The Danger of Indigestion

Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1928, Page 1

The Danger of Indigestion

Few people realise that danger lurks behind that seemingly unimportant discomfort after eating. Nevertheless, it is true. Many things may derange the digestion, but, whatever the cause, a condition develops which in nearly all cases is identical. Too much acid collects in the stomach and makes food ferment. This forms painful gases and still more acid. Sometimes so much gas forms that the distended stomach presses on the heart and causes serious palpitation. Hut the real danger of indigestion is that the same acid which starts all the trouble also attacks the delicate stomach lining, and mar eventually cause stomach ulcers.

• liisurated ’ Magnesia is a pure, harmless antacid that promptly stops indigestion because it instantly neutralises excess acid, stops fermentation, and protects the stomach lining. Thus with the cause of the trouble removed there is no danger, and the process of digestion is rendered natural, easy anti painless. Play sate. (let a package of ' Hisiiralcd Magnesia powder or tablets from your chemist to-day. It is a remedy that doctors and nurses confidently recommend, and big hospitals use, because it quickly stops indigestion, and removes the insidious cause safely and surely.