Bloating & gas

• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (رازیانه)
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (زیره)
• 1 cup just-boiled water

Lightly crush the seeds, cover with just-boiled water, steep 8 minutes, strain.

Sip warm after lunch and dinner — Erfani's first-line household remedy for نفخ (bloating) and gas.

• 1/2 tsp anise seeds (انیسون)
• 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 cup just-boiled water

Crush seeds lightly, cover, steep 10 minutes, strain.

After heavy or oily meals. Sweetens the breath and eases bloating in one cup.

• 1 tsp dried mint (نعناع)
• 1/2 tsp dried tarragon (ترخون)
• 1 cup just-boiled water

Cover and steep 7 minutes, strain.

Take 20 minutes before a heavy meal to wake the digestion, or after to settle gas.

• 1 small handful fresh basil leaves (ریحان)
• 1 cup just-boiled water

Cover and steep 6 minutes, strain.

Sip warm for colicky discomfort or stress-driven indigestion.

• 1 tsp dried dandelion root or leaf (قاصدک)
• 2 cups water

Simmer 10 minutes, strain.

1/2 cup 15 minutes before lunch in courses of 10 days. Awakens weak appetite and supports the liver — the Persian read on chronic bloating.

• A small handful of fresh parsley

Rinse and dry.

Chew slowly after a garlicky or onion-heavy meal. Sweetens breath, gently moves gas, mildly diuretic.

• 2 crushed cardamom pods (هل)
• 3 slices fresh ginger (زنجبیل)
• 1 cup just-boiled water

Cover and steep 8 minutes, strain.

After cold or raw meals, in winter, or when bloating comes with nausea.

• 1 small bowl whole-milk yogurt (ماست)
• 1 tsp dried dill (شوید)
• Pinch of salt

Stir the dill and salt into the yogurt and let stand 10 minutes.

Eat at lunch with rice or bread. Persian household pairing — yogurt soothes, dill prevents the gas it can cause.

• 1 tsp dried artichoke leaf
• 2 cups water

Simmer 8 minutes, strain.

1/2 cup before fatty meals during sluggish-digestion phases. Traditional bitter that supports bile flow and eases bloating after rich food.

• 1/2 tsp lightly crushed coriander seeds (گشنیز)
• 1 cup just-boiled water

Cover and steep 8 minutes, strain.

Cooling settler for hot-pattern bloating with reflux or burning sensations.

• Equal parts whole fennel, cumin and anise seeds, mixed in a small jar

Toast lightly in a dry pan 1 minute, cool, store in a sealed jar.

Chew 1/4 tsp slowly after a heavy meal — Persian and South Asian tradition for digestion and breath.

• 3 slices fresh ginger
• 1 thin slice lemon
• 1 cup warm water

Steep ginger 8 minutes in covered hot water; add lemon at the end.

Drink on rising during sluggish-digestion seasons to kindle the digestive fire (قوّت هاضمه).