Marshalls Milk of Magnesium Yellow 100ml

Milk of magnesia is one of the oldest dual-purpose medicines still on the shelf: magnesium hydroxide suspension that works as an antacid at a small dose and as a gentle osmotic laxative at a larger one. As an antacid it neutralises acid quickly; as a laxative it draws water into the bowel and typically produces a comfortable result within six to twelve hours, overnight if taken at bedtime. It contains no stimulant, so there is no cramping mechanism, and generations of families have used one bottle for both jobs. Marshalls' yellow-label bottle is the traditional South African presentation of the dual-purpose suspension.

One honest bottle that handles both the burning stomach and the sluggish bowel, with chemistry simple enough to have survived a century of medical review. The dose decides the job. In a house that keeps one digestive bottle rather than five, this is the rational one to keep, and the price makes the decision easy.