Carminatives are drugs used to relieve flatulence and prevent regurgitation of milk in infants. They include sodium bicarbonate, peppermint oil, tinctures of cardamom and ginger. Digestants and enzymes such as hydrochloric acid, pepsin, and pancreatin from pig pancreas aid digestion by supplementing deficiencies in the gastrointestinal tract. Mucolytics like bromhexine, ambroxol, acetylcysteine, and carbocisteine work by breaking down disulfide bonds in mucus.

1. CARMINATIVES Drugs used as carminatives Sodium bicarbonate : 0.6-1.5 g Peppermint oil : 0.06-0.1 ml Tincture cardamom : 1-2 ml Oil of Dil : 0.06- 0.2 ml Tincture Ginger : 0.6-1 ml USES Flatulent dyspepsia To prevent regurgitation of milk in infants.

2. DIGESTANTS AND ENZYMES Hydrochloric acid Use- achlorhydria Pepsin Use- gastric achylia Pancreatin Source-pig pancreas Contain- amylase, trypsin and lipase Use- chronic pancreatitis exocrine pancreatic deficiency

3. Diastase and Takadiastase Use- Pancreatic insufficiency Papain Source- papaya They are only beneficial when their elaboration in g.i.t is deficient.