Oleum Cajeputi


Symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Oleum Cajeputi from the Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, a ten volumes comprehensive record of confirmed symptoms, published in 1879….


     Oil of Cajeput. Myrtacea.

     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 Symptomology and Therapeutics ; Parsons’ A. O., vol. 12 ; Affection of tongue, Guernsey, Hom. Phys., vol. 8, p. 593.

SENSORIUM.

Nervous vertigo.
  

INNER HEAD.


Headache (a few drops rubbed on affected locality).
  

HEARING AND EARS.


Deafness (mixed with almond oil and applied on cotton).
  

TEETH AND GUMS.


Toothache (applied to cavity of carious tooth).
  

TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE.


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

PALATE AND THROAT.


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 AND LOINS.


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.
  

STOOLS 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.
  

STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION.


Miss B., at. 21, suffering a week or more ; affection of tongue.
  

RELATIONS.


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

NOTE:
PLAIN TEXT : LOWEST & DESIGNATES AN OCCASIONALLY CONFIRMED SYMPTOMS;
Plain blue: MORE FREQUENTLY CONFIRMED;
BOLD BLUE : SYMPTOMS VERIFIED BY CURES;
BOLD RED : REPEATEDLY VERIFIED;
$BOLD ITALIC RED$ : AN APPROVED CHARACTERISTIC;
θ : STANDS BETWEEN CURED SYMPTOM & PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION;
** : OBSERVED FROM OLD SCHOOL OR NEW SCHOOL;
toxic : Toxicology;
r : Right;
l : Left;
< : Increased or aggravation;
> : Decrease or amelioration;
^^ : Symptoms observed only on the sick

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.