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Why we need bitters ?Our ancestors consumed a diet that included bitter herbs, roots and vegetables, which helped them maintain efficient digestive systems. Poor digestion, so common now, was foreign to them. Despite having four different taste buds on the surface of our tongues to discern taste (sour, sweet, salty and bitter), we rarely eat bitter foods as the typical modern diet is overloaded with sweet and salty flavours. Yet bitters play an important role in digestion as they stimulate bile production to break down the fats we consume.
Maria's Swedish Bitters provides many of the traditional herbs that were so important in generations past. Austrian herbalist Maria Treben provided the basis for this formula in the 1940s when she was given an old recipe for bitters while she was ill at a refugee camp. Regaining her health, she revived the centuries-old formula and devoted her life to promoting this stimulating bitter tonic.
Maria's Swedish Bitters represents the essence of Flora's skill, knowledge and experience in producing the finest quality herbal bitters. Only premium ingredients have been selected to achieve the highest quality and potency. They are ideal to use before meals to stimulate digestion, or after meals to lessen feelings of fullness or gas.
Features
- Contains angelica root, zedoary root, aloe leaf, manna sap, rhubarb root, senna leaf, myrrh resin, carline thistle root, camphor wood, valerian root, cinnamon bark, cardamom seed and saffron flower in a base of purified water and alcohol (39.4 %)
- Made with only premium quality and tested herbal ingredients
- Free of additives
- Packaged in environmentally friendly amber glass bottles
- A well-established, time-proven formula
- Also available without alcohol
Each teaspoon (5 ml) contains
Medicinal ingredients
Angelica root (Angelica archangelica), 1:7269.5 mgZedoary root (Curcuma zedoaria), 1:8757.5 mgAloe leaf (Aloe ferox), 1:10050 mgManna sap (Fraxinus ornus), 1:10050 mgRhubarb root (Rheum palmatum), 1:10050 mgSenna leaf (Cassia angustifolia), 1:10050 mgMyrrh resin (Commiphora molmol), 1:17428.8 mgCarline thistle root (Carlina acaulis), 1:20025 mgCamphor wood (Cinnamomum camphora), 1:20025 mgValerian root (Valeriana officinalis), 1:6667.5 mgCinnamon bark (Cinnamomum verum), 1:6667.5 mgCardamom seed (Elettaria cardamomum), 1:13333.75 mgSaffron flower (Crocus sativus),1:50001.0 mg
Non-medicinal ingredients
Grain alcohol 39.4%.
Recommended doses
Adults: Shake the bottle well before using. Take 5 ml (1 tsp) in water or herbal tea, 3-4 times daily. Keep refrigerated and use within six weeks of opening.
Cautions
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking medications or if you have a medical condition.
Consult a health care practitioner for use as a laxative beyond 1 week at a time.
Do not exceed recommended dosage. Discontinue use and consult a health care practitioner if diarrhea, abdominal cramps, spasms, and/or pain occur.
Keep out of reach of children.
Contra-indications
Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, if you have kidney disorders, gallstones, haemorrhoids, irritable bowel conditions, bowel obstruction / inflammation, if symptoms persist/worsen or if you are allergic to the Asteraceae/Compositae family.
Cautions
Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking medications or if you have a medical condition. Discontinue use and consult a health care practitioner if diarrhea, abdominal cramps, spasms, and/or pain occur. Do not exceed recommended dosage. Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, if you have kidney disorders, gallstones, haemorrhoids, irritable bowel conditions, bowel obstruction/inflammation, if symptoms persist/worsen or if you are allergic to the Asteraceae/Compositae family.
Ingredients
- Ethanol
- Aloe (Aloe ferox) : 50 mg (1:100)
- Angelica (Angelica archangelica) : 69.5 mg (1:72)
- Carline thistle (Carlina acaulis) : 25 mg (1:200)
- Senna (Cassia angustifolia) : 50 mg (1:100)
- Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) : 25 mg (1:200)
- Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) : 7.5 mg (1:666)
- Myrrh (Commiphora molmol) : 28.8 mg (1:174)
- Saffron (Crocus sativus) : 1 mg (1:5000)
- Zedoary (Curcuma picta) : 57.5 mg (1:87)
- Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) : 3.75 mg (1:1333)
- Manna (Fraxinus ornus) : 50 mg (1:100)
- Rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) : 50 mg (1:100)
- Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) : 7.5 mg (1:666)