Colors in Homeopathy Version 5.1 - Thorsten Stegemann 5/2021 Repertory of color preference to color codes in the color charts of Ulrich Welte. The color codes can be entered as you like, f.e.: C11, c11, 11C or 11c. The Color Preference as a Homeopathic Symptom - Foreword to the Third Edition The steady development of the homeopathic color diagnosis fills me with great joy. The color preferences (and aversions) have been clinically identified and verified by good cases. They have become a valuable additional symptom of our Materia Medica. The Color Repertory is in worldwide use with good success, irrespective of schools of thought. The book is now available in five languages. In a short span of one year after the second edition a third is required, so there is the opportunity to make major improvements in the setup of the book. The color charts are now printed as a separate tool, apart from the textbook. One can now fully unfold the color charts. You don't have to flip pages when comparing different colors as before. On the back side of the color charts the additional color tools are displayed, such as the small overview of all colors, black and white scale plus silver and gold as new features. The gem collection splits all colors in warm and cold tones, and thus it helps to make a first distinction between hues 1-12 (yellow-orange-red) or 13-24 (purple-blue-green). It is not meant to assess a single color field but to find a group of colors first, such as yellow-orange or orange-red. It is advisable to use the small overview in a similar fashion, although this tool can already give us the exact color. So please start with all colors, then find a group of colors and then only narrow it down to a single field in the main chart. If you find 2 or 3 colors of different hues, say 17C, 3C, and 24E, then compare these directly and find out their hierarchy. The second color preference is also important and should be considered, sometimes also the third. The fields next to the main color (+- one field) are also relevant to a lesser degree. One should not be too rigid with the rubrics. There is again a substantial increase of new remedies. H.V. Müller left a legacy of 460 color-defined remedies in the year 2000. Now about 1100 remedies are defined, about twice as many as in the first edition of the Color Repertory in 2003. It was most satisfying to see many of the color preferences confirmed independently in various parts of the world. But 12 Foreword to the Third Edition also a few changes were necessary according to contributions of fellow homeopaths. Ulrich Welte, im August 2009 |