FOR ACID STOMACHS USE MAGNESIA

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 22 October 1915, Page 7

FOR ACID STOMACHS USE MAGNESIA

The almost universal use <*"«£«*»* by l-hvsicians and specialists in the treatment of stomach troubles; is dm to the fact that it stops food teimentat.on and neutralises the acid- the direct cause of nearly all *\ o™<§ troubles Of the many forms ot magnSa such as oxides, enrbonntjs, sulphates, etc., the most suitable .nd efficient, >nd the one F^ed by leading specialists, -is bum* tea magnesia, half a teaspoonful of which n a little warm water immediately ifte-- eating will instantly neutralise the acid stop the fermentation and thus ensure painless normal digestion. Care should be taken to get bisurated magnesia, as its action is infinitely more effective. It is also, by ihe way, usually stocked by chemists in " convenient compressed tablets as well as. in the ordinary povder form. Stomach sufferers'and dyspeptics who fellow this plan ?nd avoid the use df pepsin, charcoal, drugs and medicines arc invariably astonished to find that the stomach, relieved of the initating acid aftd gas, scon regains its normal tone, and can do its work alone without the douttful aid of artificial digestants.