Cascarilla Bark (Croton eluteria) also called sweet wood bark, is the aromatic bark of a West Indian shrub. it tastes bitter, is fragrant when burned, and is used for fumigating, in incense, and in tobacco to make an aromatic mixture. Use it as a tonic for indigestion*, flatulence and diarrhea*, to prevent vomiting, and when convalescing from an acute disease. It is vastly inferior to cinchona though it is often combined with it. The Infusion* of one ounce to one pint of boiling water, steeped 20 minutes and strained, is taken a spoonful at a time.