The Classic Materia Medica Library

Every classic English-language homeopathic materia medica — with a dedicated page for each author and each book. Free to read online.

American Kentian school

Constitutional, psychological prescribing. The tradition that dominates classical teaching in India and much of Europe.

James Tyler Kent · 1905

Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

The foundational American lectures — deep, psychological portraits of the polychrests.

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H.C. Allen · 1899

Keynotes And Characteristics With Comparisons of some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica

Keynotes and Characteristics — the pocket-sized classic for learning remedy differentiation.

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John Henry Clarke · 1900–1902

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

A 3-volume Dictionary covering over 1,000 remedies — broad, clinical, and cross-referenced.

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Hahnemannian pioneers

The German-American tradition — strict fidelity to Hahnemann's method and verified provings.

Constantine Hering · 1879–1891

The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica

The Guiding Symptoms — 10 volumes of proving and clinical experience from the father of American homeopathy.

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Adolph von Lippe · 1886

Keynotes Of The Homoeopathic Materia Medica

Lippe's Keynotes — concise, verified symptoms from one of Hahnemann's most accurate students.

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Adolph von Lippe · Compiled posthumously

Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica

Lippe Red Line — keynotes plus a second grade of underlined, high-reliability symptoms.

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Adolph von Lippe · 1866

Text Book of Materia Medica

Lippe's Text Book — a full materia medica in the strict Hahnemannian tradition.

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Clinical and practical references

Concise, fact-dense references for daily bedside work and primary-source research.

William Boericke · 1901 (9th ed. 1927)

Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

The most-used clinical desk reference in homeopathy — concise keynotes for 1,400+ remedies.

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Timothy F. Allen · 1874–1879

The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica — the original 12-volume compendium of every proving of record.

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Boenninghausen / analytical

Generalist methodology — case analysis by modalities and concomitants rather than symptom totals.

C.M. Boger · 1915 (expanded editions through 1931)

A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

A Synoptic Key — Boger's analytical, generalist approach to materia medica in one volume.

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C.M. Boger · 1931

General Analysis

General Analysis — Boger's systematic framework for analytical case-taking.

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Specialized: bowel nosodes

The Bach / Paterson tradition — nosodes prepared from bowel flora for chronic and miasmatic prescribing.

John Paterson · 1950 (collected papers)

The Bowel Nosodes

The definitive reference on the Bowel Nosodes — Paterson's clinical and theoretical synthesis.

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