CARDIALGIA

(Gr. xet^ltec, and «Xy»;, pain.) Anxiety and pain about the region of the stomach, frequently attended by a sense of gnawing and heat, and hence called heartburn. It is a common symptom of indigestion, and accompanied by salt and acid eructations. After exce in eating and drinking, a fit of heartburn may often be prevented by a teaspoonful of carbonate of magnesia, taken in cinnamon or in soda water, at bed time; 20 or 30 grains of bicarbonate of soda in cold chamomile tea is also an eftective preventive. M'here the disease is symptomatic of organic mischief, these antacid remedies must be cautiously administered. [s. 209]