Pharmacy name: essential oil from leaves and tops of branches: purified cajeput oil – Cajeputi aetheroleum rectificatum (formerly: Oleum Cajeputi rectificatum).
Botanical description. Evergreen shrub or small tree with easily peelable bark and crescent-shaped leaves. It grows in the Malay Islands, Australia, the Philippines and Java. Active ingredient: cajuput oil (close to eucalyptus), which contains up to 70% cineol. External use – in ointments and rubbing for colds, but compared to eucalyptus oil, it is used less often. It is sometimes included in rubbing against rheumatic diseases.
Myrtle – Myrtaceae.
Pharmacy name: essential oil from leaves and tops of branches: purified cajeput oil – Cajeputi aetheroleum rectificatum (formerly: Oleum Cajeputi rectificatum).
Botanical description. Evergreen shrub or small tree with easily peelable bark and crescent-shaped leaves. It grows in the Malay Islands, Australia, the Philippines and Java. Active ingredient: cajuput oil (close to eucalyptus), which contains up to 70% cineol. External use – in ointments and rubbing for colds, but compared to eucalyptus oil, it is used less often. It is sometimes included in rubbing against rheumatic diseases.