Cold-pressed castor oil, hexane-free, in amber glass — light degrades it and plastic doesn't protect it. The wrap is organic cotton and bamboo, not the polyester blends sold as cotton. That cloth isn't packaging. It's the half of this that keeps the oil in one place all night. A pack that soaks through by midnight isn't doing a weaker version of this. It isn't doing it at all.

One to two tablespoons on the cotton side. Strap it over your stomach, adjust it so it sits comfortably, and go to bed. The backing keeps the oil where you put it — not on your pyjamas, not on your sheets. Wash the wrap when it needs it and use it again. No pills to remember, no powder to drink, nothing to swallow at all.

The trouble isn't in the middle of your gut. It's in the wall of it, and the tissue around it. Anything you swallow travels down the middle and out again — past the problem, never into it. Oil gets there a different way: through the skin, with warmth and gentle pressure, held there while you sleep. Rub it on bare and it's gone in minutes. That's the whole difference. Give it one bottle — 20 to 30 nights, which is exactly how long your guarantee runs.