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. i l 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 ca- rious tooth). ^^ Taste and Tongue, i Tongue felt swollen, seemed to fill

whole mouth, making her lisp. 13 Throat. ' i Persistent sensation of choking.

I I Nervous dysphagia or spasmodic stricture of oesophagus. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. 1 1 Spas- modic hiccough after an attack of apoplexia nervosa. I I Nervous vomiting or vomiting of hysterical persons. ^^ Abdomen. Nervous distension of bowels, reflex from uter- ine disorder. Tympanitis in typhoids.

I I Flatulent colic, particularly when produced by cold or by retrocession of inflammation, gouty or otherwise, of the skin or extremities. ^^ Stool and Rectum, ll Choleraic diarrhoea from sudden

check of perspiration. ^^ Female Sexual Organs, i i Menses suspended or dimin- ished and attended with pain, when caused by a cold or check of perspiration, ^® Respiration, l i Nervous dyspnoea. ^® Nerves. Epilepsy ; palsy ; paralysis ; hysteria. ^^ Sensations. Tongue as if swollen. Aching: in head ; in teeth. Choking sensation : in throat. " Tissues. I ' Chronic rheumatism. I I Dropsy.

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*'' Stages of Life, Constitution. Miss B., set. 21, suffering a

week or moie ; affection of tongue. *^ Relations. Compare : Plantago in earache and toothache ;

Colchic. in gouty affections and rheumatism; Aeon, and

Bellad. in effects of checked sweat.