Coto Bark.
By John Henry Clarke â A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
A bark of unknown botanical origin (N. O. LauraceÃĻ?) obtained from Bolivia. Tincture. Trituration of alkaloid Cotoin.
Clinical
DiarrhÅa / Tubercular diarrhÅa
Characteristics
The bark has been used in medicine as a diarrhÅa remedy, probably from aboriginal tradition. Hansen says it is especially valuable in "chronic tubercular, watery diarrhÅa, very copious and exhausting." Substantial doses only have been used.