Nectandra coto
Coto*)
English: Coto Bark.
Botany: bark of unknown botanical origin ( Lauraceae?) obtained from Bolivia. Tincture. Trituration of alkaloid Cotoin.
The bark has been used in medicine as a diarrhoea remedy, probably from aboriginal tradition.
Hansen says it is especially valuable in "chronic tubercular, watery diarrhoea, very copious and exhausting." Substantial doses only have been used.
Literature: Clarke.