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News, updates, and insights from the Similia team.

An antique pocket materia medica book opening into glowing remedy entries beside a glass remedy bottle and botanicals on a deep blue gradient — Boericke's Materia Medica online.

Boericke's Materia Medica: How to Read and Use the Pocket Manual in Practice

Boericke materia medica explained: how to read the Pocket Manual's entries — modalities, relationship, dose and the built-in repertory — for practitioners.

June 16, 202611 min
Glowing translucent remedy bottle and botanicals beside a layered branching repertory database interface on a deep blue gradient, evoking the Complete Repertory online.

The Complete Repertory Explained: History, Structure & Use

What the Complete Repertory is: van Zandvoort's history, scale, source-tracking, how it differs from Kent, Murphy and Synthesis, and how to use it online.

June 16, 202612 min
A glowing magnifier and search field hovering over a repertory rubric grid beside a glass remedy bottle and botanicals on a deep blue gradient — homeopathic rubric search.

Homeopathic Rubric Search: Finding the Right Rubric Fast

A practitioner's guide to homeopathic rubric search: why keyword search misses, how semantic search maps patient language to repertory rubrics, and faster.

June 16, 202612 min
Glass remedy bottle with botanicals dissolving into light beside a glowing AI app interface showing rubric and remedy data, on a deep blue gradient with circuit lines

Homeopathy AI App: What It Does and How to Choose One

A homeopathy AI app extracts symptoms, maps rubrics and assists repertorisation from real repertory data. How it differs from a ChatGPT wrapper, and how to choose one.

June 16, 202614 min
Glowing searchable grid of materia medica remedy cards with a magnifier and an antique book dissolving into light on a deep blue gradient — online materia medica search.

Online Materia Medica: How to Search Remedies by Symptom

A materia medica online lets practitioners search homeopathic remedies by symptom across Boericke, Clarke, Allen, Hering and Kent — a practical guide.

June 16, 202611 min
A luminous silvery droplet of quicksilver with a warm corrosive glow among botanicals and a glass remedy bottle on a deep blue gradient — Mercurius corrosivus materia medica.

Mercurius Corrosivus: Materia Medica, Keynotes & Differentials

Mercurius corrosivus materia medica: keynotes, incessant rectal and bladder tenesmus, dysentery, nephritis, eye and throat affinities, plus differentials.

June 16, 202613 min
Glowing translucent tablet showing a clinical repertorisation grid and an alphabetical chapter index beside a glass remedy bottle and botanicals on a deep blue gradient — Murphy's Repertory online.

Murphy's Repertory Online: Structure, Clinical Rubrics & How to Use It

Murphy repertory online, explained: Robin Murphy and the MetaRepertory, its alphabetical clinical structure, four remedy grades, editions, and how to use it.

June 16, 202614 min
Glass homeopathic remedy bottle with drifting botanicals beside a glowing constellation of interconnected remedy cards, on a deep blue gradient, symbolising the major polycrest remedies in a materia medica.

What Is a Polycrest? The Major Polycrest Remedies Explained

What is a polycrest remedy? A clinical guide to the major polycrest remedies in homeopathy — Sulphur, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla and more — with classical keynotes.

June 16, 202612 min
Digital homeopathic repertory software showing a repertorisation chart with remedy and rubric grid

Repertory Software Explained: How Digital Repertorisation Works (2026)

What is repertory software and how does digital repertorisation work? A practitioner's guide to homeopathic repertory software — the features that matter, repertories included, free vs paid, and how it speeds up case analysis.

June 16, 202611 min
Glass homeopathic remedy bottle with rue botanicals dissolving into light over a glowing wireframe of a wrist tendon and eye, on a deep blue gradient — Ruta graveolens materia medica guide.

Ruta Graveolens: Materia Medica, Keynotes & Modalities

A practitioner's guide to Ruta graveolens — sphere of action on periosteum, tendons and eyes, keynotes, modalities, and the Ruta vs Rhus tox vs Arnica vs Symphytum differential.

June 16, 202614 min
Arsenicum mineral and Nux Vomica seeds — a differential remedy comparison

Arsenicum Album vs Nux Vomica: Differential Guide

Arsenicum Album vs Nux Vomica: a practitioner's differential — keynotes, mind, modalities, GI and sleep symptoms, plus the rubrics that separate them.

June 10, 202615 min
Row of homeopathic remedy vials and globules of ascending potency

Homeopathic Potency & Posology Guide: 30C vs 200C vs 1M

A practitioner's homeopathic potency and posology guide: when to use 30C, 200C, 1M and LM by case type, plus repetition, aggravation and dosing rules.

June 10, 202619 min
Homeopathic dropper bottle and medicating globules for LM/Q potency preparation

LM Potency in Homeopathy: Preparation, Plussing & Dosing

How LM (Q) potencies are prepared, how to plus and adjust the dose, and when to choose the 50-millesimal scale over centesimal — a practitioner's guide.

June 10, 202615 min
Abstract interwoven patterns representing the three homeopathic miasms

Miasms in Homeopathy: Psora, Sycosis & Syphilis Guide

Understand miasms in homeopathy — Psora, Sycosis & Syphilis. Hahnemann's chronic-disease theory, keynotes, and miasmatic prescribing for practitioners.

June 10, 202617 min
Rhus toxicodendron and Bryonia plants side by side — a differential remedy comparison

Rhus Tox vs Bryonia: Differential Guide for Practitioners

Rhus Tox vs Bryonia for homeopaths: the worse-from-motion vs better-from-motion split, side-by-side modalities, keynotes, differentials & repertory rubrics.

June 10, 202615 min
Open repertory book with cross-referencing connections — the Boenninghausen-Boger method

Boenninghausen Repertory Method: How BBCR Differs from Kent

How Boenninghausen's repertory method and Boger's BBCR work — complete symptoms, concomitants, grand generalisation, and how they differ from Kent.

June 9, 202615 min
Lycopodium clavatum clubmoss with spore strobili — source of the Lycopodium remedy

Lycopodium Clavatum: Remedy Profile for Practitioners

Lycopodium clavatum remedy profile: constitutional picture, keynotes, 4-8 pm and right-sided modalities, and repertorisation tips for practitioners.

June 9, 202615 min
Cloud-based repertory on a laptop and tablet — a modern alternative to MacRepertory

MacRepertory Alternative 2026 — Cloud & Free to Start

MacRepertory stopped getting support in 2025. Compare cloud alternatives to MacRepertory & Synergy — semantic repertory + materia medica, free to start.

June 9, 202612 min
Strychnos nux-vomica seeds and leaves — source of the Nux Vomica remedy

Nux Vomica Homeopathy: Complete Remedy Profile

In-depth Nux Vomica remedy profile for practitioners: constitution, keynotes, modalities, clinical uses & differentials from classical sources.

June 9, 202614 min
Purple Pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) — source of the Pulsatilla remedy

Pulsatilla Homeopathy — Keynotes, Picture & Clinical Use

In-depth Pulsatilla remedy profile: constitutional type, keynotes, modalities, differentials & repertory rubrics. Clinical study reference for homeopaths.

June 9, 202614 min
Bright yellow sulphur mineral crystals — the source of the Sulphur homeopathic remedy

Sulphur Homeopathy: Complete Remedy Profile for Practitioners

In-depth Sulphur remedy profile: constitutional type, keynotes, modalities, and clinical applications. A study and prescribing reference for homeopaths.

June 9, 202615 min
Complete Dynamics vs Similia comparison for homeopathic practitioners

Complete Dynamics vs Similia 2026 — Honest Comparison (Pricing, Features, Verdict)

Complete Dynamics vs Similia compared: pricing, repertories, materia medica, AI tools and which homeopathy software is right for your practice in 2026.

May 1, 202615 min
Hompath Zomeo vs Similia comparison for homeopathic practitioners

Hompath Zomeo vs Similia 2026 — Honest Comparison (Pricing, Features, Verdict)

Hompath Zomeo vs Similia compared: pricing, repertories, materia medica, AI tools and which homeopathy software is right for your practice in 2026.

May 1, 202615 min
Vithoulkas Compass vs Similia comparison for homeopathic practitioners

Vithoulkas Compass vs Similia: Pricing & Verdict (2026)

What Vithoulkas Compass costs vs Similia's free plan — expert system, repertories and AI compared, with an honest verdict for your practice.

May 1, 202614 min
AI-powered case analysis interface in homeopathic software

AI Homeopathy Case Analysis — How AI Tools Analyse Consultations & Suggest Remedies

Learn how AI homeopathy tools analyse case notes, extract symptoms, map rubrics, and suggest remedies. Practical guide to using AI case analysis in your homeopathic practice.

March 31, 20267 min
Searching for repertory rubrics in a modern homeopathy software interface

Homeopathy Rubric Finder — How to Search Repertory Rubrics Faster

Learn how to find the right repertory rubrics quickly using modern search tools. Compare manual lookup vs semantic search vs AI-powered rubric finders for homeopathic practice.

March 31, 20268 min
Abstract ethereal visualization representing the Arsenicum Album remedy profile

Arsenicum Album Materia Medica: Keynotes & Uses

Arsenicum album materia medica for practitioners: the anxious fastidious type, burning pains better for warmth, midnight aggravation, keynote modalities.

March 30, 202611 min
Abstract ethereal visualization representing the Coffea Cruda remedy profile

Coffea Cruda: Complete Remedy Profile for Practitioners

In-depth Coffea Cruda remedy profile covering mental overexcitement, insomnia, hypersensitivity, and clinical applications for homeopathy practitioners.

March 30, 202610 min
Abstract ethereal visualization representing the Gelsemium remedy profile

Gelsemium Materia Medica: Keynotes, Modalities & Uses

Gelsemium sempervirens materia medica: the four Ds, anticipatory anxiety, flu states, droopy weakness, modalities — with Clarke and Boericke keynotes.

March 30, 202610 min
Abstract ethereal visualization representing the Ignatia Amara remedy profile

Ignatia Amara Materia Medica: Keynotes & Uses

Ignatia amara materia medica: grief, paradoxical symptoms, sighing, globus — keynotes from Clarke and Boericke with clinical indications.

March 30, 202611 min
Abstract ethereal visualization representing the Rhus Tox remedy profile

Rhus Tox Materia Medica: Keynotes & Uses

Rhus toxicodendron materia medica: restlessness, stiffness better from continued motion, keynotes as given by Boericke, Allen and Clarke — compared.

March 30, 202610 min
Artificial intelligence transforming homeopathic remedy selection and case analysis

AI in Homeopathy: Smarter Remedy Selection (2026)

How AI supports homeopathic remedy selection in 2026: semantic rubric search, case analysis, live transcription and what the HOHM study found. Free to try.

March 1, 202616 min
Free homeopathic resources available online for students and practitioners

Free Homeopathic Resources Online: Repertories, Materia Medica & Software Tools

Access free homeopathic repertories, materia medica, and software online. Includes Kent, Boericke & Boenninghausen repertories, 12 classic materia medica books, and free practice tools for homeopaths.

March 1, 202612 min
HIPAA and GDPR compliance guide for homeopathic practitioners

HIPAA and GDPR Compliance for Homeopathic Practitioners: What You Need to Know

A practical guide to HIPAA and GDPR compliance for homeopathic practitioners, covering patient data protection, software requirements, and how to ensure your practice meets regulatory standards.

March 1, 202622 min
Homeopathic case taking and patient assessment guide for practitioners

Homeopathic Case Taking: Step-by-Step Guide

Homeopathic case taking step by step: opening question, observation, mentals, generals, modalities and documentation — plus AI live transcription.

March 1, 202612 min
Step-by-step guide to homeopathic repertorization for beginners

How to Repertorize: Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide

Learn how to repertorize step by step: select rubrics, weight characteristic symptoms, avoid 6 common beginner mistakes, and use a free online repertory.

March 1, 202620 min
Kent's Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica guide

Kent Repertory Online Free: Structure & How-To (2026)

Use Kent's Repertory online free in 2026: its 37-chapter structure, grading system, how to navigate rubrics, and where to access it with semantic search.

March 1, 202616 min
Materia medica and repertory comparison guide for homeopathy practitioners

Materia Medica vs Repertory: The Difference

What separates a materia medica from a repertory, how they work together in case analysis, and how to use both — a practical guide for students.

March 1, 202616 min
Comparison of Murphy's, Kent's, and Complete Repertory for homeopathic practice

Murphy vs Kent vs Complete Repertory (2026)

Murphy's, Kent's and Complete Repertory compared: structure, rubric counts, grading and which fits your practice — plus where to use each online.

March 1, 202613 min
Semantic search technology transforming homeopathic repertory lookup

Semantic Search in Homeopathy: How Natural Language Is Changing Repertory Lookup

Discover how semantic search technology bridges the gap between modern clinical language and classical homeopathic repertory terminology, making rubric lookup faster and more intuitive.

March 1, 202616 min
Study guide to the most important polycrest homeopathic remedies for students

Top 20 Homeopathic Polycrest Remedies — Student Study Guide

The 20 most important polycrest remedies every homeopathy student must know: Sulphur, Calcarea, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, Pulsatilla, Nat-mur, Sepia and more. Mental, physical and constitutional profiles, side-by-side.

March 1, 202632 min
Best homeopathic software comparison for practitioners in 2026

Best Homeopathic Software 2026 — Tested & Compared (5 Tools)

Hands-on review of the 5 best homeopathic software tools in 2026 — Similia, RadarOpus, Complete Dynamics, Hompath Zomeo and VithoulkasCompass. Features, pricing, repertory coverage, AI tools, and which is right for your practice.

February 25, 20268 min
Modern homeopathy software interface with repertory and materia medica integration

Homeopathy Software with Repertory & Materia Medica — Complete Practitioner Guide

Find the best homeopathy software with integrated repertory and materia medica. Compare features, free vs paid options, AI tools, and choose the right platform for your practice.

February 24, 20268 min
Modern online repertory interface for homeopathic practice

Online Repertory for Homeopathy — Free Access, Semantic Search & AI Tools

Use a free online repertory with Kent, Boericke & 14 repertories. Compare the best online homeopathic repertory platforms with semantic search, AI tools, and cloud access.

February 23, 20268 min
Homeopathy student using modern software for repertorisation and case analysis

What's the Best Homeopathy Software for Students Learning Repertorisation and Case Analysis?

Compare the top homeopathy software platforms for students—covering pricing, repertory access, semantic search, materia medica integration, and case management features.

February 20, 20269 min
Side-by-side comparison of Similia Free and Pro plan features

Similia Free vs Pro: Complete Guide to Choosing the Right Plan

Compare Similia Free and Pro plans feature-by-feature. Discover which edition suits students, practitioners, and clinics, plus add-ons to customize your homeopathy software.

February 1, 202611 min
Modern homeopathy software interface showing repertory and materia medica

How Digital Tools Are Transforming Modern Homeopathy Practice

Discover how digital homeopathy tools transform practice efficiency. Learn about repertory software, AI-powered search, and case management for modern practitioners.

January 31, 202613 min
Homeopathy Blog — Repertory, Materia Medica & AI Guides