What green liquid in about 1969 would have been prescribed for a nervous stomach?

As a kid in the early 70’S I remember being on a medication for nervous stomach I stayed on it until mid 80’s I can’t remember the name but it started with an L , I have major stomach issues to this day had part of my colon removed I just wonder if this medicine was part of the cause ?

I was born in 1947 so I remember the tiny bottle of GREEN DROPS in the medicine cabinet. I would have been given this in the 1950s and later. When we were sick mom mixed 1 teaspoon of the green liquid with a teaspon of sugar and very warm water . I believe it was made in Green bay Wi. You would fall asleep and wake up feeling so good. It was not bad tasting and smelled good. I had tried to find that bottle for many many years. It was a miracle. Im still looking if someone has a old bottle to sell.

There was a liquid green medicine that was called Elixir de butisol. It was prescribed for anxiety. It is said to have worked wonders! Unfortunately, it does not appear to be made any longer :( at least from my limited search...

Opioid based paregoric

When I had my daughter in 1987 she ended up getting colic. The doctor gave her a prescription which worked great! 6 years later in 1993 my son had colic and when I asked his doctor about a prescription with green clear liquid, he had no clue and told me to get something over the counter - which did nothing. This last year I was cleaning out old paperwork and found the receipt for the prescription I could not remember what it was. It was DONNATAL ELIXIR. I recently looked it up and it says nothing about giving to babies for colic?

It could have been HI FONG’s Tincture of Green drops. Came in a small bottle with a nose dropper wrapped in green paper. Tasted terrible.

Essence of Green Drops

I also have wondered what the "green liquid" my doctor prescribed for stomach ache; said I had "spasm in cardiac opening of stomach" and gave me that and I returned to work. Have remembered his words about where my problem was, but not sure I read the name on the bottle.

Donnatal

In the early 60’s I was diagnosed with a nervous stomach and was prescribed Donnatol, which I took throughout my grade school years. I still remember the smell and taste of it and the best way that I can describe it is, green NyQuil. To this day, when I HAVE to take NyQuil, I’m taken back to my childhood. I’m standing at my Mom’s white kitchen sink, she has a cup of water ready for me to drink after she gives me the heaping spoonful of “my stomach medicine”, after which I do the “nasty medicine groan” lol.

Back in the sixties, I was given a drop of liquid on the tongue everyday for nervous system issues. I was also a “blue baby” and very sickly as a child. I kept taking this elixir for years to stop fainting spells, etc. Years later I stopped on my own. When I asked my mom what it was, she said it was belladonna prescribed by a doctor who lived next door to us in Chicago. I once told a Dr. about this and he laughed and said, that’s impossible! You wouldn’t be able to function properly at home or school.

I bet anything it was Donnatal liquid. It was a dark green clear liquid. Am not sure they make it any more. I used it for irritable bowel and it really worked!

When I was a child I had taken the same meds. Green in color taste like a green sucker u would get in a banking the 70s. Not the ones now. But my question is. I have just been diagnosed with epilepsy and nonfocal seizures. It says one of the signs is stomach pains. I had seizures as a child was this given to children who had seizures then as well or no and again what might have been the name? Thanks

Bobmm,

Were you able to get a definitive resolution to your question?

I am so grateful I've come across your question. I've had the same question for 35+ years! Was a really sickly girl with stomach ailments galore. Had persistent nausea and vomiting as a child due to what was called a nervous stomach and anxiety. The doctor prescribed a green, liquid medicine that would instantly make me feel better. My grandmother would always rely on it when I was ill. I don't remember it having a bitter taste. I've tried for years to find out what this was to no avail. Anybody have any ideas?