Hoang-nan

or Hv/ang-nao (hwang-nov/). A Chinese preparation obtained from the bark of Strychnos gault her i an a. Its properties are due to a small percentage of strychnin. It is recommended as an alterative in syphilis, leprosy, and similar diseases, and is an alleged preventive of hydrophobia if given in large doses (gr. xv) during the period of incubation. Dose of the powdered drug gr. iij-v; of the ace to-alcoholic extract gr. of the tinct.