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