Does green tea with peppermint help with a possible blockage? I drank a coke. What else can I do? I'm on vacation and not an ideal location for medical help
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Maybe. Supposedly, peppermint helps quiet bowel and stomach cramping. If it works, it might help relax the gut to get things going. But, if your gut is kinked or fully obstructed, it probably will do nothing.
The key is fluids and little to no solids, especially any fibrous foods. If the pain escalates, then the ER is your only option.
Jan 
Also, make sure to move around, get in different positions, even go upside down. Massage your guts. I do a combination of those when I get a partial obstruction. I also drink water until it makes me vomit, then keep drinking more. Usually something about the vomiting unkinks me eventually if the other stuff doesn't work. I hope this works itself out STAT.