A generous supply of Tummy Tamers and Peppermint Tummy Tea for the dietary management of IBS symptoms, particularly abdominal pain, spasms, bloating, and gas. The tea can be brewed as often as needed for immediate help while the Tummy Tamers work best to head off problems when taken in advance of symptoms. For example, if mornings are a rough time, take a capsule last thing at night before bed.
Heather's Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil Capsules are a medical food for the dietary management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms. Clinical studies have shown that, as part of the diet: peppermint relieves abdominal pain, diarrhea, and urgency; fennel helps relax the gut and aids bloating; ginger contains powerful digestive enzymes and aids nausea. Enteric peppermint oil capsules have been clinically tested and shown to help the dietary management of IBS symptoms in both adults and children.
Heather's Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil Capsules are unique because they are specially formulated for intense bowel soothing that addresses global IBS symptoms through the combined effects of peppermint, fennel, and ginger oils.
We make our Tummy Tamers here in Kent, Washington with local peppermint oil, steam distilled from peppermint fields in the Columbia River Valley. This means we can spec for peppermint oil with the best volatile oil profile from each harvest, for the highest medicinal strength.
We now use a patented, very special enteric gelatin to improve tolerance for those prone to heartburn or reflux. This gelatin has enteric properties built right in, for better protection against heartburn than simple enteric coatings, which are delicate and easily compromised.
Heather's Tummy Tea Peppermint is a medical food for the dietary management of IBS symptoms. Peppermint is one of the oldest of herbs, with a cooling, calming effect. Clinical studies have shown that it is exceptionally beneficial for IBS abdominal pain and spasms, diarrhea, and urgency. Peppermint will not cause or worsen constipation.
Menthol and methyl salicylate, the main active ingredients of peppermint, have soothing effects on the stomach and intestinal tract. Internally, they have anti-spasmodic actions on the muscles of the stomach, intestinal tract, and uterus. Peppermint also has powerful analgesic (pain-killing) properties. Peppermint is naturally anti-bacterial, it increases gastric juices, and helps relieves gas, nausea, vomiting, and morning sickness. Peppermint contains essential oils that stimulate the gallbladder to secrete its store of bile, which the body uses to digest fats.
New! Patented, special enteric gelatin improves tolerance for those prone to heartburn or reflux
Enteric properties now built right in!
Made with local peppermint oil, steam distilled from peppermint fields in Washington state
We choose the best volatile oil profile from each harvest, for the highest medicinal strength.
No gluten, soy, FODMAPS, allergens, preservatives, colors, additives
Take one capsule at a time on an EMPTY STOMACH with just enough cool liquid to swallow easily
For Intense Bowel Soothing
Here's the true story on why the word buccal is the secret behind my Peppermint Tummy Tea, and why it's so special for IBS.
When I was a little kid an IBS attack could hit me out of the blue. I'd have seconds to get to a bathroom before I was unable to move or even breathe from the pain. Then the world would go gray and I would pass out in agony.
I had a favorite childhood fantasy that a doctor would give me magic medicine to stop that pain instantly. I knew exactly where I would keep it in the bathroom cupboard. But in real life, my doctor did not care, and would not help me.
I kept hoping someone else would. But I never did get that magic bullet from my doctor, or any other doctor I ever saw.
However, I did discover something magical for IBS all on my own. And this is why buccal is your word for the day.
Buccal and sublingual mucosa are what's behind the magic. Let me explain.
You know how the skin inside your mouth is different from the skin on your arms and legs? That's because it's a different kind of tissue, a mucous membrane.
Mucous membranes line the insides of your cheeks (buccal means cheeks) and under your tongue (sub means under, lingual means tongue).
Just like skin protects the outside of your body, mucous membranes line and protect the inside.
The mucous membranes in your mouth are highly permeable. They absorb things very quickly and directly into your bloodstream in ways that regular skin can't.
Things like nutrients from foods that are absorbed while you're still chewing them.
Things like medications that must work in sixty seconds, like a nitroglycerine pill beneath your tongue for heart problems.
Or - now comes the magic! – things like volatile oils in medicinal herbs, particularly peppermint. A high volatile oil peppermint tea has compounds that rapidly absorb from the mucous membranes in your mouth directly into your bloodstream.
And that's magic for IBS. Here's why.
The volatile oils in peppermint are mainly menthol and methyl salicylate. They have several mechanisms of action.
1. Smooth muscle relaxation
Your entire gut is smooth muscle tissue. Calcium and magnesium together regulate gut muscle contractions. Magnesium relaxes, but calcium contracts.
Peppermint blocks the calcium channel, so your gut muscles can relax.
Peppermint also seems to act directly on the entire nervous system of the gut as a whole to relax muscles. That makes it an incredibly powerful anti spasmodic. Plus menthol and methyl salicylate have calming effects on smooth muscles. And they have powerful analgesic - pain-killing – properties. Magic!
Plain English please? IBS involves "visceral hypersensitivity". That means you feel things in your gut (viscera) that normal people don't feel at all (your gut is hyper sensitive). And you may feel these normal things as agonizing cramps and pain.
Peppermint seems to literally affect pain sensing neurons in a way that dulls this visceral hypersensitivity. Magic!
So just how powerful is peppermint when it comes to relaxing the gut? For stopping painful spasms in their tracks?
The concentrated oil from peppermint leaves has actually been used to prevent bowel spasms during colonoscopies and barium enemas. I find that jaw dropping.
Menthol has also been directly observed during surgery to induce smooth muscle relaxation. Ultrasounds and endoscopies visibly show that peppermint oil decreases colon contractions and spasms. This means doctors can literally see, in real time, how peppermint calms the gut.
And that is why high volatile oil peppermint tea is my personal drug of choice. It can stop an IBS attack in just moments.
It's all about those volatile oils, and their rapid absorption via the buccal and sublingual mucous membranes, directly into my bloodstream.
The volatile oils are found in the peppermint leaves. When peppermint is ready to harvest you can literally see the drops of oil rising to the surface of the leaves. If you're ever lucky enough to stand in a whole field of peppermint at harvest time, it shimmers around you like a mirage from the oils on the leaves.
You can steam distill the oil out of the leaves to make concentrated peppermint oil. But that is far too strong to use directly on your mouth's delicate mucous membranes.
Instead, brew the whole dried leaves themselves using hot water to extract the volatile oils. The end result is not just a nice cup of peppermint tea. It's a steaming mug of IBS painkillers and gut relaxants. Help is literally just a few sips away. Magic!
If you're like me and you get hit hard and fast by IBS pain, urgency, spasms, then high volatile oil peppermint tea is your new best friend.
When you need help now – and I mean NOW – RIGHT NOW – go straight to peppermint tea. Brew it strong – brew it black – brew it at least 10-15 minutes if you can. The volatile oils in the tea will be rapidly absorbed by the buccal and sublingual mucous membranes in your mouth and hit your bloodstream fast.
It won't matter if you have a full or empty stomach. It won't matter what time of day or night it is. Just get high volatile oil peppermint tea into your mouth as soon as possible, the moment you feel IBS symptoms coming on.
Those volatile oils are going to work for you as antispasmodics, smooth muscle relaxants, and painkillers. That peppermint tea can quickly stop violent cramps, spasms, and relax your entire gut.
I'm embarrassed to say I was late to the party with peppermint. It took me almost twenty years to discover my magic tea. But it turns out peppermint had already been the drug of choice for all kinds of gut problems, for centuries.
Mint is actually one of the oldest herbs in human history. It was used by the ancient Assyrians and Egyptians four thousand years ago. Ancient Greeks and Romans used fresh mint leaves as a pain killer two thousand years ago. Mint tea has been a favorite cure for indigestion since Biblical times.
And our modern peppermint (Mentha piperita) is even better than ancient mint herbal strains. It's a hybrid of water mint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata). Peppermint has greater medicinal properties than either of the two original plants. Stronger magic!
I'm not the only one who thinks of peppermint as their IBS drug of choice. It's literally been called that by modern medical researchers as well. In 2005 a review of multiple clinical trials of peppermint oil concluded it was the "drug of first choice in IBS." Just because it's magic doesn't mean it's not real!
High volatile oil peppermint tea is the best thing I've ever found for stopping my IBS attacks in not minutes, but seconds. I actually keep an electric kettle and peppermint tea bags in my bathroom as well as the kitchen.
For years I would buy little boxes of peppermint teabags at the grocery store and then brew half the box to make one dark cup. I knew that the stronger that tea was, the faster it would help me. But I didn't realize how much of a difference it would make to have the right peppermint in the first place. I was about to discover I wasn't going to get what I really needed from a tiny teabag in a little box.
This is why I still remember the exact day my husband Will discovered bulk loose whole leaf peppermint leaves at a health food coop. It was at River Valley Market in Northampton, MA, thirty years ago. (And they now carry Heather's Tummy Care!)
He went poking around in the cupboards beneath the counter and found the bulk bags of peppermint the store was using. When he asked a clerk if he could just buy a whole bag they couldn't understand why. Who needs a whole pound of peppermint leaves?
Well, I did. Because I needed to use a generous tablespoon or two of that potent peppermint for each cup. And I needed to drink it all day long when I was feeling touchy. And I wanted to drink it every single day to stay stable in the first place. So that's a lot of peppermint.
There was a world of difference between that bulk fresh whole leaf peppermint and the dinky little tea bags I'd been using.
To this day Will can somehow sense when I'm going south. And I can go south fast. He doesn't even ask, he just makes me a black cup of peppermint tea because he knows that will help instantly.
I was never able to find peppermint like this in tea bags, so I had to make my own. That's the story behind my Peppermint Tummy Tea. It's a high volatile oil peppermint, medicinal strength herbal tea that is also naturally caffeine free, FODMAP free, gluten free.
It's unique. It's formulated to contain the largest possible leaf size and the highest volatile oil content. This equals quality and potency.
I actually have my own peppermint organically grown locally, in the Columbia River Valley. The volcanic soil makes for the best peppermint in the world. And this lets me spec for the highest volatile oil content levels from each crop.
The peppermint is harvested and packed to be as fresh as possible, and it is processed for minimal volatile oil dissipation. Remember, it's the volatile oils in peppermint that make it so effective for the dietary management of IBS symptoms, particularly pain and spasms.
Heather's Tummy Tea is packed in very generous quantities. How generous? 36 huge teabags per canister!
It's meant to be used daily as a medical food for IBS. Wherever you are, brew a delicious cup of tea several times a day, every day, as part of your dietary management of IBS symptoms.
I even use my peppermint teabags to stuff the corners and pockets of my luggage when I travel. I make sure there's a tea kettle in my hotel rooms. I ask for hot water to brew my own at restaurants and on planes. I am never without my tummy tea!
My peppermint tea is sourced and specially produced for IBS:
* Extremely high volatile oil levels. Why does this matter? Because the volatile oil is the component within the tea that yields the medicinal benefits. The higher the volatile oil level, the stronger the cup of tea, and the greater the benefit for IBS symptoms.
Our peppermint crop can have a volatile oil content of 3%. This is extreme - a percentage of 1.8% to 2.0% is considered high!
You can actually see the oil rising to the surface of the peppermint leaves in our fields. This is what our farmers watch for so they know when to harvest the fields at the optimum volatile oil level.
When we were out in our fields in the fall right before harvest, the whole expanse of peppermint looked like it was glistening. It was not only beautiful, but the smell and taste of the fresh leaves was more potent than I'd ever imagined.
* Very large leaf size (cut and sift grade, the largest cut available in the organic market). Other teabag brands use "teabag cut" herbs, which are very finely milled. This is so the tea will flow through teabag machines. But, the more finely you cut an herb, the more volatile oil is released and dissipated, and the weaker the final cup of brewed tea will be.
We actually customized our own teabag machines so that we could run large leaf peppermint through our machines.
* Special jumbo-size biodegradable teabags, which give an average of two to three times more tea per bag as other brands.
* USDA certified organic. This means, among other things, that our herbs are guaranteed free of: pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, GMO (genetically modified organisms), preservatives, additives, irradiation, and there is no animal testing.
Organic materials and processing are significantly more expensive. But, our tea prices are actually significantly less expensive than non-organic brands.
In addition, a comprehensive review of 97 published studies (published as the "State of Science Review" by The Organic Center) comparing the nutritional quality of organic and conventional foods has shown that organic plants contain higher levels of 8 of 11 nutrients studied, including significantly greater concentrations of the health-promoting polyphenols and antioxidants. This review concluded that organically grown plants are 25% more nutrient dense, on average, than conventionally grown plants.
* Packed in very generous quantities, as this tea is meant to be used daily for IBS symptoms.
The end result? Our high volatile oil, medicinal strength, large leaf Peppermint Tummy Tea can stop IBS pain and cramps faster than just about anything.
It is exponentially stronger and more effective, and a better value, than other brands. One sip is all it takes to tell the difference. Try it for yourself!
NOTE: Peppermint is actually such a powerful muscle relaxant that it can trigger GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) or heartburn in people who are susceptible. If you are prone to these upper GI problems, avoid mint and stick to Heather's Tummy Tea ~ Organic Fennel for IBS.
Take with just enough cool (not warm) liquid to swallow easily
If you are at all prone to heartburn, take no less than 1 hour before eating
If you are not prone to heartburn, you can take 15 minutes before eating
Do not chew
Daily Dosage:
Take 1 capsule, one to three times daily
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Softgel
Servings Per Container: 90
Amount Per Serving
Peppermint Oil (Mentha piperita)
0.2 mL/181.0 mg*
Fennel Oil (Foeniculum vulgare)
0.02 mL/19.3 mg*
Ginger Oil (Zingiber officinale)
0.02 mL/17.6 mg*
*Daily Value not established.
Cautions: For use under a physician's supervision. Tell your doctor if you're pregnant or nursing. Keep out of reach of children. Store in a cool, dry place.
Heather's Tummy Tea Peppermint Directions
Pour 8 ounces boiling water over one tea bag. Steep for 5 to 10 minutes. Drink as often as you like.
Use on a full or empty stomach, as needed.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 tea bag makes 8 fl oz brewed tea
Servings Per Container: 36
Amount Per Serving
% DV
Organic Peppermint Leaf
3.3 grams
*
*Daily Value not established.
Cautions: For use under a physician's supervision. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or nursing. Keep out of reach of children. Store airtight in a cool, dry place. Organic product. Color variations are normal.
Peppermint Tummy Tea FAQ
What makes Heather's Peppermint Tummy Tea so special?
Peppermint Tummy Tea for IBS Relief — Feels Like a Warm Hug for Your Gut
Soothing IBS Has Never Tasted This Good
Since 2003 loyal customers have known that Heather’s Peppermint Tummy Tea isn’t just tea — it’s a delicious way to soothe pain, calm cramps, and relax your gut anytime, anywhere. It’s the strongest peppermint tea available for IBS — and you’ll feel the difference from the very first sip.
How Does Peppermint Tummy Tea Work When Others Fall Short?
Ultra-High Volatile Oil Content – Can be over 3% volatile oil vs. 1.8% industry standard. That's more power to relax your gut and ease symptoms.
Very Large Leaf Cut – Preserves more of the medicinal oils. No “tea dust” here.
Custom Jumbo Teabags – Each bag has 2–3x more leaf than standard brands for maximum strength.
Certified Organic & Clean – No pesticides, fertilizers, GMOs, or preservatives. USDA & QAI certified.
What Does Peppermint Tummy Tea Help With?
✅ IBS abdominal cramps
✅ Spasms and urgency
✅ Diarrhea and gas
✅ Bloating and discomfort
✅ Nausea and indigestion
✅ Post-meal flares
✅ Helps relax the bowel to ease constipation
Feel the Results with Every Sip
Heather’s Peppermint Tummy Tea is fast-acting and soothing. Brew it hot and feel the menthol oils calm your gut almost instantly. Drink daily for long-term stability, and keep it handy for sudden flare-ups.
Backed by History & Science
Used by ancient Assyrians, Greeks, and Romans for digestion
Menthol and methyl salicylate are clinically known to relax smooth intestinal muscles
Modern studies confirm peppermint’s efficacy for IBS relief
Customer-Loved & Clinically Respected
💬 “More effective than anti-nausea pills — I take it everywhere.”
💬 “Best peppermint tea I’ve ever had. So strong and soothing.”
💬 “Instant calm for my stomach. I drink it daily for IBS.”
How Do I Brew Peppermint Tea for Maximum Effect?
Use freshly boiled water, but do not boil the tea itself.
Steep until dark — stronger is better for relief.
Enjoy plain or with a touch of honey or sugar.
Naturally caffeine-free.
Hot tea is better than iced on an empty stomach (heat relaxes muscles).
How Does Heather’s Tummy Tea Peppermint Stand Apart?
Feature
Heather’s Peppermint Tummy Tea
Generic Peppermint Tea
Volatile Oil Content
✅ Often over 3%
🚫 Usually 1% or less
Leaf Cut Size
✅ Whole leaf
🚫 Teabag dust-grade
Bag Size
✅ Jumbo teabags
🚫 Standard size
Organic & Clean
✅ USDA Certified
🚫 Often conventional
Medicinal-Strength Potency
✅ Yes — a medical food
🚫 Just tea
USA Grown & Hand Packed
✅ Washington State
🚫 Machine-processed, often overseas
Teabag Mesh Material
✅ Biodegradable plant fiber
🚫 Often bleached synthetic mesh
Who Is This Peppermint Tea For?
✅ IBS with diarrhea
✅ IBS with constipation
✅ IBS-mixed
✅ Anyone who wants instant gut relief without side effects
✅ Safe for daily and lifelong use
The Heather’s Tummy Care Promise
💚 100% Happiness Guarantee — Lifetime returns, no questions asked
💚 Trusted by happy tea drinkers since 2003
Bottom Line:
This isn’t just peppermint tea — it’s your daily IBS comfort ritual. Hand-harvested, packed with love, and designed to bring you real, lasting relief.
Heather’s Peppermint Tummy Tea: Stronger, cleaner, fresher. A sip away from soothing.
Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil Capsules FAQ
What makes Heather's Tummy Tamers peppermint oil capsules so special?
IBS Relief That Feels Like Magic — In a Pill!
Over 1 MILLION bottles sold since 2003 and glowing reviews can’t be wrong.
Heather’s Tummy Tamers aren’t just peppermint oil capsules — they’re a clinically‑proven, gut‑soothing breakthrough designed just for people with IBS.
If cramps, bloating, urgency, or unpredictable bathroom runs are ruling your life… this is for you.
Why Tummy Tamers Work When Others Fail
Inherently Enteric Gelatin Power: Our patented gelatin shell is built to survive stomach acid and release peppermint, fennel, and ginger oils exactly where IBS pain strikes — in your intestines. It's not just enteric coated. The gelatin itself is enteric!
Fennel Oil — beats gas, bloating, and cramps into submission
Ginger Oil — calms nausea, fuels digestion, and eases discomfort
Reflux‑Friendly: Special enteric gelatin lets peppermint skip your stomach — so even many with heartburn can enjoy the benefits.
Clinically Backed. IBS‑Focused. Life‑Changing.
📊 16 clinical trials reviewed in Phytomedicine name peppermint oil capsules “the approach of first choice” for IBS.
💬 Customers call Tummy Tamers “fast‑acting,” “a lifesaver,” and “the only thing that works.”
These aren’t generic mint pills. They’re a medical food formulated from the ground up to tackle every IBS symptom — diarrhea, constipation, bloating, gas, pain, and spasms — without triggering new problems.
What You’ll Feel
Bloating? Gone.
Cramping? Calmed.
Urgency? Under control.
Gas? Goodbye.
Pain? Eased away.
Every capsule is a precision‑timed release of comfort, restoring your gut to a calmer, happier state.
The Heather’s Tummy Care Promise
💚 100% Happiness Guarantee — Lifetime returns, no questions asked.
💚 Trusted by over a million customers since 2003.
Who It’s For
IBS with diarrhea ✅
IBS with constipation ✅
IBS‑mixed ✅
Sensitive stomach? ✅
Occasional reflux? ✅ (though not suitable for everyone with severe GERD)
Bottom Line:
This is the peppermint oil capsule for IBS relief — not a generic supplement, not a guess‑and‑hope remedy. Tummy Tamers are engineered to change your daily life.
If you’re ready to stop planning your world around your gut… this is where you start.
How does Peppermint Tummy Tea relieve IBS symptoms?
How Peppermint Works for IBS — The Science of Soothing Relief
Peppermint is more than just a flavor — it's a powerhouse antispasmodic that can quickly calm and relax your gastrointestinal tract.
If urgency, pain, bloating, or post-meal panic are dominating your days, Heather's Peppermint Tummy Tea offers fast, effective relief backed by science.
What Makes Peppermint Tea So Effective for IBS?
High Volatile Oil Action — The essential oils in peppermint leaf, especially menthol and methyl salicylate, are rapidly absorbed through your mouth's buccal mucous membranes — no digestion required.
That means near-instant results, right when you need it.
Dual Mechanisms That Tame IBS:
1️⃣ Smooth Muscle Relaxation
Your gut is made of smooth muscle tissue. The two key minerals that regulate these muscles are magnesium (relaxes) and calcium (contracts). Peppermint blocks calcium channels, allowing your intestinal muscles to let go of spasms and cramps.
2️⃣ Visceral Sensitivity Modulation
People with IBS often have a heightened sensitivity to pain signals — known as visceral hypersensitivity. Peppermint works directly on pain-sensing neurons to dull this overactive response, calming your entire GI tract.
Fast, Natural, Powerful Relief
Whether you're battling bloating, cramps, or the unpredictability of IBS symptoms, peppermint tea is your gentle but powerful ally. With high volatile oil levels and centuries of use behind it, it’s not just a tradition — it’s a clinically-supported comfort.
Brew strong. Sip and swallow. Soothe instantly.
Are there any restrictions on peppermint use?
Peppermint is contraindicated for hearburn, GERD, and reflux.
Can I take Tummy Tamers peppermint oil capsules every day?
Yes. Many people take their peppermint oil capsules every single day to prevent IBS flare‑ups. (I do!)
They are take as needed, so key their use to how your IBS is doing. Follow the label directions and consult your doctor if you're unsure.
Can Peppermint Tummy Tea be used with other IBS products?
Yes! Peppermint Tummy Tea works beautifully alongside other IBS products. You can blend it directly with
Fennel Tummy Tea — even brewing both herbs together in the same cup for synergistic relief.
It also pairs well with Heather's Tummy Fiber Acacia. If you're using Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil Capsules,
it's safe to enjoy the tea on the same day — just don’t take both at the exact same time unless the tea has cooled.
Hot liquids can dissolve the Tummy Tamer capsules prematurely.
How do I use Peppermint Tummy Tea?
Brew 1 jumbo teabag or 1 tablespoon of loose peppermint leaf in a cup or mug of freshly boiled water. (Do not actually boil the tea.) Steep for at least 10 minutes —
the longer you steep, the stronger the brew. For maximum digestive support, drink it black.
Peppermint Tummy Tea can be enjoyed before, during, or after meals — or anytime you need rapid relief from IBS symptoms
like urgency, pain, cramps, or bloating. It’s caffeine-free, so it’s safe to sip all day and night.
Where is Peppermint Tummy Tea sourced and made?
Heather’s Peppermint Tummy Tea is organically grown in the Pacific Northwest, harvested just for us using premium, medical-grade
cut and sift leaf with an exceptionally high volatile oil content (up to 3%).
It’s then hand-packed in Washington State in our own IBS-dedicated facility using jumbo tea bags made from
biodegradable plant fiber mesh — not plastic or bleached paper.
We oversee every step to ensure the highest potency, purity, and therapeutic value possible.
How do Heather's Tummy Tamers compare to IBgard capsules?
Feature
Heather's Tummy Tamers®
IBGard®
Peppermint Oil Content
✅ 180mg pure Pacific Northwest mentha piperita peppermint oil — the standard dose in most IBS research studies
🚫 90mg peppermint oil per capsule
Extra Symptom Support
✅ Added fennel & ginger oils for bloating, gas, and nausea relief
🚫 No fennel or ginger oils
Clean Label
✅ All natural ingredients! No artificial colors, preservatives, or additives
✅ Hand‑made in small batches in our own IBS‑dedicated facility in Kent, WA, USA
🚫 Mass‑produced by general supplement manufacturer
🌿 The Clear Winner for IBS Relief
Double the peppermint oil. Triple the symptom‑fighting power. Crafted just for IBS in our own facility. Why settle for less?
100% Happiness Guarantee
How do I use Heather’s Tummy Tamers for best results?
Take 1 capsule on an empty stomach. Take with just enough cool water to easily swallow. Do not chew. Wait 30–60 minutes before eating. Do not take with food or other supplements.
- Use as needed for symptom flare-ups
- Take up to 3 times daily for ongoing symptom control
- Take last thing at night before bed to head off am problems
Should I use Peppermint Oil Capsules or Peppermint Tummy Tea? Can I use both?
You can absolutely use Tummy Tamers Peppermint Oil Capsules and Peppermint Tummy Tea — just not at the exact same time.
Why not? Because hot tea will break down the capsule’s patented enteric coating too quickly, releasing the oils before they reach your intestines.
When to Use Your Capsules
Think of Tummy Tamers as your pain and bloating prevention strategy:
Take them on an empty stomach.
Allow about an hour to kick in — they’re timed to work where IBS symptoms start.
Perfect before meals, especially dining out.
If mornings are rough, take one last thing at night before bed to head off problems.
When to Use Your Tea
Peppermint oil capsules are stronger, but Peppermint Tummy Tea is your flexible, fast‑acting rescue:
Works on a full or empty stomach.
Pain relief can start immediately — as soon as the menthol and other volatile oils touch your mouth’s buccal mucous membranes.
Perfect for those “uh‑oh” moments when you need help right now.
Your IBS Game Plan
Use Tummy Tamers to head off trouble before it starts.
💚 Prevention + Rescue = IBS control you can count on.
What are Heather’s Tummy Tamers Enteric Peppermint Oil Capsules, and how do they work?
Heather’s Tummy Tamers are a specially formulated, medical food for IBS relief.
Each capsule contains peppermint, fennel, and ginger oils in a special patented enteric gelatin. This ensures direct delivery to the small intestines, where they help prevent and relieve:
- Abdominal cramping and pain
- Gas and bloating
- Intestinal spasms
- Post-meal IBS flares
The Tummy Tamer oils work synergistically as antispasmodic, anti-gas, and carminative agents.
What are the key benefits of Tummy Tamers capsules?
- Patented enteric gelatin - prevents reflux and heartburn
- Targets symptoms where they begin, in the intestines
- Combines peppermint, fennel, and ginger oils for full-spectrum support
- No fillers, chemical additives, dyes, preservatives, artificial colors
- Gentle and effective for even ultra-sensitive digestion
What makes Heather’s Tummy Tamers different from generic peppermint capsules?
Here’s what sets our Tummy Tamers apart:
Feature
Heather's Tummy Tamers
Generic Peppermint Capsules
Patented Enteric Gelatin
✅ Burp-free formula!
🚫 None or just a single-layer external coating
Oil Blend
✅ Peppermint + Fennel + Ginger
🚫 Peppermint only or ground dried leaf, not oil
Designed for IBS
✅ Yes, IBS-targeted medical food
🚫 General digestion
Manufacturer Focus
✅ Tummy Care is an IBS-focused brand
🚫 Mass supplement manufacturer
What's the source of gelatin in Heather's Tummy Tamers?
Until 2017 the gelatin in our peppermint oil capsules was a mix of bovine/porcine. Starting with lot code 21610121 in early 2017, our gelatin is strictly bovine, non-porcine.
Donna from BRISTOL, TN
Purchased on 12/1/2024
Reviewed on 12/23/2024
I've drunk the teas and they're lovely!
Your peppermint tea is strong and delicious!
Your fennel is as well. Ok. I'm kinda lying because I don't love fennel's taste, but it really is healing for my IBS, and yours is stronger than the other brands I was using.
Thank you!
Donna from KEENE, NH
Purchased on 11/25/2024
Reviewed on 12/22/2024
Excellent product and ordering and delivery.
The peppermint tea and capsules are the best. The tea especially is so much better then bought in stores. There are some in the stores that are good, but Heather's is the best and works quickly to soothe those symptoms. Thanks so much for a great product and all of your products. You are an angel for many of us who have these issues with IBS!!
Carol from BONNEY LAKE, WA
Purchased on 6/5/2024
Reviewed on 6/28/2024
Effective!
I bought these to take on a cruise. I had been having off and on flares for several months and was afraid they would continue on my trip. Ive been using the tea and capsules twice a day along with the tummy fiber. I am being careful with my diet but have allowed myself some iffy things. So far so good. I am very pleased with all of Heather's products. I am also grateful for how quickly I received my products!
Rick from BILLINGS, MT
Purchased on 6/3/2024
Reviewed on 6/24/2024
Amazing product! Amazing company!
This tea is a godsend when the attacks flare. What used to last several hours is down to less then a half hour! Not the best tasting because it is medicinal BUT amazing at soothing the colon and allowing me to resume normal life or sleep!
