Kaolin and morph

We had kaolin and morphine at home. It was used for an attack of diarrhoea. It worked too.

Anyone remember Gripe Water given to babies to relieve wind pains?
I remember my mother using it regularly with my younger siblings.It smelled lovely because it contained Gin!
My mother would also rub our gums with Whisky for teething pains

Oh kaolin and morphine. That was fabulous stuff. However when I used to ask for it, I'd get an odd look, then they'd go under the counter and stuff it into a paper bag. I used to feel as if I was engaging in some illegal activity.

Not had any for years now. It used to work a treat.

I expect it is harder to get hold of these days because of it containing opiates.

Not available at all where I live (not UK) and if it was it would require a narcotics prescription.

Most people take Gaviscon or Rennie these days

My granny used to give me Andrew's Liver salts for a bilious attack - a tin of powder that fizzed when stirred into water. I expect it was mostly bicarb.

Take care with Buscopan. Not good for anyone with raised eye pressure/glaucoma.
Kaolin and Morph was wonderful. We always had it at home in the 50s and 60s.

My mil gave me a dose of Collis Brownes once and I can still remember the warm feeling it gave me in my stomach. Anyway it did the trick!

When DH wnt to see the GP about stomach problems, he told him that he had take Kaolin and Morphine, GP had never heard of it!

Another over the counter remedy for stomach pain, particularly period pain, was Bay Rum. I don't think that there was actually any rum in it but it was very warming and soothing.

Takes me back to when it was a stock medicine on the ward and often given as part of the drug round!

Caused constipation though, so we gave out the good old senakot too!

Kaolin and Morphine was my Dad’s go to for any nausea or as he called it a ‘bilious attack’.

As part of my training as a dispenser many years ago I used to make up the big bottles of stock mixtures, labels all written in Latin, koalin and morphine being one if them.
The recipes for these where in the Britush National Formulary.

We had our share of customers addicted not only Collis Brown Chlorodyne, but opoid cough linctus as well.

When I was a Saturday girl working in a chemist's, we had a lady who came in frequently for Dr Collis Browne's Compound. She was addicted to it and the pharmacist told us all that we were not to serve her.

You can still buy it. Care+ do it. I'm not sure about over the counter, but some online reputable, independent chemists sell it.

I remember it, ditto Dr Collins Browne’s Compound - a few drops in a glass of water soon got rid of stomach cramps. But of course that’s no longer available either, since it contained morphine.
There’s something you can buy, called Buscopan (IIRC) which is supposed to ease stomach cramps.