8 Home Remedies to Cure Bloating and Gas Pain

8 Home Remedies to Cure Bloating and Gas Pain

Although prevention is the best cure, you might still have that feeling of fullness and discomfort in your stomach sometimes. For those times, here are some natural remedies for you.

1. Have Mint Tea for Bloating

Peppermint is one of the herbs that have been used since ages to cure stomach problems including indigestion and bloating. It’s aromatic oil, menthol, pushes bile secreted by liver to flow into the duodenum which in turn promotes better digestion. Menthol is also known to be a good antispasmodic meaning it calms your muscles of digestive system. It’s not a coincidence that your grandma gives you peppermint to cure those cramps in your stomach.

You will need:
• Fresh mint leaves- 4-5 (or use 1 tsp of dried mint)
• Water- 1 cup
• Sugar or honey (optional)- to taste

Directions to make mint tea:
• Boil the water.
• Add mint to it.
• Let it steep for 5 minutes.
• Pour the tea in a cup discarding the leaves.
• Add sugar or honey if using.

Have 2-3 cups of mint tea to get relief from bloating.

2. Ginger root Tea for Bloating

Just like menthol of peppermint, gingerol and shagaol along with other volatile oils present in ginger helps digestion and relieves you from bloating. Ginger is also a fine muscle relaxant and thus relieves gases trapped in your digestive system helping in flatulence. So make yourself ginger tea.

You will need:
• Ginger- 2 inch piece
• Water- 1 cup
• Honey (optional)- 1 tsp
• Lemon (optional)- 3-4 drops

Directions to make ginger tea
• Cut the ginger in thin slices.
• Heat the water. You don’t need to boil it but make it very hot.
• When the water gets very hot, add the ginger slices.
• Cover and let it steep for 5 minutes.
• Strain and add lemon and/or honey if using.
• Have this tea twice or thrice a day.

3. Cinnamon Tea for Bloating

Hot beverages with stomach soothing ingredients are really magical when you are suffering from bloating. Cinnamon has been used by Chinese medicine and Ayurveda since ages to treat many medical conditions including bloating and gastric troubles. Wit its anti-inflammatory properties, cinnamon can be very helpful in treating your bloating.

You will need:
• Cinnamon stick- 1 (you can also use 1 tsp cinnamon powder)
• Water- 1 cup
• Sugar or honey or some natural sweetener (optional) – as per taste
• Black tea (optional)- 1 tea bag or 1 tsp if using dried tea leaves.

All the optional ingredients are for enhanced taste of the tea.

Directions to make cinnamon tea
• Boil water.
• Place the cinnamon stick (or powder) in a cup.
• Pour the hot water over it.
• Cover and let it steep for 5 minutes.
• Add the teabag (or dried tea) if using.
• Leave for 2-3 more minutes.
• Strain and add honey or sweetener if using.
• Have this tea 2-3 times a day.

4. Chamomile Tea for Bloating

In the list of herbal tea for bloating, chamomile finds its coveted place due to its effective use traditionally. Chamomile again has anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effects that can give you instant relief from bloating.

You will need:
• Chamomile flowers- 1 tbsp
• Water- 1 cup
• Honey- as per taste

Directions to make chamomile tea
• Wash the flowers well with water.
• Boil the water.
• Add chamomile flowers into it.
• Cover and steep for 5 minutes.
• Strain the tea into a cup.
• Add honey and have the tea.

While you can have this tea twice or thrice a day, if you regularly suffer from bloating, it is recommended to have chamomile tea daily after dinner before you go to bed. This soothing tea with relaxing properties will not only help you with your digestion but will also help in other ailments like skin problems, cough and cold.

5. Clove Oil for Bloating

If you have the feeling of nausea too with your bloating, you better use clove oil to treat it. Its component eugenol makes clove antifungal, anesthetic and antiseptic which can also inhibit food-borne pathogens and various other bacteria. Like cinnamon, cloves can relax the smooth muscle lining of your digestive tract to grant you relief from all gastric problems like diarrhea, gas, bloating, intestinal spasms, even nausea and vomiting.

You will need:
• Clove oil- few drops
• Water- 1 glass

Directions to use clove oil:
• Pour water in a glass.
• Add few drops of clove oil int.
• Mix well and have this water.

You should have this water every morning to feel light after meals during the day.

6. Bergamot Essential Oil for Bloating

Bergamot oil is a cold-pressed essential oil which is extracted from inside the rind of a bergamot orange fruit. There are two ways of using this oil for bloating- one is by massaging and the other is by having the liquid internally. As this oil is used as a citrus flavoring agent mostly in gelatins and puddings, you can rest assured about its internal usage.

1st way of using bergamot oil

• Take a few drops of bergamot oil on your palm.
• Rub your stomach with this oil gently.
• After sometime, you will feel the warm and soothing effect of this oil and get relief from your abdominal discomfort.

2nd way of using bergamot oil

You will have to make a tea.

You will need:
• Black tea bag- 1 (else use 1 tsp dried black tea leaves)
• Bergamot oil- 1-2 drops
• Sugar or honey (optional)- as per taste

Directions to make bergamot tea
• Boil the water.
• Add black tea in it and steep for 5 minutes.
• Add bergamot oil drops and let it steep for another 2 minutes.
• Pour in a cup.
• Add sweetener if using.
• Have the tea.

This tea can cure colic and indigestion effectively. This also helps in reducing spasms in your stomach by relaxing the intestines and reducing its swelling. You may even have Earl Grey tea which is nothing but a tea blend with the distinctive flavor and aroma obtained from the oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange.

7. Fennel Seeds for Bloating

This is, by far, the most easy and effective home remedy for bloating. You just have to chew few fennel seeds after having meals to aid your digestion. You may also have it in form of tea. This rich in magnesium herb, fennel, is a fine natural antacid and mouth freshner. In India, people traditionally chew fennel seeds after meals to help digestion. Anethol and Fenchone components of fennel seeds reduce spasms in your intestinal tract. Many of the studies have concluded that fennel can encourage the production of bile to help digestion and may also have diuretic, pain-reducing and anti-microbial effects. There are two ways of using fennel seeds for bloating.

1st way of using fennel seeds

• Store and even carry fennel seeds with you in a small air tight container.
• After meals, take out few seeds (about ½ tsp) and chew them slowly.
• Choose the greener fine variety of fennel seeds for chewing. They are naturally sweet and have mouth refreshening properties. The yellow fennel seeds that are not so fine in texture are used in cooking.

2nd way of using fennel seeds

Make tea with fennel seeds.
You will need:
• Fennel seeds- ½ tsp
• Water- 1- ½ cup

Directions to make fennel seeds tea
• Boil water.
• Add fennel seeds and let it boil for another 5 minutes. Keep the pot covered.
• Strain the tea.
• Let it cool down.
• Have this tea twice or thrice a day.

8. Carom Seeds-Ginger Remedy for Bloating

This is an Ayurvedic remedy for which you have to use a variety of ingredients in prescribed quantities. All these ingredients are recognized as effective digestive aids individually too. You need dried ginger and carom seeds in equal quantities. Lime juice is needed in just double quantity. I have mentioned quantities accordingly. You can increase or decrease them as per your need but maintain the required proportion.

You will need:
• Dried ginger powder- ¼ tsp
• Carom seeds (ajwain)- ¼ tsp
• Lime juice- ½ tsp
• Black salt- a pinch of it
• Warm water- 1 cup

Directions:
• Add ginger, carom seeds, lime juice and black salt.
• Let it stand for 10-15 minutes.
• Pour warm water over them.
• Have this water twice a day to get relief from bloating and gas pain.