Spiritus Cajuputi. Br.

Botanical name: 

Spiritus Cajuputi. Br.

Spirit of Cajuput.

Related entry: Oil of Cajuput

Teinture (alcoole) d'essence de Cajeput, Alcoole d'essence de Cajeput, Fr.; Cajeputgeist, G.

"Oil of Cajuput, 100 millilitres; Alcohol (90 per cent.) sufficient to produce 1000 millilitres. Dissolve. When not clear, shake with a little powdered talc and filter." Br.

For an account of the medicinal properties and uses of oil of cajuput, of which this is simply an alcoholic solution, see Oleum Cajuputi.

Dose, from five to twenty minims (0.3-1.3 mils), properly diluted.


The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.