Home Remedies For Heartburn

There are several medicines to cure heartburn, but maybe you wanna try home remedies for heartburn. First of all, you have to know what heartburn is, then you will know what type of medication that you will take. 


Heartburn is an uncomfortable condition that appears around the solar plexus and spread up into the esophagus, it feels like a burn. Heartburn is usually due to lifestyle and consumption of unhealthy foods. Changing habits and do natural treatment at home is also able to prevent heartburn.

Causes of heartburn

Several foods that can cause heartburn such as spicy foods. But apparently, in addition to spicy foods there are also several other causes of heartburn such as smoking, certain drugs, fish oil supplement, peppermint, genetics, stress and overweight.

Several tips and home remedies for heartburn


Consume apples regularly
Easiest and most effective way to neutralize the acid in the stomach by eating apples. You can also make apple honey from apple you've peeled and sliced​​. Boil the apples with a little water for 3-4 hours. Prevent brown apple, place the apples in the fridge, and enjoy the time you want. Besides apples, honey and cinnamon can also be used as an effective drug.

Avoid smoking
Avoid any kind of nicotine as cigarettes, if you often feel heartburn and stomach acid. Nicotine is able to irritate the valve between the stomach and the esophagus, causing heartburn. Nicotine also weaken a person's nervous system, which in turn causes dysfunction of the lining of the stomach and intestinal mucus.

Give spice in your food
The Indian community trust, various traditional herbs can help prevent stomach acid and other digestive disorders. Spices such as cinnamon, cardamom and ginger, which contains essential oils able to withstand pain of heartburn.

Essential Oils believed to improve the flow of gastric juices in the stomach. Besides these spices possess carminative and anti-spasmodic that relieves heartburn associated with flatulence.

Drinks right
To avoid heartburn, it's important to avoid drinks which contain soda, alcohol and caffeine. The study mentions that the oil contained in caffeine plays a crucial role when heartburn occurs. In addition, consumption of alcohol makes the condition worse because it increases stomach acid.

Watch your posture after meals
The study said there is a correlation between posture and acidity, especially before bed. If heartburn often occurs at night or while sleeping, take proper body position. Put your head slightly elevated when you sleep. Give extra spring or box to get the right height. Give within 1-2 hours after eating to go to sleep.

Stress and acid
Have you ever felt heartburn while implementing the test? It may come from stress and activity triggers for acid stretch. Sters causes inhibition of the vagus nerve leading to the formation of hydrochloric acid (stomach acid).

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Writen by: Fame Nikita - Friday, March 22, 2013

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