Sorry to jump in on this thread, but I have a question which has been bothering me for some time. I drink peppermint tea and fennel tea, but I have found that if I have a lot of trapped gas, fennel in particular seems to make it worse, in the sense that I feel even more bloated and nauseous. I am now wondering if this is because the fennel is having its carminative effect, but the gas is having difficulty escaping. I have bowel adhesions and suspected endometriosis (more adhesions!), plus a large loop of redundant colon, and at times I think this causes partial obstructions and constrictions. When this is happening, it is almost impossible to expel gas downwards, and I get a lot of gas upwards, which makes me nauseous. So - is this why, when I am having a bad trapped gas day, fennel (and peppermint) actually makes it worse? Can anyone explain the science of how fennel gets rid of gas - does it break it into smaller bubbles, or does try it push it along and out?
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