Who still sells Indian Brandy?

BlueSky1

I'm relying on someone to know the answer to this!!

Indian Brandy is an old natural remedy for stomach ache and adult colic that you used to buy in little glass bottles at chemists and cheap shops. It's got rhubarb, capsicum and ginger in it and it's brilliant for crampy stomach ache.

We have downed it by the gallon over the years and for some reason it's disappeared everywhere.

I've scoured the internet and all stockists seem to be out of stock, so I'm guessing that it might have been taken off sale. I think there was a change in product licensing a year or so ago, so maybe it was a victim of that.

Any ideas anyone?

BiteTheSilverBullet

I looked that up out of curiosity, never heard of it before, apparently you can buy it at this link: http://beauty.jwethans.co.uk/Detail_i805324

Or at least they say they're in stock!

BlueSky1

BiteTheSilverBullet wrote: »

I looked that up out of curiosity, never heard of it before, apparently you can buy it at this link: http://beauty.jwethans.co.uk/Detail_i805324

Or at least they say they're in stock!

I thought you'd solved the mystery then, but alas, when you click the link it's out of stock!

It was something that my grandma swore by - she was a slave to her stomach! But by, it was good!

BiteTheSilverBullet

Drat!! I wonder where you can get it then? It looks like some of the manufacturers have stopped producing it but there are a lot of fans out there.

harrys_nan

oh gosh, that's a blast from the past, the nurse at work used to hand it out for our girly monthly pains

monkeypuzzle32

yeah, I remember my Mom giving me that! No help though as I dont know where you can buy it-do you remember 'blackjack' as well!!?

poet123

I remember it too, my mum used to swear by it.

maddiemay

I remember this too, it used to be dispensed by the school and later the works nurse. I don't think it has been available for a long time in chemist shops, I seem to think I was told it had been withdrawn because one of the ingredients was no longer allowed, but I don't know which one.

sophieschoice

http://www.expresschemist.co.uk/product_2074_indian-brandee-100ml.html

http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pages/MedicineOverview.aspx?medicine=Generic%20Indian%20Brandee

BlueSky1

sophieschoice wrote: »

http://www.expresschemist.co.uk/product_2074_indian-brandee-100ml.html

http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pages/MedicineOverview.aspx?medicine=Generic%20Indian%20Brandee

Discontinued, sadly. But thanks for the link!

BiteTheSilverBullet

Bluesky I had a look on amazon and ebay yesterday but as there is none of this sold there really think it must have been discontinued; unless it's sold abroad somewhere!

Shame actually, lots of people seem to be quite nostalgic about it. Can you ask your doctor next time you go in, or see if there is a good substitute?

I was listening to a woman in the chemist the other day who wasn't happy as they had stopped selling Milk of Magnesia.