramswithoutawarning.ThisisnotlikeitisdoneonPCs,butthisisthewaytheiPadsoftwarewasdesigned.Whenendingaprogram,theiPadpreferstoendlargerprograms.Inmostcases,thiswillbeCompleteDynamics,becauseitisnotjustasmallgameprogram.Thisimpliesthatwhenyouworkwithanotherprogram,CompleteDynamicscansilentlybeended,andthenexttimeyouselectithastostartalloveragain.

Topreventbeingkilledunexpected,CompleteDynamicsfreesasmuchmemoryaspossiblewhenyouswitchtoanotherapplication.Whenyouswitchback,itwillagainreadtheinformationithadpreviouslyfreed.ThisisbestnoticeableintheFindmoduleandtheReverseMateriaMedica.Thesemodulesaremuchfasterwhenalltextsandremediesarealreadyinmemory.Thestatusofthememoryisshowninthetoolbar:

Allrubricnamesandremediesareinmemory.Searchingwillbefastnow.

Someessentialinformationisnotreadyet.Searchingwillhavetowaitafewmoments.

Rubricnamesareinmemory,buttheremediesarenot.Searchingfortextwillbefast.Searchingforremediescanbeslow.

Rubricnamesarenotreadyet.Searchingcanbeslow.

TheiPadforcedtofreememory.Searchingcanbeslow.Readinginformationhasbeenstopped,clickthebuttontorestartreading.

YoucanenableanddisablethememoryfreeingwithaPreferencessetting.

Savingyourdata

BecausetheprogramcansilentlybekilledbytheiPadatanytime,itattemptstosaveyourcasedataatappropriatemoments.Yourcasedataissavedautomaticallywhen:

youdonothingforafewseconds;youswitchtoanotherapplication;

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anopencaseisclosed.

Tipsforoptimalperformance

CompleteDynamicswillperformbestifyou:

donotswitchtootherprograms,exceptwhenyouneedthem;closeallapplicationsthatyouarenotreallyusing.

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IndexmoduleOpeningtheIndexmodule

GototheIndexmodulebyclickingontheIndextab.

UsingtheIndexmodule

Theindexmoduleallowsforquickaccesstotherepertory'scontents.Itisdividedintothreeareas:-theleftsideisanindexintotheCompleteRepertorychapters,-themiddlepartisagraphicalindex,-therightsideisaquickindexintocommonlyusedrubrics.

Justclickonanitemtoperformtheaction.

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BookmoduleOpeningtheBookmodule

GototheBookmodulebyclickingontheBooktab.Inthefollowingexample,thebookisopenedattherubricMind;Appetite,withdimished.

RemediesandReferences

Arubricshowsitstext,followedbyRemediesandReferences.Asanexample,takealookattherubricMind;Abusive:

Remediescanbeshownin4gradations.Thegradationsaredistinguishedbyshowingthemindifferentsylesandcolors.

Inthisexample,theseare:-grade4:CHAM,LYC.-grade3:ABIES-N,ACON,AM-C,ANAC,ANDROC,AUR,etc.-grade2:Alco,Bung-f,Dulc,Merc,Nit-ac,Sil,Staph.-grade1:agath-a,agki-p,aloe,am-c,am-m,etc.

Referencestootherrubricsfollowthelistofremedies.Inthisexample,thereare9references.Simpleclickonthereferencetojumptotherubricreferredto.

FullorCompactview

Hidingremediesandreferences

Incompactview,onlyrubricsareshown,withthenumberofremediestheycontain,hidingtheremediestooptimallyusetheavailablescreenspace.(Toolbarbutton ).

Tohideorshowallremediesandreferences,doubleclickonanywhitespaceofthepage.Youcanalsodoubleclickonarubriclabel.

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Hidingsubrubrics

Itisalsopossibletohideallsubrubrics,thusshowingonlythetoplevelrubricsoftherepertory.(MenuoptionMainrubricsonly).Thisoptionisextremelyusefulforpeoplewhowanttolearnthestructureoftherepertory.

Youcaneasilygobacktoshowingallrubrics.(MenuoptionMainrubricsonly).Youcanalsoswitchbacktothenormalrepertoryviewbyclickingonarubric.

Remedysortingorder

Thedefaultorderinwhichremediesareprinted,isalphabetic.Youcanshowtheremediesinorderofrelevance.(MenuoptionRemedies/Sortonimportance).

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Alphabeticsortingorder Sortedonimportance

Limitingtheinformationshown

Inadditiontoswitchingbetweenfullandcompactview,itispossibletolimitthenumberofremediesshown.Thiswilllimittheshownremediestoonlythosethathaveatleastthegivengradation1,2,3,or4.(Toolbarbutton ,toolbarbutton ,toolbarbutton

,toolbarbutton ,menuoptionRemedies/Allgrades,menuoptionRemedies/Grade2+,menuoptionRemedies/Grade3+,menuoptionRemedies/Grade4).Example,againwithrubricMind;Abusive:

Onlygrade4remedies.Grade3and4.Grade2,3and4.Allremediesareshown.

Textsize

Textcanbemadesmallerorlarger.(MenuoptionSmallertext,menuoptionStandardtextsize,menuoptionLargertext).

OntheiPad,youcanmakethetextsmallerorlargerwiththepinchgesture.Placetwofingersonthescreenandmovethemfromortowardseachothertochangethetextsize.

Navigation

ButtonGesture ActionSwipeup. Previousrubric.Swipedown. Nextrubric.Swipe2fingersup.

Previousmainrubric.

Swipe2fingersdown.

Nextmainrubric.

Swiperight. Previouspage.Swipeleft. Nextpage.Swipe2fingersright.

Previouschapter.

Swipe2fingersleft.

Nextchapter.

Jumpbackinhistory.Usethisafterfollowingareferencetoanotherrubric,togobacktowhereyoucamefrom.Jumpforwardinhistory.Usedincombinationwiththepreviousoption.Thesetwoworklikethekeyscommonlyusedinwebbrowsers,togobackbackwardsandforwardsbetweenwebpages.

Copyingarubrictotheclipboard

Sometimesitisusefultocopyarubrictotheclipboardandpasteitintoanotherapplication,likeawordprocessor.(MenuoptionCopy/Copyrubriclabel,menuoptionCopy/Copyrubricandremedies).

Languageselection

Dependingontheprogrameditionandlicense,severallanguageoptionsforCompleteRepertorymightbeavailable.Availablelanguageoptionscanbeselectedfromthemenuorviathebuttonbar.(MenuoptionLanguage/BookEnglish).(Flagbutton, )

InthePractitionereditionasecondlanguagecanbeselected(optionsdependonyourlicense)toshowtherubrictextinanotherlanguage.ForexampleFrench:(MenuoptionLanguage/BookextraFrench).

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Favoriterubrics

Youmightconsidersomerubricsimportant,andothersnotsoimportant.ThisisespeciallytruewhenyouusetheFindmoduletolookforrubrics.Toputextraemphasisontherubricsthatareimportanttoyou,youcanmarkthemasbeingafavorite.

Tomarkarubricasafavorite,clickontherubricandthenmarkit.(MenuoptionRubricisafavorite).

Anyrubricthatismarkedasafavorite,willbedrawnunderlined.

Onceyouhavemarkedanyrubricsasbeingfavorite,anextrafieldwillappearintheFindmodule,allowingyoutorestrictasearchtoonlyyourfavoriterubrics.

Remedyfilter

Itispossibletorestricttheremediesshown.Anoptionisavailableinthetoolbar,bywhichyoucanselectagroupofremedies.

Anumberoffrequentlyusedgroupsarepredefined(minerals,plants,animals,nosodes).Tochooseanothergroup,simplyselectoptionOther...andadialogwillappearinwhichyoucanselectoneofthegroupsintheKingdoms&Familiessection.

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Usethefilteroptiontoquicklyfindtherightremedygroup:

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Bookmodulestandardrepertoryfilters

Normally,theBookmoduleshowsthecompletecontentsoftheCompleteRepertory.

Afewstandardfiltersareavailable.Youcanselectthemviathemenubar,orviathepopupmenusontheedgesofthepage.(MenuoptionBookselection/Complete).

Complete Showtheentirerepertory,withoutfiltering.Classic Showonlyrubricsandremediesfromclassicauthors.Thislimitstherepertorytorubricsthatoccurinthe

mainclassicrepertories,andremediesfrombooksbefore1930.Reliableauthors Showonlyauthorsthatareconsideredtobethemostreliable,accordingtoGeorgeVithoulkas.Kentrubrics RepertoryislimitedtorubricsderivedfromKent'srepertory.RubricsfromAllen'sTherapeuticPocketBook

RepertoryislimitedtorubricsderivedfromAllen'sTherapeuticPocketBook.

Ifafilterisselected,itsnameisshownintheheaderoftherepertorybooklayout.Thiswayyoucaneasilyseewhichrepertoryoptionyouareusing.

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FindmoduleOpeningtheFindmodule

GototheFindmodulebyclickingontheFindtab.

Findfields

Attheleftsideofthescreenyoucanfillinwhatyouwanttofind.(AnalternativewaytoenterwhatyouwanttofindisbyusingthepowerfulFindfieldatthebottomofthewindow,seethesectionFindfieldfordetailsonusingthissinglefieldforpowerfulsearches.)

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Text Entertextfragmentstolookfor:xyz Anywordstartingwithxyz.=xyz Wordmustbeexactlyxyz.*xyz Wordcontainsxyzanywhereinitstext."abcxyz" Textcombinationabcfollowedbyxyzabc+def BothtextsabcANDdefmustoccur.abc+def Sameasabove,spacesareoptional.abcdef Sameasabove,ANDisthedefault.

(A+isautomaticallyinsertedbeforedef.)-abc TextabcmustNOTbepresentinthetext.

Thiscanbecombinedwith=,*and""asshownabove.Examples:-=morning-*ation-"frombed"

abc/def EitherabcORdefmustoccur(spacesareoptional).

Combinationsofthesearepossible.Examples:four/eightpm (fourOReight),ANDpm.pmfour/eight Sameasabove,theorderisnotimportant."risingfrombed"morning Thesequencerisingfrombed,ANDmorning.fear/anxietycrowd/people(fearORanxiety)AND(crowdORpeople).

(A+isautomaticallyinsertedbeforecrowd)

Remedies Entertheabbreviationsofremediestolookfor.Pressingthe button,locatedneartherightsideofthefield,willpopupasearchwindowallowingyoutointeractivelyselectaremedy,incaseyoudonotknowtheabbreviationbyheart.sep Remedysepsep. Sameasabove,thedotnotationcanbeused,butisnotneededhere(itisneededintheFindfield).-sep RemedysepmustNOTbepresentintherubric.sep/nat-m EitherremedysepORnat-msepnat-m Sameasabove,ORisthedefault.

(A/isautomaticallyinsertedbeforenat-m)sep/staph+nat-m/mag-m (sepORstaph)AND(nat-mORmag-m)sep.staph.+nat-m.mag-m. Sameasabove.(A/isautomaticallyinsertedbeforestaphandbeforemag-m)

Min.grade

Entertheminimumgradationforremedies(1to4).

Min.rubricsize

Entertheminimumnumberofremediesinarubric.

Max.rubricsize

Enterthemaximumnumberofremediesinarubric.

Chapters Pressingthe button,locatedneartherightsideofthefield,willpopupawindowallowingyoutointeractivelyselectchapters.Rubrictypes

Pressingthe button,locatedneartherightsideofthefield,willpopupawindowallowingyoutointeractivelyselectrubrictypes,likeTimes,Sides,Locationetc..

Searchingwillstartautomaticallyafterenteringyoursearchcriteria,thereisnoneedtopressanybutton.

NotethatfortextthedefaultformultiplefragmentsisAND,butforremediesitisOR.Thereasonforthisisthatwhenenteringmultipletextfragmentsyoumostlikelyintendtorestrictthesearchresult,whereasformultipleremediesyoumightwanttododifferentialdiagnosis.

Findresults

OntheiPad,searchingwillstartassoonasyoufinishedtypingintoafield.Whenyoutypeusingtheonscreenkeyboard,youmustfirsthidethat.Incaseyouareusinganexternalkeyboard,hittheEnterkey.

Theresultsofafindrequestareshownontherightsideofthewindow.Thelevelofdetaildependsonwhathasbeensearchedfor.Ifremediesweresearchedfor,theselectedremediesareincludedinthefindresult.Ifonlytextwassearchedfor,noremediesareshown.Inshort,thefindresultfocusesonwhatyouaskedfor,notthedetailsthatarenotaskedfor.

ThefindresultareahasmanysimilaritieswiththeBookmodule.Navigationisdonewiththesamekeyboard,mouse,buttonbar,ormenufeatures.Also,thelayoutisautomaticallyadjustedtothesizeofthewindow.

IntheFindmodule,showingremediesisrestrictedtothesomewhatsmallerrubrics.Rubricswithmanyremediesshowonlythenumberofremedies.

InadditiontothenavigationoptionsintheBookmodule,thefindresultofferstheoptionofjumpingstraighttoarubricinthebook,bysimplydoubleclickingonarubricwiththemouse.

DifferentialDiagnosisinFindmodule

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IntheFindmodule,DifferentialDiagnosisshowsalistofrelevantremediesforallrubricsthatarefound,similartoananalysis.(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionRemedies/ShowDDremedies).

Inthisexample,afterlookingforduringconvulsions:

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CasemoduleOpeningtheCasemodule

GototheCasemodulebyclickingontheCasetab.

TheCasemoduleenablesyoutocreateandorganizeyourpatient'scasefiles,registerprescriptionsthatyouhavemade,andcreateandorganizeanalyses.

WorkingwiththeCasemoduleislikeworkingwithrealfiles.Casesareorganizedintogroups,likeyouwouldorganizeyourcasefilesindifferentfilecabinetsordrawersinreallife.Youfirstselectthegrouporgroupsyouwanttoworkin.Casesintheselectedgroupsareshowninalist,withonlyasummaryofthepatientinformation:Nameandyearofbirth.ThecasescanbefilteredbyenteringoneormorepartsofthepatientnameintheFilterfieldbelowthelist.Onceacasehasbeenselectedinthelist,thecasefileisshownontherightsideofthescreen.Thenextstepwouldbetoopenthecasefile,butwewillfirstgointoafewdetailaboutthispartofcasemanagement.

Selectinggroupsandcreatingyourowngroups

Youcanseetheselectorofgroupsasakindofdrawercabinet.

Inthispicture,thePatientsdrawerhasbeenopened.

Thestandardgroupsare:Patients Allcasefilesthataremarkedas'Patient'inthecasedescription(moreinfobelow)andofwhichyouaretheauthor.Colleagues Allcasefilesthataremarkedas'Patient'inthecasedescriptionandofwhichsomeoneelseistheauthor.Study Allcasefilesthataremarkedas'Study'.Thesearecasesthatarenotdirectlyrelatedtoanyofyourpatients,butforyour

personalstudyonly.Seminars Allcasefilesthataremarkedas'Seminar'.Youcreatecasesinthisgroupforanycasesthatoccurinseminarsandtrainings.Other Allcasesthatdonotfallintoanyothergroup.

Youcanopenoneormoredrawersatthesametime.Justclickonadrawertoopenitortocloseit.Doubleclickingononeofthedrawerswillopenitandcloseallothersatthesametime.

Twodrawersareopened.

Thelistwithcaseswillshowallcasesthataremarkedas'Study'oras'Seminars'.

Ofcoursethesegroupsdonotmatchyourpersonalwishes.Creatingnewdrawerswithyourowngroupsiseasy.Wheneditingthecaseinformation,youcanspecifywhichgroupsthecaseshouldbein.Youcanusethethreestandardgroups'Patient',Study'and'Seminar',butyoucanalsotypeyourowngroupnames.Newdrawerswillbeaddedtothelistautomatically:

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ThedrawersFamily,TeachingandWorkgroupareaddedtothelistautomaticallybecauseinsomeofthecasesthesegroupnameswereusedinthecaseinformation.

Selectingtherightcasefile

Allcasesthatmatchtheselectedgroupareshowninthelist.IfyoufillinsometextintheFilterfield,thelistisrestrictedtothosecasethatmatchthefiltertext.Anexampleofusingthefilter:

Thefilterhassomeverypowerfuloptionstoselecttherightcase.ItusesthesamefilteringcriteriaastheFindfieldusesfortextandremedies.IntheCasemodule,textisthenameasshowninthelist,andremediesareanyremediesthathavebeenprescribedtothepatient(orhaveNOTbeenprescribed).Pleaserefertosection'Find'fieldfordetails.

Example:TolookforapatientnamedJohnorJoseph,whohasbeenprescribednux-v,butneversulph,justtype:john/josephnux-v.-sulph.(Notethedotbehindtheremedynames!).

Casefilesummary

Whenyouhaveselectedacasefile,partofthecaseinformationisdrawnattherightside.Theinformationincludes:-Nameoftheauthorofthecase.-Patientinformation(name,address,birthdate).-Aphoto(ifpresent).-Listofmostrecentprescriptions.

Example:

Creatingacasefile

YoucancreateanewcasefilebyclickingtheNewbutton.Thiswillbringupadialogwhereyoucanenterpatientinformation,aswellascasebackgroundinformation.

Editingcasedata

InthePatientsection,youcanfillinallpersonalinformationyouwanttostoreaboutthepatient.PressthePhotobuttontotakeapicture.Thephotoisautomaticallyresized.RemoveanexistingphotowiththeClearbutton.Ifthepatient'sbirthyear,monthordayarenotknown,simplyfillin0.Incasetheexactbirthdayisnotknown,butthepatientonlyprovidesthecurrentage,youcanentertheageinthefieldBirthyear.

Ifyoufillinthepatient'semailaddress,youcaneasilysendanemail.

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IntheCasesection,youcanentersomebackgroundinformationaboutthecase,thatisnotrelatedtothepatientitself.IntheCasegroupsgroup,youcanselectoneofthestandardgroups,and/orfillinyourowngroupnamesseparatedbyspacesorsemicolons.TheCasebackgroundgroupisusefulifthiscaseoriginatesfromaseminar,magazineetc,andyouwanttorememberwherethecasecomesfrom.

Deletingacasefile

Ifyounolongerneedacasefile,youcandeleteit.

Automaticbackups

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Ifyouunintentionallydeletedacasefile,youcanrestoreitfromabackup.

Backupsaremadeautomatically.

Everyday,forthelastmonth.Everymonth,forthelastyear.Afteroneyear,abackupisremovedpermanently.Notethatbackupsarestoredlocallyonyourcomputer.

OpeningaCase

Youcanopenanexistingcasefilebyselectingitinthelist,andthenclickingthe Openbutton.Youcanalsodoubleclickontheentryinthelist.Whenyoucreateanewcase,itisthenautomaticallyopened.

Afteropeningacasefile,itshowsacontentthatyouwouldnormallyexpectinsideareallifecasefiletoo:-apieceofpaperwithpatientinformation,-aformwithprescriptions,-aformwithanoverviewofallanalysesinthecasefile,-asheetofpaperforeveryanalysis,-asheetofpaperwithcasebackgroundinformation.

Example:

Tocloseanopencase,clickonthesmallarrow intheupperleftcorner.(MenuoptionClosecase).

Managingprescriptions

Toaddanewprescription,doubleclickontheemptylineatthetopoftheprescriptions.(MenuoptionAddprescription).Anewdialogwillappear,whereyoucanentersomeinformationabouttheprescription:

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Ifthemonthordayarenotknown,simplyfillin0.Deleteaprescriptionbyselectingitinthelist,thenDeleteprescription.(MenuoptionDeleteprescription).Editaprescriptionbydoubleclickingontheentryinthelist.(MenuoptionEditprescription).

Managinganalyses

Youcanaddanewanalysiswithamenuoption,ordoubleclickontheemptylineatthetopoftheanalysisindex.(MenuoptionAddanalysis).Anewdialogwillappear,whereyoucanentersomeinformationabouttheanalysis:

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Deleteananalysisbyselectingitinthelist,thenDeleteanalysis.(MenuoptionDeleteanalysis).Editananalysisbydoubleclickingontheentryinthelist.(MenuoptionEditanalysis).Ifyouwanttocopyananalysis,asbasisforanewanalysis,useDuplicateanalysis.(MenuoptionDuplicateanalysis).Tomoveananalysistoanothercase,usemenuoptionMoveanalysistocase.(MenuoptionMoveanalysistocase...).

Ifyouclickononeoftheanalysesinthelist,thisanalysisbecomestheonethatisusedbytheAnalysismodule(seesectionAnalysis).

Printing

Youcanprintyourcase,orpartsofit.(MenuoptionPrint).

Adialogallowsyoutoselectwhatyouwanttoprint:

Casecover Ifyoucheckthisoption,thefirstpageoftheprintwillcontainpatientinformation,aswellasanoverviewofprescriptions.Currentanalysis Selectthisoptionifyouonlywanttoprintthecurrentlyselectedanalysis,withthesettingsastheyareusedintheAnalysis

module.Noanalyses Selectthisoptionifyoudonotwanttoprintanyoftheanalyses(justthecasecover).Analysisdetails Ifyoucheckthisoption,deinformationyouenteredforeachanalysiswillbeprinted(diagnosis,notes).Rubricsandremedies Ifyoucheckthisoption,everyanalysisprintwillcontainanoverviewofallremediesinrubricsthatareusedintheanalysis.

Pleasenotethatduetocopyrightrestrictions,atmost20rubricswillbeprintedwithalltheirremedies.Ifyouprintmorethan20rubrics,therubricswiththemostremedieswillnotlisttheirremedies.

Color Printincolor.Ifnotchecked,printingisoptimizedforblackandwhiteprinters.

Casesharing

Sharingyoucaseswithcolleagues

Itmanysituations,youmaywanttogiveoneofyourcasesand/oranalysestoacolleague,afellowstudent,ateacher,ormaybepublishitonanInternetforum.CompleteDynamicsoffersyouthepossibilitytoexportacase,fulloronlypartial,toafile.Thisfilecanthenbegiventoyourcolleague,andbeimportedonhis/hercomputer.YourcolleaguedoesnotneedaPractitionerEditionlicenseforthis,withthefreeBrowserEditionthefilecanalsobeimportedandlookedat.Casesharingcanalsobedoneanonymous,thusensuringthepersonalprivacyofyourpatientandyou.Howexportingandimportingisdone,isdescribedbelow.Firstwe'lllookatanotherimportantfeatureofCasesharing.

Synchronizingyourcasesbetweenmultiplecomputers

Whenyouusemorethanonecomputerforyourpractice,youmaywanttokeepyourcaseinformationsynchronizedbetweenthem.Thisway,youwillalwayshaveup-to-datecaseinformationwhereveryouwork.WithCasesharing,yougettwopowerfuloptionstotakecasesfromonecomputertoanother.

Theeasiestwayistoexportafullcopyofyourcasedatabaseononecomputer,andimportitontheothercomputer.Thisreplacesallcaseinformationstoredontheothercomputer.

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Thisoptioncanalsobeusedtoregularlycreateabackupofyourcasedatabase.

Themoreadvancedwayistoexportonlythecasesthataremodifiedononecomputer,andimportthemonthesecond.Inthissituation,onlythemodifiedinformationiscopiedandmergeintothedatabaseonthesecondcomputer.Thispowerfulsynchronizationmechanismevenworkswhenacaseismodifiedonbothcomputers!

SynchronizingcasesbetweeniPadandPC

SynchronizingcasesbetweenyouriPadandyourPCusesexactlythesamemechanismassynchronizingbetweenmultiplePCs.ThedifferenceliesinthewaythattheexportfilesaremovedtoandfromtheiPad.BetweentwoPCs,yourcanforinstanceuseaUSBsticktotransferthefile.ForyouriPad,transferringfilesisdoneusingtheiTunesapplicationonyourPC.IniTunes,filescanbecopiedtoandfromCompleteDynamicsonyouriPad.Todothis,selectyouriPadiniTunes,andopenthesectionApps.BelowthelistofApps,youwillseealistofAppsthatallowFilessharing.YoushouldseeCompleteDynamicsinthatlist.SelecttheCompleteDynamicsAppbyclickingonit.OntherightsideoftheApp,thereisanareawhereyoucanaddordeletefiles.AcaseexportfilecreatedonyouriPadwillbefoundthereandcanbecopiedtoyourPCtobeimportedthere.AnexportfilecreatedonyourPCcanbeaddedhere,andwillthenbeavailableforimportonyouriPad.Formoreinformation,pleaserefertotheHelpsectionsofiTunes.

OntheiPad,thepopupmenuwiththeoptionsdesrcibedinthenextsections,canbeopenedintheCasemodule,ontheleftsideofthescreen.

Exportingasinglecase

Toexportasinglecase,opentheCasemoduleandselectthecasethatyouwanttoexport.Then,useoptionExportcurrentcase...(MenuoptionSharing/Exportcurrentcase...).Adialogopens,allowingyoutoselectwhichpartsofthecaseyouwanttoexport:

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Authorinformation Ifyouuncheckthisoption,yournameisnotincludedintheexport.Patientinformation Ifyouuncheckthisoption,thepatientismadeanonymous.Onlythepatient'sgenderandyearofbirthareused.

Ifthisoptionischecked,allthepatient'spersonalinformationisincludedintheexport.Casenotes Withthisoptionchecked,yourcasebackgroundinformationisincludedintheexport.(Casebackground,notes,andgroups).Prescriptions Withthisoptionchecked,theprescriptionsyouhavemadeareincludeintheexport.Analyses Foreveryanalysisinthecase,youcandecidewhetheryouwanttoexportitornot.Clickonalinetotoggletheselectionon/off.

ThebuttonsAllandNonecanbeusedtoselectallornoneoftheanalyses,foreasierselection.Password Ifyouenteravaluehere,theexportfileisprotectedbyapassword.Inordertobeabletoimportit,someonehastoknowthe

password.Werecommendtouseapasswordforanyinformationthatyoushare,exceptforanonymouscasesthatyouwanttopublishforeverybodyontheInternet.

Whenyouareready,presstheOKbutton,andyouwillbeaskedforafilenameandlocationofyourchoice.Adefaultfilenameisalreadyfilledin,butyoucanchooseanynameyouwant.

Exportingasingleanalysis

Toexportasingleanalysis,openthecasethatcontainstheanalysis,andselecttheanalysisyouwanttoexport.Then,usemenuoptionExportcurrentanalysis...(MenuoptionSharing/Exportcurrentanalysis...).Adialogopens,allowingyoutoselectwhichpartsofthecaseyouwanttoexporttogetherwiththeanalysis:

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Forthemeaningofthefields,seetheinformationabove.

Exportingmultiplecases

Youcanexportmultiplecasesintoasinglefile.(MenuoptionSharing/Exportmultiplecases...).

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Inthelistwithcases,selecttheonesyouwanttoexportbyclickingonthem.

Importingacaseoranalysis

Whensomeoneelsehasgivenyouacaseoranalysisexportfile,youcaneasilyimportitwithmenuoptionImport.(MenuoptionSharing/Import...).

Youareaskedforthefileyouwanttoimport.Afterselectingthefile,itisimportedintoyoucasedatabase.Incasethefileispasswordprotected,youareaskedforthepasswordfirst.

YoucanfindtheimportedcaseundergroupColleaguesiftheauthornamewasinthefile,otherwiseyouwillfinditundergroupOther.Afteropeningthecase,youcaneasilychangethecaseinformationyourself,ormoveananalysistooneofyourotherowncases.

Exportingyourentirecasedatabase

Whenyouexportyourentirecasedatabase,itcanonlybeimportedonacomputerthathasalicensethatisregisteredunderyourname.

Toexportyourentirecasedatabase,usemenuoptionExportcompleteCaseDatabase...(MenuoptionSharing/ExportcompleteCaseDatabase...).Adialogopens,allowingyoutoprovideapasswordtoprotectthisfile(highlyrecommended).

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AfterpressingtheOKbutton,youwillbeaskedforafilenameandlocation.Takethefiletoanothercomputer,andtheredoImport.

Exportingmodifiedcases

Exportingmodifiedcasesisthemostflexiblewaytosynchronizecaseinformationbetweenmultiplecomputers.

Toexportmodifications,usemenuoptionExportmodifiedcases.(MenuoptionSharing/Exportmodifiedcases...).Adialogopens,allowingtotospecifywhatneedstobesynchronized:

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Bydefault,thedateofthelastsynchronizationisfilledin.Incaseyouwanttosynchronizeallmodificationafteranotherdateandtime,justchangethevalue.Togetanoverviewofwhichcaseswillbeincludeintheexport,presstheDetails...buttontogetalistofthecasesandtheirlastmodificationtimes.

Importingmodifiedcases

Themodifiedcasescanbeimportedonanothercomputer.(MenuoptionSharing/Import...).Afterselectingthefile,adialogopensshowinginformationofthesynchronizationactionsthatareneeded:

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Theimportantparthereistheleftmostcolumn.Thiscolumncanhavefourdifferentvalues:

New Thecaseisnotpresentinthelocaldatabase.Itwillbecreatednewly.Replace Thecaseisnotmodifiedinthelocaldatabase,buttheversionintheexportfileisnewer.Itwillbeoverwrittenwiththenewinformation.Merge Thecasehasbeenmodifiedonbothcomputers.Theinformationintheexportfilesismergedintotheinformationinthelocaldatabase.No

existinginformationisoverwritten,butnewinformationiscopiedin.Ignore Thiscaseappearsnottobemodifiedonanyofbothcomputers.Nothingisdone.

Youcanmodifytheactionforanyofthecasesinthelist.Selectanumberofcasesbyclickingonthem,andthenpressanyofthebuttons Ignore,New,Replace,orMerge.PressingbuttonResetwillrestoreallactionstotheiroriginalsetting.

WhenanactionisexplicitlysettoNew,thecasewillbecopiedasanewcase,evenifasimilarcaseisalreadypresentinthelocaldatabase.Youcandothiswhenyouareindoubt,aftertheimportyouwillthenseetwocaseswiththesamenamethatyoucanverifyyourself.Normally,thisisnevernecessary,theoptionMergewillnotthrowawayanyinformation.

Passwordprotection

Yourpatientinformationcanbeprotectedagainstunwantedaccessbyothers,whileyouareawayfromyourcomputer.

Forthis,youcansetapassword.

Ifapasswordhasbeenset,anewbutton willappearintheCasemodule.Whenyoupressthatbutton,thecasemodulewillimmediatelybelocked,andthepasswordmustbeenteredtoopenit.

Itisalsopossibletoautomaticallylockthecaseinformation,afteryouhavenotusedtheprogramforsometime.Thetimebeforeautomaticlockingcanbeconfiguredbyyou,inthePreferencessettings.Ifyousetthetimeto0minutes,noautomaticlockingwillbedone.

Beverycarefulwhensettingapassword.Besidesyou,nobodyelseknowsyourpassword.Ifyouforgetyourpassword,itislikelosingthekeystoyourhouse;nomoreaccess.

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AnalysismoduleQuickStart

Fortheimpatientamongyou...

WestronglyadviceyoutoreadtheHelpsectionsonanalysis,becausealittlebackgroundinformationwillmakeyourworkmuchmoreefficient.Ifyouwanttoreaditlaterandjustgetstartedrightaway,thissummaryshouldgetyoustartedinjustaminute.

StartwithaCaseornot?

Inmanycasesananalysisismadebecauseitisrelatedtoapatientandyoumaywanttokeepitforlaterreference.Inthissituation,itisadvisabletofirstcreateacase,oropenanexistingcase,becauseyouranalysisisthenstoredintherightplace.Onceacaseisopened,anewanalysiscanbeaddedtoiteasily.Fordetailedinformationonhowtoorganizeyourcasesandanalyses,pleasereadsectionCasemodule.

Ifyoujustwanttodoaquickanalysis,withoutthecontextofarealcase,justdon'topenorcreateacase,andadefaultcasewillautomaticallybecreated(namedUnnamedcase)andtheanalyisstoredinthere.Theanalysiscanbefoundinthatcaselabeledwithtoday'sdate.

Addingrubrics

Addingarubrictoyouranalysisiseasy.FirstselecttherubricintheBookmodule.Arubricisselectedwhenitismarkedwithabrightyellowcolor.Thenclickandholdtherubric,toopenthepopupmenu.(MenuoptionAddrubrictoanalysis).Tofindtherightrubric,theFindmodulecanhelpyou.

CreatinganAnalysis

OpeningtheAnalysismodule

GototheAnalysismodulebyclickingontheAnalysistab.Assumingyouhavealreadyopenedacaseandselectedananalysis,thescreenwilllooksomethinglikethis:

Thewindowisdividedintotwosections:-thesymptomsandrubricsthatareusedforthisanalysis,-theanalysisresults.We'lldiscussthemindetails,startingwiththefirst.

Notethattheexamplesusedherearepartofthedemocasesthatcanbefoundinthe'Other'groupofyourCasemodule.Youcanfreelyplaywiththeseexamples.EverytimeyoustartCompleteDynamics,theoriginaldemocasesareputbackinthe'Other'group.

SymptomsversusRubrics

Afterhavingcollectedyourpatient'sinformation,thetraditionalapproachistolookforrubricsintherepertorythatmatchthepatient'ssituation.Thebigdisadvantageofthisapproachis,thatforsomeofthepatientssymptomsasinglerepertoryrubricisneeded,whileforothersymptomsseveral

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rubricscanbefoundthattogetherexpressthecomplaint.Whenevermultiplerubricsareusedtoexpressasinglesymptom,theremediesthatmatchthatsymptomareautomaticallycountedstronger,sothesymptomwillgetanexageratedvaluecomparedtoothersymptoms.Also,thepatientdoesnotexpresshissymptomsintermsofrepertorylanguage.Acollectionofrepertoryrubricsistherefornotarealrepresentationofthepatientscomplaints,especiallyifnorubricscanbefoundthatexpressthepatientssymptoms100%literate.

CompleteDynamicssolvestheseproblemsbymakingadistinctionbetweenSymptomsandRubrics.Firstthepatient'ssymptoms,astheyareanalysed,canbeentered.Secondly,repertoryrubricscanbeboundtotheseSymptoms.TheAnalysismodulecanautomaticallycompensatetheanalysisresultsforthefactthatsomeSymptomsareexpressedwithfewrubrics,whereasotherSymptomsareexpressedwithalargenumberofrubrics.Soyouarefreetochoosehowmanyrubricsyouneedtoadequatelyexpressthepatient'ssymptomsintorepertoryrubrics,withoutdisbalancingyouranalysisresults!

SymptomsarethelanguageofthePatient-RubricsarethelanguageoftheRepertory.

TherearemoreadvantagestousingSymptoms.Sincesymptomsarethelanguageofthepatient,itiseasytoassignarankingofimportancetoaSymptom,withouthavingtoexplicitlymanipulatetherankingofindiviualrubrics(wecalltheseSymptomWeightandRubricWeight,theyareexplainedatanotherplace).Therearemoreadvantages,butyou'llseethoseforyourself.

Ofcourseforaquickandsimpleanalysis,creatingSymptomscausessomeoverheadthatyoumightnotwant.Inthiscase,justdon'tcreateSymptoms.AllRubricsarethenautomaticallyplacedundera'genericsymptom',invisibletoyou.

Anexample.BelowtwoscreenshotsfromtheDemocaseAndrew,onewithoutandonewithusingSymptoms:

ThevariantwithSymptomsismuchmoreclear!

CreatingSymptomsandaddingRubrics

WithaCaseopenedandananalysisselected,anewSymptomcanbeaddedtoanAnalysis.(MenuoptionAddsymptom).TodeleteaSymptom(andalltheRubricsboundtoit),selectitinthelisteitherwiththemouseorkeyboard,thenpresstheDeletekey.(MenuoptionDeleteselected).YoucanedittheSymptomdetailsbydoubleclickingonit.(MenuoptionEditsymptom).

ArubricisalwaysaddedfromtheBookorFindmodule.(MenuoptionAddrubrictoanalysis).TheRubricisthenaddedtotheSymptomthathasbeenselectedasthe'current'SymptomintheSymptomlist.YoucanseewhichSymptomthisisinthetoolbaratthetopofthescreen:

Fromthetoolbar,youcaneasilyselectanotherSymptom,toaddtherubricto.IfnoSymptomsaredefined,youwillseethetext'Genericsymptoms'.

OrganizingSymptomsandRubrics

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ItispossibletochangetheorderiswhichSymptomsareorganized.WhenaSymptomisselected,itcanbemoved.(Toolbarbutton ,toolbarbutton).Symptomscanbesortedautomaticallywithafewmenuoptionsinthepopupmenu:

ARubriccanbemovedtothenextorpreviousSymptomwiththesamemenuoptionsandtoolbarbuttons.WithinaSymptom,RubricsarealwayssortedaccordingtotheirorderintheBook.

Results

Theanalysisresult

OncetheSymptomsandRubricsareaddedtotheAnalysis,itistimetolookattheresults.Theseresultsareshownontherighthandsideofthewindow.

Therearebasicallytwowaysofviewingtheanalysisresult:-anoverviewofmultipleresults,baseduponthesameanalysis.-adetailedoverviewofasingleanalysisresult.

Viewingmultipleanalysisresults

Theoverviewofmultipleresultscanbeselected.(Toolbarbutton ).Itwilllooklikethis:

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Thestandardanalysismethods

Thestandardresultsinthispicturemeanthefollowing:

Standard Thisisthestandardanalysisresult,baseduponfactoryselectedparameters.Smallremedies Isthisresult,smallerremediesaregivenmoreimportancethanlargeremedies(polychrests).Thiscompensatesforthe

unequaloccurrenceofremediesthroughouttherepertory.Polychrestsarenotleftoutoftheanalysis,itisjustthattheirdominanceisreduced.

Smallrubrics Isthisresult,therubricswithfewremediesaregivenmoreimportancethanrubricswithalotofremedies.Thisway,morecharactericrubricshavemoreimpactontheresultthanverycommonrubrics.

Bönninghausen Inthistypeofanalysis,aremedyiscountedbaseduponitsoccurrenceinrelatedrubricsintherepertory.Bönninghausenanalysisisusedmainlywiththelargerandmoregenericrubrics.Also,correctionforpolarrubricsismoreimportant.Formoreinformation,seeAnalysis-Bönninghausen.

Simplecounting Thisisaverysimplecounting,likedoneintheolddayswithjustapencilandpaper.Forallrubricsintheanalysis,thegradationofallremediesissimpleaddedup.

Selectingwhichanalysismethodsareused

MaybeyouarenotalwaysinterestedinallthestandardanalysesmethodsthatCompleteDynamicsoffersyou.Youcandecidewhichanalysesareshownandinwhichordertheyshouldoccur.YoucanchangethisinthePreferencessettings.SeesectionPreferencesformoreinformation.

Analysisresultsdetails

Whenyoulookattheresultinthepictureabove,youwillnoticethatnonumbersareprintedwhatsoever.Allyouseeisabarbehindeveryremedy,thatshowstherelativeimportanceoftheremedy.Theremediesaresortedinorderofimportance.Theshorterthecoloredbar,thelessimportanttheremedyisinthegivenresult.

Ifyouprefertoseenumbersintheresult,youcanpressthetoolbarbutton.(Toolbarbutton ).Theresultwillthenlooklikethis:

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Insomesituations,youmightwanttonotsorttheresultinorderofimportance,butaccordingthenumberofsymptomsandrubricsaremedyoccursin.Youcanthenpresstoolbarbutton ,meaning'Sortanalysisonnumberofsymptoms/rubrics'.(Toolbarbutton ).

Remediesalreadyprescribed

Itcanoftenbeconvenienttoquicklyrecognizewhichremedieshavealreadybeenprescribedtoapatient.Allremediesthathavepreviouslybeenprescribed,aremarkedwithadotbehindthename.

Findingtherelationshipbetweenrubricsandremedies

Youcanquicklyseetherelationshipbetweenrubricsandremediesbyclickingoneitherarubric,oronaremedyintheresult.Thecorrespondingremediesorrubricsarethenprintedinahighlightcolor.

Example:ClickingonrubricMind;sensitive,oversensitive;noise,to;painfullsensitivenesstowillshowthefollowingintheresultarea:

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Inaglimpseyouseewhichremediesareinthatrubric!

Example:ClickingonremedysulphwillshowthefollowingSymptomandRubricoverview:

Andinaglimpseyouseeinwhichrubricssulphoccurs.Besidesthis,theselectedremedyishighlightedintheotheranalysisresultsaswell,soyouinstantlyseetherelativerankinginthedifferentanalyses.

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Sofarfortheoverviewofmultipleanalyses.Let'snowtakealookatthedetailedoverviewofasingleanalysisresult...

Viewingadetailedoverviewofasingleanalyisresult

AmoredetailedoverviewofasingleanalysiscanbeshownineithertheTableorintheGridview,accordingtoyourpreference.(Toolbarbutton ,toolbarbutton ).

TheTableviewlookslikethis:

TheGridviewlookslikethis:

Thiswayyougettoseetherelationshipbetweenrubricsandremediesinasinglepicture.Ofcoursethiscanonlybedoneforasingleanalysis.Belowtherasteryouseeaselectionbox,inwhichyoucanswitchbetweentheavailableanalysisresults.

Theblocksordotsindicatethattheremedyoccursinarubric:

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Grade1

Grade2Grade3Grade4

Ifyouwantmoredetails,justdoubleclickonthebullettogetthecompleteremedyinformation:

Also,youcanhighlightrubricsorremediesbyclickingonthem:

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Andofcoursethetoolbarbuttons and canbeusedtoshownumbersorchangethesortingorder.

Locatingaremedyintheanalysisresults

Insomesituations,youdonotjustwanttoseethetopresultsofananalysis,butwanttoknowexactlywhereagivenremedyoccursinthoseresults.

AllyouhavetodoistypetheabbreviationoftheremedyintheLocateremedyfieldbelowtheanalysisresults.Theanalysisredrawsifnecessary,skippingpartoftheresultstoensurethatyourremedyisshown.Theremedyyouarelookingforisautomaticallyhighlighted,tomakeitbettervisibleforyou.

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Filteringtheanalysisresults

Filteringtheresultsonremedyfamily

Normally,theanalysisresultsshowsallremedies.YoucanrestricttheresultstoonlythoseremediesthatarepartofagivenKingdom,Family,orsomeothergroup.Todothis,simplemakeaselectionforthedropdownlistinthetoolbar:

Anumberoffrequentlyusedgroupsarepredefined(minerals,plants,animals,nosodes).Tochooseanothergroup,simplyselectoptionOther...andadialogwillappearinwhichyoucanselectoneofthegroupsintheKingdoms&Familiessection.

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IfyouchecktheoptionPermanentlyaddtolist,thegroupyouselectedwillbeaddedpermanentlytothestandardgroupsinthelist.Nexttimeyoustarttheprogram,thatgroupwillthenagainbeinthelist.Iflateryouwanttoremoveit,selectthesamegroupagainviatheOther...option,anddeselecttheoption.

Advancedtopics

Finetuningyouranalysis

Nowthatyouhavecoveredthebasicsofcreatingananalysisandinterpretingtheresults,itistimeforsomeadvancedtopicsthatallowyoutofinetunetheanalysisinaccordancewithyourinterpretationofthepatient'sinformation.

Thetopicswe'llcoverare:-Usingweights.-Balancingsymptoms.-Polarrubricsandcontraindications.-Rubricgroups.-Rubricoverview.-Filtertheresultsonremedyfamilies.

Manyactionscanbeperformedonmultipleselectedlinesatonce.Toselectasingleline,justclickonitwiththemouse:

Youcanalsochangetheselectionofasinglelinebyclickingattheleftofthetext.

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Usingweights

EverySymptomandeveryRubriccanbeassignedagivenWeight.Justlikeyouassignacertainimportancetoapatient'ssymptoms,orjustlikearemedyintherepertorycanoccurwithdifferentgrades,youcanassignacertainimportancetoeachoftheSymptomsandRubrics.

Byassigningahighervalue,theSymptomortheRubriciscountedwithmoreimportanceintheanalysisresult.Andbyassigningaweightof0,theSymptomorRubricisexcludedfromtheanalysiscompletely.

Tosettheweight,firstselectaSymptomorRubricbyclickingonitwithyourmouse.Nowthereareseveralwaystosettheweight:-0(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionWeight/Ignore).-1(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionWeight/Weightnormal).-2(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionWeight/Weightx2).-3(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionWeight/Weightx3).-4(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionWeight/Weightx4).

Thefollowingexampleshowsananalysisinwhichweightsareset(justfordemonstration)

Youseethetoolbarbuttonsontheleft.ThetoolbarbuttonsalwaysshowtheactualweigthvalueoftheselectedSymptomorRubric.TheXbeforeaSymptomorRubricindicatesaweightof0,itisexcludedfromanalysis.

Balancingsymptoms

BalancingofSymptomsisanadvancedanalysismechanism,compensatingtheuseofmany/fewRubricsinaSymptom.Whenbalancingisswitchedon(whichitnormallyis),youcanplaceasmanyRubricsunderaSymptomasyouwant,withoutdisturbingtheanalysis.Intraditionalanalyses,youwouldhavetocarefullyselectrubricsinananalysis,becauseifyouwouldusetoomanyrubricstoexpressacertainsymptom,theremediesmatchingthatsinglesymptomwouldstarttodominatetheanalysis.Likewise,ifyouwouldonlyuseasinglerubric,theremediesinthatrubricwouldnotsufficientlycontributetotheoverallanalysis,comparedrubricsusedfortheothersymptoms.WithBalancingofSymptomsswitchedon,everySymptomiscountedwiththeWeight(seeUsingweightsabove)assignedtoit,nomatterwhetheryouplaceasingleRubricsunderitor,let'ssay,10Rubrics.

Balancingsymptomisswitchedon/offwiththetoolbarbutton ,foundontherightsideofthewindow.(Toolbarbutton ).

Let'stakealookatanexample.Inthefollowinganalysis,manyrubricsareusedtoexpresstheheadpains.IfnoBalancingisused,Glonoinumdominatestheresults,whereaswithBalancingNatrumMuriaticumbecomesmoreapparent.

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Analysisresult:

Nobalancing Withbalancing

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Note:BalancingSymptomshasnoeffectonthebasicanalysisSimpleCounting.

Polarrubricsandcontraindications

Polarrubricsaretworubricswhichhaveanoppositemeaning.Asexample,let'stakealookatasimplecase,inwhichinitiallyremedycoffwasprescribed:

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UnderGeneralities,weseetworubricsthatbothhaveapolarrubric:-amel-agg.-desires-aversion.

Itispossibletousethesepolarrubricsintheanalysisbypressingtoolbarbutton ,foundontherightsideofthewindow.(Toolbarbutton ).Now,underbothrubricamelanddesires,theirpolarrubricsareshown.Theresultoftheanalysisisalsochanged,becausethevaluesofremediesarenowcorrectedwiththevaluesinthepolarrubrics.

Remedycoffisnowcoloredred,becauseinthisanalysisitiscontraindicated.Acontraindicationisasituationinwhicharemedyoccursinonerubricinalowgrade(1,2,ordoesnotoccuratall),butinthepolarrubricinahighgrade(3or4).

AmorecomplexexampleisshowninthenextBönninghausenstyleanalysis:

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Rubricgroups

Groupingofrubricsisdonewhenyouwanttwoormorerubricstocountasiftheyweretogetherasinglerubric.Therearetwowaysofgroupingrubrics:-Crossing.OnlyremediesthatoccurinALLrubricsareused.-Combining.RemediesfromANYoftherubicsareused.

Examplesofgrouping

Crossingofrubricscanbeusefulwhenthereisnorubricintherepertorythatexactlydescribesapatient'ssymptom,butonlymoregenericrubrics.Forexample,thepatienttellsthatduringfeverhehasanxietyinbedinthemorning.TherepertorydoesnothavearubricMind;anxiety;morning;bed,in;fever,during.Butinsteadofthis,therearetwomoregenericrubricsMind;anxiety;morning;bed,inandMind;anxiety;feverheat;during.Bycrossingthosetworubrics,anewgroupedrubriciscreatedcontainingonlytheremediesthatoccurinbothrubrics.

Combiningrubricscanbeusefulwhenthepatienthasasymptomthatisnotfoundexactly,butcanbefoundundermorespecificsymptoms.Forexampleadesireforpizza.Whyisitthatthepatientlikespizza?Maybeitisthedough(farinaceousfood),tomatoes,salami,anchovies,cheese,or

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olives.Itcanbeusefultocombineanumberofsuchspecificrubricsintoanewrubric,withoutdisturbingtheanalysisformulasbyaddinglotsofspecificrubricsthatdon'treallymatterincomparisontothepatient'schiefcomplaints.

Creatingrubricgroups

Anexample,acasewithstichtingheadpainswhilewalking,andfearofseveralkindsofanimals:

WewanttoCrossthetworubricsthattogetherdescribetheheadpain.SelectrubricHead;pain;stitchingbyclickingonit,thenpressthetoolbarbutton.(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionGrouping/Groupwithotherrubrics...).Adialogpopsup,inwhichyoucanselecttherubricsthatcanbelinked

withtheselectedrubric.SelectrubricGeneralities;walk,walking;duringandpresstheOKbutton.

Forthesecondgroupwewilluseanothermethod.SelectthethreerubricsofMind;fearandpress oncemore.

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NowselectoptionCombine,andpresstheOKbutton.

Theresultingrubriclistnowhasbecome:

Tochangeagroup,simpleclickonthegroup'smainrubricandpress .Inthedialog,togglerubricsonandoffbyclickingonthem.Youcanalsoremovearubricfromagroupbyclickingonitandpressing .(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionGrouping/Removegrouping).Toremoveagroupcompletely,clickonthegroup'smainrubricandpress .(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionGrouping/Removegrouping).

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Therearetwomenuoptionsthatallowyoutoquicklycreateagroup,withouthavingtoselectrubricsinthedialog,asshownabove.Youcanfirstselecttwoormorerubrics,andthenCombinethem.(MenuoptionGrouping/Combineselectedrubrics).Youcanfirstselecttwoormorerubrics,andthenCrossthem.(MenuoptionGrouping/Crossselectedrubrics).

Howrubricgroupsareusedinananalysis

Whencrossingmultiplerubrics,thegroupcontainsonlythoseremediesthatoccurinalltherubricsinthatgroup.Theremedygradewillbethelowestgradeoftheremedyinalltherubrics.

Whencombiningmultiplerubrics,thegroupcontainstheremediesthatoccurinanyoftherubricsinthegroup.Theremedygradewillbethehighestgradefoundfortheremedyinanyrubricinthegroup.

Rubricoverview

Sometimesitisconvenienttogetanoverviewofallrubricsinananalysistogetherwiththeirremedies.Also,incaseofgroupedrubrics,youmightwanttoseewhichremediesoccurintheresultinggroup.

Togetanoverviewofallrubrics,justchooseShowrubricoverview.(MenuoptionMore/Showrubricoverview).TheFindmoduleopens,showingthefollowing:

Classification

IntroductiontoSymptomClassification

SamuelHahnemann'sOrganonandChronicDiseasesshowusthatHahnemanndidnotselecthisremediesonthebasisoftheentiretyofallsymptomsthatcanbefoundinthepatient'scurrentorpastsituations.Hecarefullyclassifiedthepatient'ssymptomsintoanumberofcategoriesandbasedhistreatmentonthisclassification.

Hahnemann'sclassificationisavailable,aswellasuserdefinedgroupsA,B,C,DandEforyourownuse.

Classificationoptions,availableinthetoolbarontheleftsideofthescreen:

Symbol Name MeaningPsora Thecoredisturbances.

Organon6thedition§80(psoricmiasma).Incident Biographicincident,thingsthathappenedtothepatientandhadimpactonhim.

Acutedisease.Organon§72(injuriousinfluences).

Epidemic Diseasesthataretransmittedthroughanoutsidesource;theflu,Legionella,SARS,Measles,Mumps,andothers.(In-between-diseases).Organon§73(epidemicdiseases).

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Acutemiasmatic

Illnesscomingfromwithin,oftenbeingtriggeredbyanincident,astimuluscomingfromoutside.Complaintsaresevere.Organon§73(transientexplosionoflatentpsora).

Inheritedtendency

Thosediseasesthatoccurredintheancestry,whicharepassedontothepatientgenetically.

Iatrogenic Theusageofmedicationandthevaccinationsthatsomeonehasreceived.Organon§74.

Sycosis InfectionwithGonorrhea.Organon§79(sycoticmiasma).

Syphilis InfectionwithSyphilis.Organon§79(syphiliticmiasma).

UserA Freeforyouownuse.

UserB Freeforyouownuse.

UserC Freeforyouownuse.

UserD Freeforyouownuse.

UserE Freeforyouownuse.

TheclassificationcanbeappliedatthelevelofSymptoms,oronindividualRubrics.SettingclassificationonaSymptomwillapplythatsettingtoallRubricsintheSymptom.AnysettingthathadbeenappliedtoRubricswillthennolongerbeused.

SeealsoDemocaseSimpleclassificationexample.

Remedyfilterandclassification

WhenclassificationofSymptomsorRubricsisusedinananalysis,theremediesforeachanalysisareautomaticallyfiltered.ThisfilteringisdoneinaccordancewiththeinformationfoundinHahnemann'swritings.

ForPsora,theremediesare:allmineralsandnosodes,plusLach,Lyc,Sep,butexcludingMerc.ForIncident,AcuteMiasmatic,Epidemic,theremediesare:allplantsandanimals,plusMerc,Ars,Ant-c.ForIatrogenic,theremediesarethosefoundinrubricsIntoxicationaftermedicaments,andAilmentsfromvaccination.ForInheritedtendency,theremediesare:allnosodes.Fortheothergroups,allremediesareshown.

Clipboards

TheclassesA-B-C-D-Ecanalsobeusedasclipboards.ByassigningthesetoSymptomsorindividualRubrics,itisveryeasytocreatedifferentviewsontheanalysisresults.

Moreinformation

Theinformationonclassificationaboveislimited.ExcellentinformationontheuseofHahnemann'sclassificationcanbefoundonthewebsitehttp://www.classicalhomeopathy.eu

Bönninghausen

SomeinformationabouttheBönninghausenanalysis

TheBönninghausenanalysismethoddoesnotuseanotherrepertory,itworkswiththeCompleteRepertoryliketheotheranalyses.AllrubricsintheoldBönninghausesrepertoriesarepresentintheCompleteRepertory.TheBöninghausenanalyticalsystemisamethodologythatyouusewhenthepatientssymptomsrequireit,ithasnothingtodowithanyspecifickindofrepertory,ithastodowithrubricsthataregeneralized,whichcanbefoundinanyrepertory.

Thedifferenceisinthewaythecalculationisdone.Insteadofjustlookingathowaremedyisrepresentedinagivenrubric,muchemphasizeisputonitsoccurrenceinrelatedrubricsinotherpartsoftherepertory.

Thecalculationisdonelikethis:-Ignorethegradeoftheremedy,asdisplayedintherubric.-Instead,usearemedygradethatiscalculatedfromtheoccurrenceoftheremedyinrelatedrubrics.-Givemoreweighttoaremedyifitoccursinmorerelatedrubricsindifferentrepertorysections(likeMind,Head,Generalitiesetc).-Makecorrectionsfortheoccurrenceinpolarrubrics(likeamel.-agg.,ordesire-aversion).

IntheBönninghausenanalysisstyle,youwillgenerallyusemoregenericandlargerrubrics.Amixeduseofsmallerspecificrubricswithlargergenericrubricsisgenerallynotuseful.

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MateriaMedicamoduleOpeningtheMateriaMedicamodule

GototheMateriaMedicamodulebyclickingontheMMtab.

SelectingaRemedy

YoucanentertheabbreviationofaremedyinthefieldaboveintheToolbar.Ifyoudonotknowtheabbreviation,youcanlookuptheremedybypressingthe behindthefield.

Selectingabook

Afterselectingaremedy,youcanchooseanyoftheMateriaMedicasources,listedontheleftsideofthescreen.Iftheselectedremedydoesnotoccurinabook,thebooktitleisprintedingray.

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Ifyouwanttousethemaximumspaceforreading,yourcanhidetheindexwithtoolbarbutton .

Remedyindex

Togetanoverviewofallremediesthatareavailableinabook,openthepopupmenuonthebooktitle.(MenuoptionIndex).

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Alistwithallremediesinthebookisshown.Youcanopenthebookforaremedybyclickingontheremedyname.

AvailablebooksandInternetsites

SeveralbooksareavailableintheMateriaMedicamodule.Theavailabilityofthesebookscanvary,dependingonyourlanguagesettings.

TheMateriaMedicamoduleintegratesseveralinternetwebsitesthatprovideremedyinformation.Theavailabilityofthesewebsitesdependsonyourlanguagesettings.PleasenotethatthecontentsofInternetwebsitesisnotpartofCompleteDynamics,butisonlyshownintheMateriaMedicamoduleforyourconvenience.Somewebsitesmayaskyoutopayforaccessingtheinformation.Thisispurelyapolicyofthewebsiteowner,andisinnowayrelatedtoyourCompleteDynamicslicense.

ReverseMateriaMedica

TheReverseMateriaMedicawillshowyouthemostimportantsymptomsfromtherepertoryforthegivenremedy,astheyarefoundinthe Complete

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Repertory.Nointerpretationisdonebyhumanexperts,likeyouwouldnormallyseeinregularMateriaMedica,theReverseMateriaMedicaisbasedentirelyontheexpertisestoredintherepertory.TogotoarubricintheBookmodule,simplydoubleclickonit.

Moreimportantsymptomsareprintedlargerthanlessimportantsymptoms,soyoucaneasilydistinguishtherelativeimportanceofthevarioussymptoms.

Youcanmodifytheresultswiththefollowingbuttons:

Fewersymptoms.Moresymptoms.

Filter Inthefilterdropdownlist,youcanselectcriteriafortherubricsthatwillbeshownintheReverseMateriaMedica:Automatic Anautomaticselectionisdoneofthemostrelevantrubrics.ConfirmedSymptoms Onlyremediesingrade3or4areused.Theseindicatesymptomsthatareconfirmedinpractice.CompleteSymptoms Onlycompletesymptomsareused.Symptomsarecompletewhentheycombineatleast3differentkindsof

information.Example:Time+Location+Extension.Confirmed&Complete Onlyconfirmedandcompletesymptomsareshown.Redlinesymptoms Givespreferencetosymptomsthatoccurinarelatedwaythroughoutmorepartsintherepertory.Uniquerubrics Showonlyrubricswheretheremedyistheonlyoccuringremedy.DifferentialDiagnosison/off.Ifon,showsotherimportantremediesofthesymptom.

AlternativeremediesinReverseMateriaMedica

Afterpressingthe buttonintheToolbar,severaladditionalremediesareshownforthesymptoms:(Toolbarbutton ,menuoptionRemedies/ShowDDremedies).

Foreverysymptom,atmost7alternativeremediesareshown.Intheexample,youwillseethatsometimesyousee7remedies,butsometimesless.ThisisbecauseremediesofacertaingradeareonlyshownifALLofthemcanbeshown.Soifyouseeremediesofgrade4andgrade3,thismeansthattherearenootherremediesinthatrubricwithgrade4or3,buttheremightberemedieswithgrade2or1thatarenotshown.

Ifyouseenoremediesatall,therubricprobablycontains8ormoreremediesofthesameimportance,ortherearenoalternativesavailableatall.

AdditionalMateriaMedica

AdditionalMateriaMedicabooks,createdbyotherusers,caneasilybeaddedtoCompleteDynamics.AMateriaMedicabookisstoredinafile,whichcanbesharedwithotherusers.Toinstallthenewbook,copythefiletothefolderCompleteDynamics,locatedunderyourDocumentsfolder.ThenstopandrestartCompleteDynamics.ThenewbookshouldthenautomaticallybevisibleinyourMMsection.

CreatingnewMateriaMedicabooksrequiresalicensefortheMasterEdition.

MateriaMedicaquickview

ItcanbeveryconvenienttoquicklyseetheMateriaMedicatextofseveralbooksatthesametime.TheMateriaMedicaquickviewwindowshowsthetextofseveralofthemorecompactMateriaMedicabooksatthesametime.(MenuoptionMateriaMedicaquickview).

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RemedyinformationDetailedremedyinformation

Asanexample,let'stakealookattherubricGeneralities;Foodanddrinks;apples;desires:

Togetmoreinformation,doubleclickonANT-T.ThiswillbringuptheRemedyInformationwindow:

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Occurrencesinrelatedrubrics

Relatedrubricsarerubricsthathavesomekindofrelationshipwiththerubricyouareviewingforthisremedy.Inthisexample,theserubricsare:Generalities;Foodanddrinks;coolthings,likeapples,desiresGeneralities;Foodanddrinks;apples,desires;water,withdesireforcoldBothoftheserubricsalsocontainant-t.Thehigherthenumberofoccurrencesinrelatedrubrics,andthehighertheaverageweightintheserubrics,themoreimportancecanbeassignedtotheremedy.

Sources

Listsallthesourcestheremedyoriginatesfrom.Thisincludesatleasttheauthorname,thebookormagazinetitle,andtheyearofpublication.

Authornumbers

IfyouhavepreviouslybeenworkingwithMacRepertory,youmightbeaccustomedtousingauthornumberinsteadofauthornames.Inthepreferencessettings,youcanswitchontheoptionAuthornumbers.SeethesectionPreferencesfordetails.

Theremedyinformationwindowwillthenshowtheauthornumbersaswell:

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Jump-tofieldTablets

OniPadandAndroidtablets,theJumptofieldappearsatthetopleftofthescreen,afteryouselectthetoolbarbutton .

Purpose

TheJumptofieldatthebottomleftsideofthewindowisusedtoquicklyjumptoagivenrubricintherepertory.Youcanuseittoquicklyjumptoknownrubrics.Ifyouarenotsurewhatyouarelookingfor,usetheFindfieldinstead;theJumptofieldhelpsyouquicklynavigateifyouknowwhereyouwanttogo.

Usingthefield

IntheJumptofield,simplyenterthefirstlettersoftherubricthatyouwanttojumpto.Rubricpartsareseparatedbyaspace.Intheexampleabove,therubricMind;Fear,dogsofisjumpedto.

Youonlyneedtoentertheminimumnumberoflettersneededtoidentifyeachrubricfragment.Inthisexample,enteringmfedogwouldhavesufficed.Whileyoutype,feedbackisprovidedabouttheinterpretation,shownimmediatelybelowthe Jumptofield.Also,asyoutype,thebookinstantlyjumpstothenewrubriconeverykeystroke.

Let'stakerubricMind;Fear;dogs,ofasexampleandseewhathappenswhileyoutype.Thefirstmisinterpretedasmind.Inparenthesisyouseethe3alternativesalsostartingwithanm.Notethatthepartofthewordthatisinterpretedaspossiblycorrect,isprintedingreen(theminmind,mouth,male,mirilli'sthemes).

Afterhittingthespacebar,thispartiscompleted.Mindistheconfirmedoptionoutof4possibilities.

Nowthesecondpartoftherubricnameisstarted.fisinterpretedasforenoon,thefirstpossibleoption.

Wearenotlookingforforenoon,sotypeonemoreletter.Nowfearisselected,withquiteafewalternativesremaining.Dotsafterwords(egfed...,feeling...)indicatethattherubrictextisactuallylonger(fed,desirestobe/feeling,lossof),buttheextrawordshavebeenomittedtoleavemorespaceforotheralternatives.

Again,hittingspaceconfirmsthatthisiscorrect.

dleadstodaytimeonly.

dotakesyoutothedoctors.

Anddoggivesyoureallywant.ThebookisopenedatMind;Fear;dogs,of.

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JusthitEnterandyouarerightwhereyouwantedtogo!

Note:dogs,ofisprintedentirelyingreen.Thisisbecausethisistheonlypossibleinterpretationofdoginthiscontext.mindisprintedwithjustthefirstmingreen,becausetherearealternativesalsostartingwithm.fearisprintedwithtweegreenletters,becausefeisunique.Thealternativesfeces,fed,feeling,feigningetcalsostartwithfe.

Makingmistakesishuman

Ofcourseyoudonotknowtheentirerepertorystructurebyheart.Nobodydoes.Soitisquitelikelythatyouwillfrequentlymakemistakesandtypesomethingincorrect.Forexample,youwouldliketogototherubricMind;delusions;lions.Thisrubricdoesnotexist,sincethecorrectrubricisactutallyMind;delusions;cats,felines,sees;lions.

Soyoutypemdelulion

Younowseethatlionisprintedinred,sincethereisnomatch.

Noneedtoworry,justswitchtosearchingbypressingthebutton inbetweentheJumptoandFindfields.ThiscopiesthetextfromtheJumptofieldtotheFindfieldandimmediatelystartsasearchforyou.TheFindmodulenowshowsyoutherubricsyoumighthavebeenlookingfor:

Justdoubleclickonthefirstrubric,andthebookopensrighttherewhereyouintendedtogo.

Thebookmodule

WhenyouselectarubricintheBookmodule,theJumptofieldautomaticallyfillsintheshorttextforthatrubricforyou.Thisway,itiseasytofindrelatedrubrics.

Examples:WhenyouselectrubricMind;fear;dogs,of;attackinghim,indelirium,theJumptofieldautomaticallyfillsinminfeardogatt.WhenyouselectrubricGeneralities;foodanddrinks;cold;drinks,water;agg.,theJumptofieldautomaticallyfillsingenfoocolddriagg.

Foreverypartoftherubricname,atleast3charactersareused.Often1or2canbeenough,butthenthetextshouldbecomehighlyunreadable.When3charactersarenotenough,morecharactersareusedtodistinguishtherubricfromotherrubrics.

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FindfieldTablets

OniPadandAndroidtablets,theFindfieldappearsatthetoprightofthescreen,afteryouselectthetoolbarbutton .

Powerfulandeasy-to-usesearching

Inthisfieldyoucanenterallsearchcriteriathatyoucanalsoenterintheindividualfields(seethesectionFindmodule).However,theFindfieldcanbemoreefficient,becauseyoucanenterandmodifywhatyouwanttofindwithouthavingtoswitchbetweenfields.Thiscanbevery,veryfast.

Thereareafewthingsyouneedtoknow.Actuallyitisverysimple,becauseeverytimeyouenterfindcriteriaintheindividualfieldsoftheFindmodule,thecorrectlyformattedstringisautomaticallyenteredintotheFindfield.Thisworksbothways;anythingyouenterintheFindfieldisshownintheindividualfields,asitisinterpreted.

WhatmakestheFindfieldsopowerfulisthatyouenterwhatyouarelookingforinanyorderyoulike.Soifyoufindtoomanyrubrics,simpletypeafewmoretermstoreducetheresult.Youcanevenrepeatcriteriayoutypedearlierinthefield;thelatestinterpretationistaken(grade,rubricsize).YoucanevencombinetheuseoftheFindfieldwiththeindividualfields.Whateveryouchangeatonelocationautomaticallyreflectsinachangeattheotherlocation.

Herearetherules:Text Textfragmentsareautomaticallyinterpretedastext,likeyoutypeitintheindividualTextfield.

Thesameusageof/,+and-applieshere(seeexamplesinthesectionFindmodule).Intheexampleabove,searchingisdoneforthewordmensesincombinationwitheitherbeforeorduring.

Remedies Remedyabbreviationshavetobeendedwithadot.IntheRemediesfieldthisisoptional,buthereyoumustendwithadottoavoidconfusionbetweentextfragmentsandremedyabbreviations.(Confusionexample:sepcouldmeaneithersepiaorseparation).Thesameusageof/and+applieshere,seeexamplesinsectionFindmodule.Intheexampleabove,searchingisdoneoneithersepiaorcimicifuga.Note:evenremediesthatbythemselvesarenotanabbreviation(likeApisorBufo)needtobeendedwithadot(apis.bufo.).

Gradation Minimumremedygradations1to4canbespecifiedbyentering*1,*2,*3,or*4.Thisexpressioncanbereadas:All(*)requestedremediesneedtohavethisgradeorhigher.Alternatively,thenumbers1,2,3and4withoutthe*areinterpretedasminimumremedygradationaswell.So4isthesameas*4.

Rubricsize

Minimumandmaximumrubricsizecanbespecifiedbyanumber,precededby>or<.<50means50remediesorless.>10means10remediesormore.Alternatively,anynumberstartingat5andhigherisautomaticallyinterpretedasamaximumrubricsize.So50isthesameas<50.

Examples

Let'sextendtheexampleabovewitharestrictiontorubricsthatcontainatmost50remedies.Thefollowingwaystoenterthecriteriawillallresultinthesameoutcome:

sep.cimic.mensesbefore/during*3<50sep.cimic.mensesbefore/during350mensessep.before/during3<50cimic.50menses+before/duringsep./cimic.3mensesbefore/duringsep.2cimic.200503

Inthelastexample,youseehowtheinitialgradationof2isreplacedby3lateron,andthemaximumrubricsizeof200ischangedinto50.Thismightseemconfusinginanexample,butisactuallyveryefficientwhileyouaresearchingandwanttonarrowyourresultsasyousearch.Youcantypeanewcriteriumwithoutfirsthavingtoremovethepreviouslyenteredcriterium;thelastsimplyoverrulesthefirst.

Tip:Don'tforgetthattextsearchingalsousesthespecialnotationof=,*and"":=dogwillfinddog,butnotdogmatic.

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*ationwillfindpalpitationaswellasperspirationandovulation."heis"willfindonlyheandisiftheyareinthatexactorder.

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PreferencesettingsSeveraloftheprogram'soptionsareconfigurableaccordingtoyourpersonalpreferences.YoucanchangetheseoptionsviadePreferencesbuttonintheIndexmodule.Adialogopens,havingseveralsections.

Generalsettings

Programlanguage Severallanguageoptionsareavailableheretochoosefrom.TheavailablelanguagecanvaryperversionofCompleteDynamics;languagesnotavailablemightbeaddedinanewerrelease.

Animations InsomepartsofCompleteDynamics,animationsareused,forexamplewhenopeningandclosingacase.Theselooknice,buttaketimetofinish.Ifyoudonotwanttheseanimations,uncheckthisoption.

Optimizefor ThissettinginfluencesthememoryusageoftheiPadApp.Higherspeed.Whenselected,theprogramattemptstokeepdatainmemory,toincreasethespeed.ThisoptionisrecommendedifyouworkmostlywithCompleteDynamics.Lessmemoryusage.Whenselected,theprogramfreesasmuchmemoryaspossiblewhenyouswitchtoanotherprogram.ThisreducestheriskofbeingterminatedbytheiPad,butmakestheprogramslower.Thisoptionisrecommendedwhenyouworkwithmultipleprograms,orwhenyouhaveanolderiPad.

Booksettings

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Authornumbers Ifthisoptionischecked,MacRepertorystyleauthornumbersareshownbesidesauthornames.Enablehorizontalscrolling

Ifthisoptionischecked,thefeatureofhorizontalscrollingisenabled.Thisfeaturecanonlybeavailableifyourmouseortrackpadsupportshorizontalscrolling.

Alwaysshowrubricsize Ifchecked,theBookmodulealwaysshowsthenumberofremediesforarubric.Ifnotchecked,thenumberisonlyshownwhentheremediesarenotvisible.

Showrubricsinalphabeticorder

Ifchecked,theBookmodulealwaysshowsrubricsinalphabeticorder.Ifnotchecked,thestandardrepertoryorderisused,asintroducedbyKent.

Findsettings

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Automaticlayout Ifthisoptionischecked,theFindresultsareautomaticallydrawninmultiplecolumns,ifthereisenoughspaceonthescreen.Whennotchecked,allrubricsaredrawninasinglecolumn.

Casesettings

Minutesuntilautomaticlockofcases

Incaseyouhavesetapasswordtoprotectyourpatientinformation,thisoptionsetsthenumberofminutesbeforetheCasemodulewillautomaticallybelocked.Ifyouenter0here,noautomaticlockingisdone.

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Analysissettings

RemedycoloringHFA Ifthisoptionischecked,theanalysiscancolorremediesaccordingtoGrantBentley'sfacialanalysismethod.IntheAnalysismodule,anewtoolbarbuttonwillappear( ),withwhichyoucanswitchcoloringonandoff.Theuseofthisoptionsisonlyusefulifyouhavesuccesfullycompletedacourseinthismethod.

Showonlyrelevantrubrics

IntheAnalyismodule,therelationbetweenrubricsandremediesisshownintheresultingtablegraphs.SymptomsandRubricswithweightsetting0,donotactuallycontributetotheanalysisresults.Whenthisoptionsischecked,remediesfromrubricsthatdonotcontributetotheanalysisresultsareleftoutoftheresulttablegraph.Thisway,youcanmoreeasilyseethehowtherubricscontributetotheanalysisresult.

Analysisformulas IntheAnalysismodule,severalanalysisformulascanbeused.Youcanselectwhichoftheseformulasareshown,andinwhichorder.Tochangetheorderinwhichtheanalysesareshown,selectananalysisbyclickingonitsname.Youcanthenmoveitupordownthelistwiththebuttons and .Toincludeorexcludeananalysis,selectinandthenclickonthecheckboxShowanalysis.

MateriaMedicasettings

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Languages SeveralMateriaMedicalanguagesareavailable.Bydefault,thelanguagesareshownaccordingtoyourcomputerlanguageandcountrysetting,andyourlicenseoptions.YoucanselectwhichbooklanguagesareshownintheMateriaMedicamodule.

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BuyinghomeopathicremediesFromwithintheprogram,youcaneasilyorderyourhomeopathicremedies,directlyfromanonlinepharmacy.Theavailabilityofapharmacycandifferpercountry,dependingonlocalandinternationalregulations.Thisavailabilityisdeterminedatprogramstartup.

Toorderaremedy,openthepopupmenuonaremedyname,anywhereintheBookorAnalysismodule,andselecttheoptionBuyremedyfrompharmacy.(MenuoptionBuyremedyfrompharmacy).

Iftheoptionisnotavailable,nopharmacyissupportedinyourcountry.

Afterselectingtheoption,youwillautomaticallybeguidedtotheonlinepharmacythatisavailableforyou.

PleasenotethatCompleteDynamicsisindependentofthepharmacy.Weofferdirectaccesstothepharmacyasaservicetoourcustomers.

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