Linimentum Cajuputi Compositum.—Compound Cajeput Liniment.

Botanical name: 

Related entry: Oleum Cajuputi (U. S. P.)—Oil of Cajuput

Preparation.—Take of oils of sassafras, cajeput, and hemlock, each, 1 ounce; soap, a sufficient quantity. Mix them together and form a liniment.

Action and Medical Uses.—This forms a valuable stimulating and discutient application. It is principally used in indolent scrofulous tumors, and in the mammary inflammations of nursing women (J. King).


King's American Dispensatory, 1898, was written by Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D., and John Uri Lloyd, Phr. M., Ph. D.