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The label on the tonic's bottle clearly stated that the recommended dosage (1 tablespoonful taken 4 times a day) was to be taken "...in a 1/2 glass of water after meals and before retiring". However, some pharmacies in dry counties were known to sell it by the shot-glass and at least one bar in New Orleans' French Quarter was known to sell a ...
In herbal medicine, a herbal tonic (also tonic herbs, tonic herbalism) is used to help restore, tone and invigorate systems in the body [1] or to promote general health and well-being. [2] A herbal tonic is a solution or other preparation made from a specially selected assortment of plants known as herbs . [ 2 ]
Tonic water with lemon or lime juice added is often known as bitter lemon or bitter lime. It is popular for its signature bitter but sweet taste. Another use of tonic water is in coffee. The espresso and tonic was created in Helsingborg, Sweden, at Koppi Roasters after a staff party where they mixed tonic water, syrup, and an espresso. Since ...
As the quinine powder was so bitter people began mixing the powder with soda and sugar, and a basic tonic water was created. The first commercial tonic water was produced in 1858. [29] The mixed drink gin and tonic also originated in British colonial India, when the British population would mix their medicinal quinine tonic with gin. [20]
Buckfast Tonic Wine is a caffeinated alcoholic drink consisting of fortified wine with added caffeine, [2] originally made by monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England.It is now made under a licence granted by the monastery, and distributed by J. Chandler & Company in Great Britain, James E McCabe Ltd in Northern Ireland, [3] and Richmond Marketing Ltd in Ireland.
Tonic (physiology), the response of a muscle fiber or nerve ending typified by slow, continuous action; Tonic syllable, the stressed syllable of a word; Herbal tonic, a herbal medicine with tonic effects; Tonic (music), the tonal center of a musical scale; Tonic (band), an American rock band; Tonic (Tonic album), 2010
The primary ingredient in the Lipovitan product line is taurine.Stronger formulas of the drink include Lipovitan D, which contains 1000 mg of taurine, 20 mg of nicotinic acid extract (vitamin B 3), 5 mg each of vitamin B1, B2 and B6, and 50 mg of caffeine. [1]
Nervine was a patent medicine tonic with sedative effects introduced in 1884 by Dr. Miles Medical Company (later Miles Laboratories which was absorbed into Bayer). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a cognate of 'Nerve', and the implication was that the material worked to calm nervousness.