Digestive drops
After meals, or when nothing wants to settle
$32
A warming tincture for a stomach that's not sitting right. Ginger, fennel and chamomile, slowly extracted in brandy.
Ingredients
Ginger root (Zingiber officinale), fennel seed (Foeniculum vulgare), chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), peppermint leaf (Mentha × piperita), brandy, water.
How to use
Five to ten drops in a small glass of warm water after eating, or when needed. Sip slowly. Safe to use several times a day.
Size
Made to order — ships within 3 days.
From the herbalist
Notes on digestive drops.
Most stomach trouble after a meal is muscular — the stomach isn't moving things along the way it should. Ginger is what you reach for. It's been used for thousands of years for exactly this.
Fennel and chamomile do the second job: they soften the cramping that comes with bloating. Both have a long European tradition and both are gentle enough that I'm comfortable suggesting them after almost any meal.
Peppermint sits at the end — small amount — because it lifts the formula and keeps the taste pleasant. It's not the main actor here.
Sourcing
Where it came from.
Ginger root
Zingiber officinale
Organic, from a co-op in Peru.
Fennel seed
Foeniculum vulgare
Egyptian-grown, organic.
Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
European chamomile, grown without sprays.
