I have had stomach problems since I was a kid. When I was a kid I used to have many stomach problems with some dizziness and was prescribed this green clear liquid for what my Mother was told was for "nervous stomach" . It worked wonders. No one knows what it might have been. Thanks.
What green liquid in about 1969 would have been prescribed for a nervous stomach?
Question posted by BobMm on 4 Dec 2013
Last updated on 15 June 2023
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It could be a number of things. Belladonna is a good suspect. It could also have been Paragoric. My mother used to give me Paragoric for stomach aches when I was a kid (I was born in 66 so we are talking late 60's to 70's). I remember it tasted so nasty!!! She used to put it in orange juice so I have no idea what the color was and it was nasty bitter so that it ruined me on orange juice for many years! lol But man, if you had a bad bellyache, it took the pain right away! I used to get really bad gripey stomachaches from nerves and illness when I was little. Hyoscyamine sulfate is another possibility-.it is one of the principal anticholinergic/antispasmodic components of belladonna alkaloids. It is used to relax muscles in the digestive tract. Donnatol elixir has hyoscyamine, phenobarbitol and scopalamine and could be a possibility as well. It would be hard to find out unless you could get access to old records but I doubt any records that old could be found. If you know of an older pediatrician, you might be able to find out. Maybe Chuck 1957 will know as he is a retired pharmacy tech?
I sent a PM to Chuck, maybe he can answer for you!
You guys have no right be kids in 66 or 69. lolol... I was in nursing school then the army by then, lolol
OMGosh! I was 12 years old in 1966! DZ, my friend, I could have been your babysitter! Anyway, my mom and grandma gave Castor Oil for EVERYTHING!!! They knew if I agreed to take it, that I was really sick! Yuk! Mom also used Vicks Vapo Rub on me for any cold or flu symptoms. I hate that stuff too! I do remember drinking Bromo Seltzer for a tummy ache. Once again, Yuk!
Bitter tasting? It might have been belladonna elixir.
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