06/05/2026
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental health condition that is considered as a psychiatric disorder and is listed in the DSM-5-TR under cluster B personality disorders. It is characterized by an intense, enduring pattern of grandiosity, an excessive need for admiration, and a profound lack of empathy. People with NPD often feel entitled, behave arrogantly, and exploit others to achieve their goals.
Kent’s Repertory doesn’t use the modern term “narcissism”, but we can find the trait spread across several Mind rubrics. For homeopathic case-taking, we can combine rubrics that reflect grandiosity, lack of empathy, entitlement, and need for admiration.
Here are the closest rubrics from Kent’s Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, with remedies:
1. Grandiosity / Inflated Self-Worth
(Rubric Sub-rubric Key Remedies)
Mind: Egotism, self-esteem - Sulph, Plat, Pall, Verat, Lach.
Mind: Haughty - Lyc, Plat, Pall, Verat, Staph.
Mind: Delusions: great person, is - Cann-i, Hyos, Plat, Stram, Verat.
Mind: Delusions: distinguished, is - Cann-i, Lach, Plat.
Mind: Delusions: wealth, of, Imagines he is wealthy Calc, Pyrog, Sulph.
Mind: Contemptuous - Ip, Lyc, Nux-v, Plat, Verat.
Mind: Dictatorial - Lyc, Nux-v, Plat, Verat.
2. Lack of Empathy / Exploitative
Mind: Indifference: suffering of others, to- Hell, Phos, Sulph.
Mind: Cruelty- Anac, Ars, Med, Nux-v, Plat. Mind: Malicious - Anac, Ars, Lach, Nux-v, Plat.
Mind: Selfishness - Ars, Lyc, Puls, Sulph .
3. Need for Admiration / Sensitivity
Mind: Flattered, desires to be- Pall, Plat, Sulph.
Mind: Censorious, critical,Others, towards- Ars, Nux-v, Sulph, Verat.
Mind: Ailments from: scorn, being scorned- Coloc, Nat-m, Pall, Plat, Staph.
Mind: Offended, easily, Takes everything in bad part- Ign, Lyc, Nat-m, Nux-v, Staph.
4. Envy / Entitlement
Rubric Sub-rubric Key Remedies Page
Mind: Envy - Lach, Puls, Staph.
Mind: Avarice - Ars, Lyc, Puls, Sep, Sulph.
Classic Polychrests for Narcissistic Traits
1. Platina:
Keynote remedy.
Delusion of superiority, looks down on others, objects seem small.
Haughty, sexual themes, contemptuous. Strong “desires to be flattered”.
2. Veratrum album: Religious mania with grandiosity, thinks he’s God, dictatorial, social position important. Boaster.
3. Lycopodium:
Lack of self-confidence covered by bombast, dictatorial at home, cowardly with superiors. Braggart.
4. Palladium: Vanity, loves applause, “wounded vanity”, ailments from scorn. Wants to be flattered.
5. Sulphur: Philosophical egotism, “ragged philosopher”, delusion he’s a great person, selfish, indifferent to others.
6. Lachesis: Loquacious, jealous, suspicious, contemptuous, feels superior.
7. Nux vomica: Dictatorial, irritable, ambitious, contempt for others, impatient with contradiction.
How to Use in Practice:
Narcissism is a syndrome, so don’t rely on one rubric. Take the case for the totality:
1. Core delusion:
Is it “I am great” Plat, Verat vs “I am poor despite wealth” Sulph vs “I must dominate” Lyc, Nux-v.
2. Motive: Plat/Pall = admiration.
Verat = power. Lyc = hide inferiority.
3. Relation to others: Contempt Plat vs indifference Sulph vs exploitative Med.
4. Body concomitants: Plat = numbness, sexual; Verat = coldness, collapse; Lyc = liver, right-sided.
Modern repertories like Synthesis or Complete add newer rubrics like “Mind: Narcissism” directly, but Kent was 1877. For research/classical work, stick to the above clusters.
