Peppermint oil comes out top in review of treatments for IBS

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition characterised by symptoms such as abdominal discomfort, bloating, wind and altered bowel habit. In conventional medicine, there is no real consensus on what causes IBS. IBS is what might be termed a “diagnosis of exclusion”. In other words, it’s the diagnosis that individuals end up with when tests [...]