Swedish bitters

English

Noun

Swedish bitters (uncountable)

1. A traditional herbal bitters, popularized by Maria Treben, claimed to aid digestion and cure numerous ailments.
   • 2021 May 11, Kari Molvar, “The Beauty Stores, Near and Far, That Are Destinations in Their Own Right”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1]:

     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, […]

   • 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     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, […] .