IBS: Is Peppermint Oil May Be a Treatment Option

Slow-release formula offers relief within an hour. When patients with severe or unbearable abdominal pain took peppermint oil, they reported a 79.4% reduction in symptoms while placebo patients reported a 40.2% reduction in symptoms after 4 weeks of therapy (P<0.0009), they stated in a poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week annual meeting. L-menthol, the main constituent of peppermint oil, has anti-spasmodic, anti-carminative, topical analgesic, anti-infective, and 5-HT3 receptor antagonism properties, the authors explained.