Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkeAdditional facts
Coto вark. A bark of unknown botanical origin (N. O. Lauraceae?) obtained from вolivia. Tincture. Trituration of alkaloid сotoin.
Nosology
Diarrhoea. Tubercular diarrhoea.
Typical features
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.
Analogs by action
- 26% — Ferrum Pernitricum
- 20% — Natrum sulphurosum
- 20% — Septicaeminum
- 19% — Simaruba amara
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