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Cajuputum

30CCajuputum
Cajuput Oil · Melaleuca Leucadendra · "The Spasmodic Colic Remedy"
caj.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 Acts as a stimulant for the digestive system, specifically targeting , spasmodic conditions, and sensations of swelling.
📖 Boericke writes:
(OLEUM WITTNEBIANUM)
Acts like Oil of Cloves. A remedy for and of the tongue. Sense of enlargement. Causes copious . Retrocedent . not inflammatory. Nervous .
👤 Constitution
Individuals who feel as though they cannot get themselves together or feel physically enlarged.
Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Sense of enlargement.
introduction
Spasmodic stricture of .
mouth
Tongue feels swollen, fills whole mouth.
mouth
🩺 Systems & Indications
👤HEAD
Indicated for head sensations of enlargement and a feeling of being scattered or uncoordinated.
Feels much enlarged.
As if he could not get himself together (Baptisia).
🔑 Modalities
Worse from
💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

First to third potency
Other
📝5 drops of oil
Primary Dosage
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Asa FoetidaBovista LycoperdonIgnatia AmaraBaptisia TinctoriaNux Moschata

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

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Cajuputum is listed in 25 rubrics across 10 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 14 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Stomach6Abdomen5Throat4Locomotor System2Respiratory System2Modalities2Urinary System1Tongue1Mind1Nervous System1

See all 25 rubrics for Cajuputum