Description
Essential oils from ginger and wormwood for relief of digestive disturbances
• Traditionally used in Herbal Medicine to help relieve digestive upsets such as flatulence and abdominal bloating
• Provides 90 mg each of ginger essential oil and wormwood oil per daily dose
• Also includes 190 mg of oregano flowering tops essential oil, 90 mg of clove leaf essential oil and 40 mg of evening primrose seed oil per daily dose
Candicin is a combination of natural oils that are traditionally used to help alleviate digestive disturbances. Gastrointestinal upsets, including flatulence and abdominal bloating, may result from improper gastric or intestinal transit of food.1 Ginger contains oleoresin, which is responsible for its pungent odour.2 Elements in this resin, including shogaols, gingerols, and zingerone, can bind receptors on endocrine cells in the GI tract and pancreas.2 This results in increased gastric and bile secretion, gastric motility, and gastric emptying.2 Pancreatic digestive enzymes are increasingly released, which decreases the transit time through the intestines and helps relieve digestive upsets.2 Ginger also increases the flow of blood to the mucosal layer of the stomach, and inhibits serotonin receptors, which are responsible for mediating nausea.2 Wormwood oil contains absinthin, an extremely bitter compound.3 Similar to the pungent ginger, bitter compounds can bind receptors on endocrine cells in the GI tract and pancreas, synergistically enhancing gastric secretion, motility, and pancreatic digestion.2
REFERENCES
1. Houghton, LA, Whorwell, PJ. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2005; 17: 500_511.
2. Valussi, M. Functional foods with digestion-enhancing properties. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2012; 63(S1): 82-89.
3. Levit, A, Nowak, S, Meyerhof, W, Behrens, M, Peters, M, Niv, MY. FASEB Journal. 2014; 28(3): 1181-1197.
Recommended Adult Dose: Take one capsule two times daily with meals, a few hours before or after taking supplements containing iron, zinc, calcium or copper, or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner. For occasional use only
Supplement Facts
Cautions
Risk Information: If you are pregnant or breastfeeding; or if you are allergic to the plants of the Lamiaceae family, do not use. If you have a blood clotting disorder or liver disease; or if you are taking anticoagulants or acetaminophen, consult your healthcare practitioner prior to use. If symptoms persist or worsen, discontinue use and consult your healthcare practitioner. If nausea, vomiting or gastrointestinal irritation occurs, discontinue use