Seid|litz powder

Seid|litz powder
Seid|litz powder or Seid|litz powders «SEHD lihts»,
a saline laxative consisting of two powders, one tartaric acid and the other a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (potassium sodium tartrate); Rochelle powder. These are dissolved separately, and the solutions are mixed and drunk while effervescing. Also, Sedlitz powder.
[patterned on earlier Seidlitz salt (because of the similarity in use) < Seidlitz, a village in Czechoslovakia, the site of a mineral spring]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Seid|litz powders — Seid|litz powder or Seid|litz powders «SEHD lihts», a saline laxative consisting of two powders, one tartaric acid and the other a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (potassium sodium tartrate); Rochelle powder. These are dissolved… …   Useful english dictionary

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