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Swedish bitters
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A traditional herbal bitters, popularized by Maria Treben, claimed to aid digestion and cure numerous ailments.
2021-05-11 Kari Molvar The Beauty Stores, Near and Far, That Are Destinations in Their Own Right https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/t-magazine/beauty-shops-fragrance-skincare.html Today, arranged within the store’s hand-carved wood-paneled interior are roughly 9,000 products, some of which — the Austrian folk herbalist Maria Treben’s digestive Swedish bitters, for example — have been stocked for decades, https://web.archive.org/web/20250815064515/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/t-magazine/beauty-shops-fragrance-skincare.html 15 August 2025
2022-10-02 Cara Schacter My Year of Stress and Constipation https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/style/self-care/my-year-of-stress-and-constipation.html Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day. I try: Miralax, Restoralax, magnesium citrate (liquid and powder), senna (tea and pills), psyllium (powder and pills), Benefiber, Citrucel, digestive enzymes, Swedish bitters, . https://web.archive.org/web/20250115001818/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/style/self-care/my-year-of-stress-and-constipation.html 15 January 2025