A spoonful of peppermint helps the meal go down

By Medical University of South Carolina

Dr. Mohamed Khalaf (left) in a discussion with colleagues at the Medical University of South Carolina. Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina

Peppermint can help with the difficulty swallowing and non-cardiac chest pain experienced by some patients with disorders of the esophagus, report investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Digestive Diseases & Sciences. Of the 38 patients enrolled in the MUSC pilot study, 63 percent overall reported improvement of symptoms. Patients were recruited from the Esophageal Disorders Clinic at the MUSC Health Digestive Disease Center.

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