What is the deal with the old tv shows and movies always talking about a sodium bicarb??

Question: An example is Archie Bunker always asking Edith to get him one.

Answers:
Sodium Bicarb is used even today to relieve a "gassy" stomach,or heart burn as the general public refers to.
Sodium Bicarb is nothing more than Baking Soda mixed into a glass of water,a home remedy that is suppose to help when the stomach hurts from bad food or indigestion.

Other Answers:
they mean bicarb soda which is sodium hydrogen carbonate in chemical terms..

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its for indigestion. like alkaseltzer

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