 Two or three you put in your mouth, and you suck off the mini coating, and then you swallow the capsule, parsley seed oil. And what it does is get to work in your gut because so much bad breath happens in the gut. Matter of fact, it even helps with stomach problems. I know people that take it just to settle your stomach. I mean, that parsley seed oil is magic stuff. And Zellman's fights bad breath in a way that other mints just don't.