Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Kino

KINO, a gummy resinous substance, exuding from incisions made in a tree called Pau de Sangue, a native of the inland parts of Africa, but of which there is no botanical account.

From its sensible qualities, and also by its striking a black colour with a solution of green vitriol, this drug is remarkably astringent. It was first recommended by Dr. Fothergill, and is now often prescribed in diarrhœas, fluxes, &c. It affords an extract both in spirits and in water, but is more generally given in the form of a tincture, frorn one to two tea-spoonfuls, three or four times in 24 hours.