Patent ID: 8216608

Claim:
A method of suppressing damage to a stomach inner wall by reducing the number of ulcers in an internal wall of a stomach in a mammal, comprising orally administering to said mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a particulate composite hydrotalcite presented by the following formula (1), (Mg a Zn b ) 1-x Al x (OH) 2 (A n− ) x/n . m H 2 O (1) wherein A n− is CO 3 2− , SO 4 2− or Cl − , n is 1 or 2, and x, a, b and m are values that satisfy the following conditions, 0.18≦x≦0.4, 0.5≦a<1, 0<b≦0.5, 0≦m<1.