Wood Ward Gripe Water

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Gripe water is a home remedy for infants with colic, gastrointestinal discomfort, teething pain, reflux and other stomach ailments. Its ingredients vary, and may include alcohol, abicarbonate, ginger, dill, fennel and chamomile. It is typically given to an infant with a dropper in liquid form, and adults may also take gripe water for soothing intestinal pains, gas or other stomach ailments.[1] There is no clinical evidence for the effectiveness of gripe water.[1]
Various remedies to help infants sleep during restlessness and to combat minor upset stomachs in babies have been around for centuries in different cultures, but the first "gripe water" was formulated in England in ***1 and used by English nannies. Gripe water was discovered accidentally by William Woodward, an English pharmacist who did his apprenticeship in Boston, Linconshire, and later bought a business in Nottingham[1] and quickly became adopted as a prescription by physicians.[2] In the ***0s babies in Eastern England were afflicted by a condition known as "fen fever", and during that time there was also an outbreak of malaria in England.[3] Woodward took his inspiration from the manner in which malaria as well as "fen fever" was being treated and noted that the formula used to treat fen fever was also an effective "soother of fretful babies and provided relief from gastrointestinal troubles in infants."