Cajuputum

Cajuput Oil

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

(OLEUM WITTNEBIANUM)

Acts like Oil of Cloves. A remedy for flatulence and affections of the tongue. Sense of enlargement . Causes copious diaphoresis. Retrocedent gout. Neuralgic affections not inflammatory. Nervous dyspnœa.

Head

Feels much enlarged. As if he could not get himself together ( Baptisia ).

Mouth

Persistent sensation of choking. Spasmodic stricture of œsophagus . Constricted sensation on swallowing solid food. Tongue feels swollen , fills whole mouth.

Stomach

Hiccough , on slightest provocation.

Abdomen

Flatulence colic ; tympanites ( Tereb ). Nervous distention of bowels. Urine smells like cat's urine. Spasmodic cholera.

Modalities

Worse , about 5 am; night.

Relationship

Compare: Bovist; Nux mosch; Asaf; Ign; Bapt .

Dose

First to third potency (5 drops of oil).

Cajuputum across the other classic books

Cajuputum appears in 5 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Oleum Cajuputi (obtained by distillation of the leaves of Melaleuca leuca dendron, L.). Natural order , Myrtaceæ. Authority. Dr. C. Ruden, Hahn. Month., 6, 66, proving of 6 to 10 drops of the oil. Feeling as if I did not want any one to speak to me (after twenty-four hours). Do not want to be spoken to; feel better in…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Cajuput oil distilled (in water) from leaves of Melaleuca leucadendron. Variety, M. cajupute minor. (Moluccas.) N. O. Myrtaceæ. Solution of the oil in rectified Spirit. Deafness / Diarrhœa (night) / Dropsy / Epilepsy / Gout / Headache / Heartburn / Hiccough / Hysteria / Menstruation, disorders of / Œsophagus…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Cajuput Oil.) Pharmacology.— This is the volatile oil of Melaleuca Cajuputi, a small tree of the Molucca Island's, belonging to the natural family of Myrtaceae. Its name, in the language of the natives, signifies white tree, and serves to indicate the white bark for which it is remarkable. The oil is obtained from…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Oil of Cajeput. Myrtaceæ. 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 Homœopathic Pharmacopœia. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Hale's Symptomology and Therapeutics ; Parsons' A. O., vol. 12 …”

Cajuputum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Cajuputum in 60 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (14), HEAD (10), MIND (9), THROAT (7), GENERALITIES (5).

NOSE - DISCOLORATION, - redness - wings
FACE - PAIN - morning - 5 a.m.
FACE - PAIN - morning - breakfast,after - amel.
MIND - COMPANY, - aversion to - walk alone,want to
MIND - WALKING - slowly and dignified
THROAT - CHOKING,constricting - Oesophagus - swallowing - solids
THROAT - PAIN - Oesophagus - swallowing,on - solids
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Knee - lying - amel.
EXTREMITIES - WEAKNESS - Upper Limbs - morning - rising,on
FACE - PAIN - eating - amel.
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Forearm - posterior part
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Thigh - outer side
HEAD - PAIN, - evening - twilight,at
THROAT - PAIN - sore - Oesophagus - swallowing,as if,over a sore spot
EXTREMITIES - NUMBNESS - Hand - back of
EXTREMITIES - SWELLING - Joints - sensation,of
EXTREMITIES - TIED,sensation as if, - upper limbs
URINE - ODOR - cat's urine
BACK - PAIN - stitching - shooting - stooping - on
HEAD - LARGE

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