"An essential oil healed my IBS!"
Woman's World|March 06, 2023
Katherine Wichmann Zacharias, 52, worried she faced a lifetime of painful, disruptive digestive issues...until she discovered an easy fix that settled her stomach and restored her health
Gina Roberts-Grey
"An essential oil healed my IBS!"

Give me just another minute,” Katherine Wichmann Zacharias said apologetically to friends as she repeatedly scanned the lunch menu. What seemed like indecision was actually her inability to find something to eat that wouldn’t lead to hours— or days—of painful abdominal bloat, cramps and gas.

For most of her life, Katherine had to carefully choose what she ate because random foods would trigger uncomfortable symptoms that started with her stomach gurgling and ended with her doubled over in agony. She also battled bloat that sometimes would be so severe, she could barely breathe in her clothes.

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