Best Naturals Peppermint Oil Bowel Soothing Dietary Supplement, 250 mg, 120 Count

my go to for digestion and bloating, works well

Turned 52 y-o and my digestion is no longer what it used to be. Had slowly developed a case of IBS which often forced me to run to the restroom more frequently than before. I have been taking a multi-enzyme to better absorb nutrients, but the IBS has a mind of its own and just gave me the runs whenever I attended social functions that involved meals. Best Naturals Peppermint Oil is the first peppermint oil product I've tried to test the effectiveness on controlling bowel urgency. I have to say after taking the capsules during meals for three weeks, I am quite pleased with its ability to calm my gut; and I did not need to find restrooms during meals -- What a relief!!! So from a scale of 1 to 10 (10 = best) I give the Best Naturals formula a 9.0I see many reviews strike the product as being just powder. I am guessing that since a majority of the ingredients is the powdered leaves (200 mg) while the oil is added in smaller amount (50 mg). Perhaps the powder has absorbed the oil entirely? Regardless, the capsules have helped me tremendously. I will add this product to my Susbscribe-n-Save.

Didn’t dislike anything, works well.

It's much better than the peppermint oil because you don't burp it so much

Bought these for my daughter. Was disappointed to find out they are ground peppermint leaves and not oil as it states on the bottle. They don't seem to work as well for her as the actual peppermint oil capsules do.

Ok I’ll be honest I held off on trying this product for months after seeing all the reviews talking about how the name is a lie as it’s not peppermint oil but ground up peppermint leaves.However as other products like ibguard kept raising in prices I figured I’d give this a shot. I take one pill WITH each mean three times a day and I haven’t had any issues in a week.For the first time in about a decade I am not having to cancel plans last minute or paying outrageous prices for the pills.It did take some time to actually realize I needed to take only a single pill and take it WITH a meal INSTEAD of taking one to two pills at least 30 minutes in advance like with ibguard or other products. I couldn’t be happier with this product and highly recommended giving it a shot.

nice not to resort to chemicals for sour belly.

I'm not so sure about these and I may change my review later but right now I'm having to stop. In the three days I've taken them my stomach has gone from bad to worse and my anxiety has increased to an alarming rate. Like almost to a full blown panic attack. I was struggling really, really bad with gas and mild cramping. I hadn't had a bout of ibs for over a decade. I hadn't been following the foodmap diet and made the mistake of making leek and potato soup. That was a disaster. The first night I took these I had bad gas, stomach cramping and diarrhea. I started to notice an uptick in my anxiety but I blamed it on my stomach. The second day I took it started out well with no pain but then as the day progressed I ended up with bad gas because it made me constipated. By nightfall I was miserable with acid reflux because it decreased my stomach acid and I couldn't digest my food it literally just sat there in my stomach for like an extra two hours so like four hours to digest my food took forever. It felt like a brick sitting in my stomach and my heart would pound and my stomach felt like it was throbbing. Horrible. That night I ended up miserable and in pain until I had a bowel movement at 1 a.m. So loss of sleep there. By now,I was no longer regular and lost my ability to go in the mornings like I usually do. I was now starting to have cramping in between meals instead of just after meals. I was starting to have cramping when I drank water during the day and in between meals. My go to cup of chamomile tea stopped working, my stools and I know this is gross but I have to mention it in case it may help someone turned a weird pasty pale color so I know I wasn't absorbing my nutrients or my supplements or my medications right. My anxiety increased even more I started to have moments where I felt like my heart was going to start racing throughout the day. By day three my anxiety increased even more, I started to have negative thoughts I had slight cramping after every meal and frequent bowel movements that bordered on diarrhea because I was drinking water and staying hydrated and I still had gas, cramping when I drank water. I went to bed that night and woke up at 4 a.m with an episode of racing heart beat that did not calm down and had a mini anxiety attack. I can't continue to take these at this point. The moment I realized what I was dealing with I looked up the foodmap diet and started it even before I started taking these pills so I should have no triggers right now but I'm still feeling worse. I'm stopping for a day or two and see if I can stabilize on my own. If my anxiety goes down even a little then I know it was these pills. I have ib guard on order, I may try that when it comes right now, I have to stop these. And just to be clear before I started these I had minimal anxiety, lots of gas but I was regular and mild cramping and normal stools. Right now I don't see the benefit. I will update if I have to take them again.