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gripe water

British  

noun

  1. a solution given to infants to relieve colic

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Besides medication, clinicians say some parents use a homeopathic remedy called gripe water.

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Experts warn that there’s a potential that gripe water products may contain unintended, unsafe ingredients, particularly for products made outside the U.S.

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Herendeen recommends parents planning to purchase gripe water do so at U.S. pharmacies, while neither Barth nor Herendeen actively steer parents toward using gripe water.

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Though it doesn’t contain simethicone, gripe water often contains trace drops of ginger, which is supposed to help soothe stomach indigestion, Herendeen says.

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It was one of the original ingredients of gripe water.

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