Oleum Cajeputi

Oil of Cajeput. Myrtacese.

A tree indigenous to East Indian islands. The oil is obtained by distilling the leaves in water; it is limpid, green, of an odor suggesting camphor, rosemary and mint. — American Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia.

Clinical, Authorities. — Hale's Symptomolbgy and Therapeutics ; Parsons' A. O., vol. 12; Affection of tongue, Guernsey, Hom, Phys., vol. 8, p. 593.

Sensorium

││ Nervous vertigo.

Inner Head

' l Headache (a few drops rubbed on affected locality).

^Hearing and Ears, ii Deafness (mixed with almond oil and applied on cotton).

Teeth and Gums

' i Toothache (applied to cavity of carious tooth).

Taste and Tongue

Tongue felt swollen, seemed to fill whole mouth, making her lisp.

Throat

' i Persistent sensation of choking.

││ Nervous dysphagia or spasmodic stricture of oesophagus.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting

││ Spasmodic hiccough after an attack of apoplexia nervosa.

││ Nervous vomiting or vomiting of hysterical persons.

Abdomen

Nervous distension of bowels, reflex from uterine disorder.

Tympanitis in typhoids.

││ Flatulent colic, particularly when produced by cold or by retrocession of inflammation, gouty or otherwise, of the skin or extremities.

Stool and Rectum

▌▌ Choleraic diarrhoea from sudden check of perspiration.

Female Sexual Organs

││ Menses suspended or diminished and attended with pain, when caused by a cold or check of perspiration,

Respiration

││ Nervous dyspnoea.

Nerves

Epilepsy ; palsy ; paralysis ; hysteria.

Sensations

Tongue as if swollen.

Aching: in head ; in teeth.

Choking sensation : in throat.

Tissues

│ ' Chronic rheumatism.

││ Dropsy.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 199

Miss B., set. 21, suffering a week or moie ; affection of tongue.

Relations p. 199

Compare : Plantago in earache and toothache ; Colchic. in gouty affections and rheumatism; Aeon, and Bellad. in effects of checked sweat.