FOR INDIGESTION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 September 1918, Page 6

FOR INDIGESTION.

TRY BISURATED MAGNESIA. IT’S SAFER THAN DRUGS. Many people just now arc complaining of indigestion, the most commonly met symptoms being a burning sensation in the pit of the stomach ■ the belching of gas or wind ; acid saliva rising to the throat; flushed face and heartburn. Contrary to general belief these symptoms do not always indicate any constitutional fault in or weakness of the digestive: apparatus. In fact, in nine cases out of ten it will be found that the trouble arises solely from an excessively acid condition of the stomach and consequent fermentation of the food contents. Medicines and artificial digestives arc not only unsuitable in such cases but they may often do positive harm because they do not neutralise the acid which is the root of the trouble. For this purpose use a simple, harmless antacid such as B:snrated Magnesia, which is easily obtainable of any good chemist. Readers who are troubled with anv of the symptoms named above should get a suppry ci v'isurated Magnesia in powder or tablet hnm» and take half-a-teaspoonful ot the powder or two tablets in a little water after meals. It will quickly neutralise the harmful acid and prevent food fermentation, and may probably also prove that the trouble which appeared so serious was nothing more than an accumulation of acid in the stomach after all. Try it and see.