THE FOLLY OF TAKING DIGESTIVE PILLS.
—— A WARNING TO DYSPEPTICS. The habit of taking digestive pills after meals makes chronic dyspeptics of many thousands of men and women because artificial digestants, drugs and medicines have practically no influence upon the excessively acid condition of the stomach contents which alone is the cause of most forms of indigestion and dyspepsia. The after-dinner pill merely lessens the sensitiveness of the stomach nerves and thus gives a false sense of freedom from pain whereas if those who are subject to flatulence, ■heartburn, wand, etc., were to obtain a little bisurated magnesia from the chemist and take half a teaspoonful in a little water after meals, there would be no necessity for drugs or medicines because bisurated magnesia instantly neutralises acidity, stops food fermentation and thus ensures normal painless digestion by enabling the stomach to do its work without hindrance. 7208
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12572, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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