Foods for bloating
What APEX holds on the table for bloating: 10 foods, each with where it comes from and why it is ours. Not a treatment plan — the food, and the reason it is on the list.
Compiled by APEX Legacy from published research and documented food
history, under the editorial direction of
Jonathan Jackson, Founder .
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Drinks
CCF Tea The three-seed digestive trio — cumin, coriander, and fennel in equal measure — brewed as… Fennel Seed Tea The sweet, anise-scented seed brewed for a colicky baby, a bloated belly, or a nursing… Pennyroyal Tea A strongly aromatic mint historically brewed by Southern women to bring on a late period… Peppermint Tea Peppermint tea after a heavy meal is not just a habit — menthol activates TRPM8 cold… Bay Leaf Tea The bay leaf from the soup pot, simmered alone into a tea. Star Anise Tea The eight-pointed star pod brewed for flu and a sour stomach. Dandelion Root Coffee Roasted dandelion root brewed dark and bitter — a caffeine-free coffee stand-in with… Mugwort Tea A bitter dreaming-and-women's herb brewed for delayed periods and digestion.
Herbs & Spices
Buchu Buchu is the great Southern African urinary and kidney herb — a fragrant… Horehound A bitter, gray-green mint-family herb boiled down into the old-time horehound cough candy…
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