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by Schlagbohrer 57 days ago
Try Asafoetida powder (Hing root powder), just a tiny pinch with bean or lentil dishes.
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Fennel / saunf is a good carminative as well, hence its regular appearance at Indian restaurants as Mukhwas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukhwas

Why would that work?
Asafoetida/Hing[0] is widely used in Indian cuisine and it does help, anecdotal evidence of course. How/why it works, is something I can't say.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asafoetida also talks about this