Treatment for Tourista

A pharmacist, gave me this recipe for "tourista". He said he got it from a doctor.

Mix:

1 tea bag in one quart of water
4 tablespoons of dark Karo syrup, or light Karo or molasses
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of orange juice

Drink this for 24 hours with nothing to eat. The theory is that it starves the bad bacteria.