After wolfing down your lunch during a half-hour break, you feel a pressing and burning sensation in the stomach area. Or your child suddenly complains of stomach pains. Or food eaten abroad causes nausea and diarrhoea: the result of an infection with viruses or bacteria. As well as being vital to our survival, the digestion process is central to our well-being. In the same way, emotional discomposure is quick to manifest itself in digestive problems. Pre-exam anxiety, personal predicaments and bottled-up problems seek out a physical outlet and often find it in the form of appetite loss, stomach pains or diarrhoea.

Bitters such as yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and calamus (Acorus calamus) stimulate the production of digestive juices and harmonise the finely tuned functions of the digestive system. Together with pepper (Piper nigrum), it stimulates the appetite and aids digestion. Owing to its effectiveness in treating nausea and vomiting, ginger (Zingiber officinalis) is particularly suited to soothing the symptoms of travel sickness or the effects of pregnancy. In the sugar- and alcohol-free Enzian Magentonikum and in the sweetened and alcohol-free Bitter Elixier , these five medicinal herbs join forces against digestion problems, appetite loss, nausea and feelings of fullness.