Cajuputum
Melaleuca leucadendra (cajuput oil) · Plant · Myrtaceae
Cajuputum suits patients with a characteristic sense of body enlargement, severe flatulence, and spasmodic constrictions of the throat and oesophagus. The remedy is indicated in neuralgic conditions without inflammation, retrocedent gout, and marked nervous symptoms with spasmodic cholera.
Key symptoms
- Sense of enlargement; head feels much enlarged, cannot get himself together
- Flatulence colic and tympanites; nervous distention of bowels
- Persistent sensation of choking; spasmodic stricture of oesophagus
- Tongue feels swollen, filling the whole mouth
- Hiccough on slightest provocation
- Copious diaphoresis
- Retrocedent gout; non-inflammatory neuralgic affections
- Nervous dyspnoea
Worse (aggravation)
- About 5 am
- Night
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).
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.
Clinical
Deafness. Diarrhœa (night). Dropsy. Epilepsy. Gout. Headache. Heartburn. Hiccough. Hysteria. Menstruation, disorders of. Œsophagus, stricture of. Paralysis. Rheumatism. Tongue, affections of; swelling of. Toothache. Urinary disorders. Vertigo.
Characteristics
Cajutut has a reputation in the old school as a local application in rheumatism, and also in cases of dysmenorrhœa. It has had a homœopathic proving, and some very characteristic symptoms have been developed. A feeling of enlargement; too large all over; as if head as large as half a bushel. Feeling as though could not get himself together (Bapt.); could not get his clothes for a time, though they were quite near. As if poisoned. As if the arms were tied to the body; heavy; useless. Numb feeling all over. A measles-like eruption; intense itching. Many nervous symptoms are …
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