Traditional Medicinals Organic Belly Comfort - 16 Tea Bags

Belly Comfort
Digestive Aid For the Relief of Stomach Distress After Eating. Made with Organic Peppermint

Recommended use: Belly Comfort is a digestive aid for the relief of stomach distress after eating.

Recommended dose: Adults: Drink 1 cup 2 to 3 times daily after meals.

Directions for use: Pour 240 mL freshly boiled water over one tea bag in a cup. Cover cup and steep 10 to 15 minutes. Gently squeeze the tea bag to release the remaining extract.

Medicinal ingredients: Each tea bag (1.75g) contains: Organic peppermint leaf (Mentha piperita)840 mg, organic ginger rhizome(Zingiber officinale)210mg, organic bitter fennel fruit (Foeniculum vulgare) 210 mg

Non-medicinal ingredients: Organic Rose Hip, Organic Papaya Leaf, Organic Alfalfa Herb, Organic Cinnamon Bark

Cautions: For prolonged use, consult a health care provider. If symptoms of upper abdominal distress persist, stop this medication and consult your physician. Consult a health care provider if you have gallstones, gallbladder or bile-duct obstruction, hiatal hernia, or acid reflux, are taking blood thinners or birth control medication.

Contraindications: Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Do not use if you have a history of systemic lupus erythematosus, are taking corticosteroids or cyclosporine.

KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

Each tea bag is safety sealed in a tamper-evident envelope.

* Grown in the U.S.A.

Traditional Medicinalsis certified by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)

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