Treatment of stomach and duodenal ulcers. Grlässner (Wiener kl Woch .. 1921, no. 47)

Grlssner (Wiener kl Woch .. 1921, No. 47) warmly recommends for this purpose a 0.2-0.4% solution of caustic soda with aq. menthae piperitae, 50 timing. every 2 hours, with the entire treatment lasting from 2 to 3 months. Caustic alkali has a threefold effect on the stomach wall: 1) neutralizing, 2) destroying enzymes and 3) cauterizing. It is tolerated by patients very well and usually gives a quick effect in the sense of the disappearance of pain and other subjective disorders.