The story of Swedish Bitters is a long one beginning in 1541 when a prominent Swiss Physician of the time, Dr. Phillipus Paracelsus produced the original “version” of Swedish Bitters. It was later however in the 18th century that a Swedish Physician called Dr. Claus Samst discovered the elixir and, being impressed with its qualities, compiled a transcript listing the 46 ailments and conditions that he discovered it could help with. It was at this point it became the Swedish Bitters that we think of today.
Maria Treben, a distinguished Austrain herbalist brought the powerful formula to the attention of the world however in her book “Health Through God’s Pharmacy” where she explained in great detail the benefits of the formula on one’s health. It is sometimes referred to as the “long life elixir” and the life of Dr. Claus Samst himself is testament to that. Dr. Samst lived until he was 104, and even then had his life cut short by a nasty fall whilst out horse riding!
There are a great number of other conditions that Swedish Bitters is thought to help, and these range from toothache to reducing morning sickness, to easing indigestion and removing a fever. It is also used sometimes to help reduce scars including acne scars. It is also thought to help reduce earaches, headaches, tongue ulcers, stomach cramps, sore red eyes and even calm eczema.
If anyone has used Swedish Bitters it would be very interesting to hear how and in what ways it has helped your health. There were originally 46 conditions names in the transcript of the 18th century, and it would be excellent to hear if anyone has some real life stories to back up the claims of the prominent physicians and herbalists mentioned above!
