Do you remember

I recently bought Caolin and Morphine on the internet (U.K. Company). I like to have it just in case it's so soothing.

'Zam Buck' ointment for aching hands, 'Gregory's' stomach powders (yuck!) for upsets and 'Abdine' for headaches. Daresay more will materialise as I ruminate this in the course of the day as well as the memory jerkers I expect here.

Oh yes I remember Minadex. I was a skinny weak little child (though you wouldn't think so now from the size of me!) And I had to have this on a Sunday night after a session in the old tin bath in front of the fire! I had forgotten all about it till I saw that Minadex name. Thanks for the memory.
Did anyone out there have Haliborange tablets? I saw something similar in the chemists at Asda the other day, still called Haliborange.

I take Spatone too, Barmyoldbat. Not on its own, though. Since the body needs vitamin C to help it utilise the iron, I take a sachet in a glass of Ribena or orange juice. No nasty taste at all, that way! Very good stuff, and the only way I can take supplement my iron intake, since iron tablets make me ill.

Syrup of Figs comes to mind - every Saturday night but not as bad as Milk of Magnesia! No wonder I now have bowel problems!!! In the 40s and 50s keeping 'regular' seemed to be an obsession in our household.

The medicine I remember most - with dread - was Fennings Fever Cure. It was a foul tasting liquid that my Mum swore by and I imagined was what poison tasted like!

Well the latest on the market is Spatone, sachets of Welsh mineral water that is extremely high in iron. Doctor suggested it as I find it hard to take iron tablets. Must say it tasted revolting and I needed 3 ginger nut biscuits afterwards to take the raste away. Anyone else used this?

Was it sal volatile that people took to restore themselves when Mr Darcy overstepped the mark (I should be so lucky) it was smelling salts but there was also something you took drops of....??

My mother used to give me"Cod liver oil & malt"from a big brown bottle, it was thick like treacle. I loved it! I remember my aunt having bile beans, little pills presumably for the digestive system.

They've taken the morphine out these days. I think it's now spelt Caolin.

Minadex was my mother's cure for everything from around the age of 11! A hug and a chat might have helped more

I've just remembered that I was dosed with senna pod "tea" on Saturday mornings, also for my constipation. It was foul.
PS the only reason I was afflicted, was that we had an outside lav and I was frightened of the spiders within, so put off going for days.

Yes I remember bath cubes and in fact have seen some over here in France
Do you remember Virol too for building you up.

Elrel , yes , my Mum swore by Collis Brown for tummy upsets.

I also remember the NH or age juice.

My DD bought some Fenning granules last week for DGS.

I loved Scott's Emulsion (strange child) and malt and cod liver oil. I used to give my children rose hip syrup as babies and toddlers, but it is deemed to be a BAD THING now as it has too much sugar in it. B****r all the vitamin C it contained. I gave mine Minadex too if they needed a pick me up after illness.

I think Parrishes food did do something to your innards, yes, as it had iron in it! Upon Googling, I find you can still buy it. But only for pigeons.

You can buy rose hip syrup again for culinary purposes. I love it! I also used to love that National Health concentrated orange juice. I think it was made by Gerber. Gripe water is still available but they've taken the alcohol content out, which must render it useless!

My mum used to use Vitapointe, I remember that. We used to wash with Lifebuoy soap, or Cussons soap sometimes. We'd have bath cubes in our bath for a treat - anyone remember those?

Do people still use Fennings powders for teething babies? I used to have to buy extra because I loved eating the powder straight from the wrapper!

K and M was good too, milder than Doctor CB's!
Sanatogen was favoured by my darling granny in her 80s. She was given bottles for her birthday, Christmas and Mothering Sunday by her devoted sons and got through them remarkably quickly! Well fortified granny!
I loved my doses of Rose Hip Syrup and Virol as a child and occasionally that lovely orange juice my little cousin had from the clinic!

Ah! But it worked brilliantly on a colicky baby. Maybe that's why!

I don't know Chewbacca

I don't think you can get gripe water, it had alcohol in it.

Gripe Water! Is that still in use today?

Can you still get Kaolin & Morphine Jalima? That was pretty good for an upset tummy.

Doctor Collis Brown's was rather nice, my DF swore by it for a 'funny tummy'.
I remember Kaolin and Morphine too

In 1960 in my first job I had a tummy upset. The kindly deputy head advised me to buy Doctor Collis Brown's Chlorodine, a tiny brown bottle of brown liquid, and put 3 drops into an egg cup of warm water. And sip it. It certainly hit the spot and I immediately felt better, warm and happy.
It was morphine, used in WWI and, oddly, is no longer on sale!!

They still make it - available from several outlets including some on Amazon.