Totality of symptoms
The whole characteristic picture, not the label.
The whole characteristic picture, not the label.
Core idea
Chief complaint plus modalities, concomitants, generals, and temperament weighted by strangeness.
Example in practice
Migraine with sun trigger, 10am timing, and consolation-worse pointing one way.
Common misunderstanding
Totality means listing everything — characteristic weighting decides.
How this connects
Links to repertorization.