A tea steeped from fennel, cumin, and coriander seeds for five minutes is said to move trapped gas along and ease bloating fairly quickly.

noli's read

This is one of the better-supported claims in the batch: a double-blind RCT on a near-identical traditional Persian blend (fennel, anise, cumin, ajwain — 'Persian-FACT') significantly reduced bloating within the first week versus placebo. On its own, cumin sped up the return of bowel motility and cut bloating after abdominal surgery in a triple-blind clinical trial, and fennel has a documented relaxant effect on intestinal smooth muscle (its active compound, anethole, helps gas move along). Coriander, less studied in isolation, is traditionally tied to better bile secretion and smoother transit — plausible but less solidly backed than fennel or cumin. The mechanism the video describes — 'reduces inflammation and keeps things moving' — lines up reasonably well with what these trials document, even if the wording itself isn't clinical. The uncertainty is about the size of the effect from a simple homemade tea rather than the concentrated extracts most trials use, and how long the relief lasts.

the sources

No named source held this one up — that absence is part of the verdict.