When one thinks of gripe water one instantly thinks of colic. Soothing and curing are two very different things as soothing is simply easing the pain but curing is getting rid of the root of the pain.
Indigestion, wind and gas are not the cause of colic but are just the symptoms of an underlying problem. The question is what causes these symptoms?
Gripe water will not always work to calm symptoms either, because of the large range of symptoms that your baby can present with and this is a reason why some brands work better than others. Treating the symptoms of colic is not easy because of the range of different symptoms which explains why most colic relief methods have opposing reviews. By all means relieve the symptoms with gripe water but do not forget to treat the cause of colic!