A 42-year-old member asked:
Where could i find peppermint oil capsules?
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Dr. Randy Bakeranswered
Holistic Medicine 41 years experience
Health food, online: Like most herbal supplements, peppermint oil capsules should be widely available at health food stores. If you can not find them at a local store they are widely available online from iherb.Com, swanson vitamins, amazon.Com etc.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
What are reasons why someone takes peppermint oil capsules?
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Dr. Pamela Pappasanswered
Psychiatry 43 years experience
Several uses: Peppermint oil has multiple uses. A very popular one is for irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). http://tinyurl.com/kjesndd it can also help with indigestion. Peppermint oil can be used topically to help abdominal distension, antispasmodic in UGI endoscopy, headaches including migraine, and postherpetic neuralgia. A dilution is used in these latter situations.
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Dr. Charles Cattano commented
Gastroenterology 40 years experience
Peppermint relaxes the muscles of the gut. This may have desirable (or otherwise) consequences.
Apr 28, 2014
A 41-year-old member asked:
I was wondering why do people take peppermint oil capsules?
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Dr. Alan Nelsonanswered
Specializes in Gastroenterology
Relax the esophagus: It can be used to relieve the feeling of fullness after a large meal-like a peppermint is given in some restaurants. In theory, the esophagus relaxes, one can "eructate" (burp) and then feel less full.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
What are the side effects of taking peppermint oil capsules?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Peppermint oil: Ingestion of too much peppermint oil can cause nausea/ vomiting, abdominal pain, v heart rate, respiratory problems, dizziness, seizures or loss of consciousness.
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Last updated Dec 9, 2013
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