I also find that when I am really in a bloating streak the fennel/peppermint tea doesn't cure it by any means. I wouldn't say it is useless though. Anyway I read through this thread and have to caution about fennel/anise bulb. It is a very insoluble fiber vegetable! I eat it but with soluble fiber and never raw (although I was going to make this salad I saw with it ). But it definitely needs caution and there is a possibility of it helping digestion (the way I heard artichokes do and they have artichoke capsules now) but it is the seeds that help bloating and I am not sure but I think it would be the essential oils in the seeds like are in all herbs. (Note the oil slick on top of the tea). I think that is what it is called anyway. But please be careful with fennel bulb.
-------------------- IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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). But it definitely needs caution and there is a possibility of it helping digestion (the way I heard artichokes do and they have artichoke capsules now) but it is the seeds that help bloating and I am not sure but I think it would be the essential oils in the seeds like are in all herbs. (Note the oil slick on top of the tea). I think that is what it is called anyway. But please be careful with fennel bulb. 
