yellow or red flowers adorn the Eucalyptus, and attract honey-bees from which a distinctive Eucalyptus honey is enjoyed. The sepals are small or absent, and the petals stick together to form a cap which falls when the flower opens. Looks much like an acorn cap. The tallest known living specimen is 322 ft., found in 1956 in the Styx Valley, Tasmania. As children we remember coming home with the tree’ s gum on hands and clothing after having played around the large Eucalyptus.
The peppermint-lemon fragrance is most agreeable. Medicinal Parts: Oil, leaves, bark. Solvents: Alcohol, water. Bodily Influence: Astringent, Tonic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic. Uses: A reliable medical journal of Europe gives credit to the power of the Eucalyptus tree for destroying miasmatic influence in fever-stricken districts, entirely abating the pestilent fever in areas where the trees grow. Among the diseases in which it is employed are: croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, asthma, piles, neuralgia, malarial diseases, catarrh, in subacute or chronic inflammation of the genetic urinary organs, ulcers and sores. It has been proven an effective remedy in some cases of rheumatism. For some, the mode of using it in asthma is to smoke the dried leaves.
In Britain the oil is the preparation best known and most widely used. It may be inhaled for asthma, diphtheria, sore throat, etc.
For haemorrhoids, the area is washed with a decoction of the leaves. As an agent for suspicious leucorrhcea and discharges, 1 – 2 drams in 1½ pints of tepid water, injecting it slowly. For toning up weakened and prolapsed uterus, Buchu leaves and bark is also effective combined with the above, for strengthening, quick healing, and diminishing offensive odours. Its efficiency depends chiefly upon its antiseptic properties, which are extremely potent, though quite safe.
EUCALYPTUS Eucalyptus globules, Labill. 1— Old branch with flowers. 2— New branch( Vishaya Schkolla, Mosow, 1963)
Dose: 15 – 30 drops of the fluid extract three times a day; 3 – 10 grains of the solid extract three times a day. The leaves crushed and steeped can be used in tea form. Externally: As a local antiseptic, stimulant and corrective when applied to ulcers and wounds; 1 oz. of the extract to 1 pint of lukewarm water. Homoeopathic Clinical: Tincture of fresh leaves, essential oil Eucalyptol— Aneurism, Acritis, Asthma, Bladder( affections of), Bronchitis Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Dyspepsia, Dysuria, Fistulae, Gonorrhoea, Gout, Intermittent fever, Kidney( diseases of), Quinine cachexia, Rheumatism, Spleen( affections of), Strychnine poisoning, Syphilis, Tumours, Typhoid, Urethra( stricture of), Urethral