That some of these despised antidotes are worth a little further investigation may, in the light of present experience as to the value of strychnine in snakebite, be inferred from the fact, that among them is the wood of Strychnos colubrina, and also the well-known Huang Noo, a vegetable extract made from another variety of the Strychnos family, and largely used by the Chinese, whilst, according to a letter in the Australasian Medical Gazette, July, 1892, the principal ingredient of a strange compound used by the native snake doctors of Central America with much success is Nux Vomica.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller