Page 4 Advertisements Column 5

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1918, Page 4

FOR INDIGESTION TRY DISURATED MAGNESIA. ,„; . IT'S SAFER THAN DRUGS Many people just now aj:e complaining of indigestion, the most commonly met symptoms 'being a burning sensation in tlie 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. Tn fact, in nine cases out of ten it will be foond that the trouble arises solely from an excessively acid condition of the stomach and consequent fermentation of the food contents. Medicines and artificial digestives are 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 antiacid Buchj as Bisurated Magnesia, which is easily obtainable of any good chemist. Readers who are troubled with any of the symptoms named above should get a supply of BUurated Magnesia in powder or tablet form and take of the powder or two tablets in a little water after meals. It wijl quickly neutralise the harmful acid and prevent food fermentation, and may probably also prove tfhat the trouble which appeared' so serious was -nothing more ..than ar- awtmtiilfttipn of acid in