THE BEST THING FOR DYSPEPTICS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2431, 9 April 1915, Page 7

THE BEST THING FOR DYSPEPTICS

WHY PEPSIN, PANCREATIN, ETC., SO FREQUENTLT FAIL.

An international specialist whose articles on stomach trouble have been printed in nearly every language recently stated tkat to treat the average case, of stomach trouble, indigestion, dyspepsia, etc., by doctoring tshe stomach, killing the pain with opiates, or by tho use of artificial aids to digestion, such as pepsin and pancreatin, was just as foolish and useless as to attempt to put out a fire by throwing water on the ©rooke, instead of the firo. He claims, and facts seem to justify, bis claim, that nearly nine-tenths of all stomach trouble is due to acidity and food fermentation; and that the only way m which t<j secure permanent relief is to get rid of the cause—i.e., to neutralise the acid and stop the fermentation. For this purpose he stroDgly recommends the plan now generally adonted by, physicians and in hospitals of taking a half-teaspoonful of ordinary bisurated magnesia in a little water immediately after eating or whenever pain is felt. This immediately neutralises the acid, stops the fermentatiou, and'permits the stomach, to do its work in a normal manner,' and thus by removing the cause, enables Nature to quickly restore the inflamed stomach lining to a perfectly healthy natural condition. For che convenience of travellers it may bo noted that most chemists are now able to supply bisurated magnesia in the form of tablets, two or three of winch will almost instantly relieve the most violent attacks of indigestion.—Advt. •