CAJUPUTUM


Homeopathy medicine Cajuputum from William Boericke’s Pocket manual of homoeopathic materia medica, comprising the characteristic and guiding symptoms of all remedies, published in 1906…


Cajuput Oil
(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).

William Boericke
William Boericke, M.D., was born in Austria, in 1849. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1880 and was later co-owner of the renowned homeopathic pharmaceutical firm of Boericke & Tafel, in Philadelphia. Dr. Boericke was one of the incorporators of the Hahnemann College of San Francisco, and served as professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. He was a member of the California State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was also the founder of the California Homeopath, which he established in 1882. Dr. Boericke was one of the board of trustees of Hahnemann Hospital College. He authored the well known Pocket Manual of Materia Medica.