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Article: How to keep your gut in mint condition.
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2008
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Byline: Caroline Bellamy
Even as far back as ancient Greece, herbal practitioners have pointed towards the peppermint plant - mentha piperita - as a cure for digestive disorders. Now scientific research is backing up some of their claims.
Last week, the British Medical Journal reported that almost half of sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) found their symptoms disappeared after taking peppermint oil.
Symptoms of IBS include severe abdominal cramps as well as gastric problems and the condition affects about eight million people in the UK. But because the exact cause is not understood, it is often difficult to treat.
Peppermint ...