dyspepsy

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Aunt Margery "knew where sour grass grew, which you chew for dyspepsy, and mint, excellent for the naushy, and the slippery elm . . . for raw throat and other sore tishas."

From Time Magazine Archive

I've got a touch o' dyspepsy, Louisianny," he said, "an' the knockin' hes kinder giv me a headache.

From Louisiana by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Thoroughwort is excellent for dyspepsy, and every disorder occasioned by indigestion.

From The American Frugal Housewife by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Set a spider to nuss a fly sick with dyspepsy from eatin' too much molasses!

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

Pickles and hot biscuit and cheese—and groaning all the time, and saying nobody knowed what dyspepsy was till they'd had it.

From Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls by Bruce, Josephine