Is there a natural way to cure heartburn?

Question

Like, without going to the store and buying medicine for it.

Anything I might have at home already?

Answer 1

Heartburn is the sensation one feels when gastric acid in the stomach flows back to the esophagus thereby burning its lining.  The burning sensation is located somewhere near the location of the heart hence the term "heartburn".

Gastric acid builds up in the stomach after eating a meal to help digest the food coming into it.

When one is standing up, the natural flow of food is to go down from the mouth to the throat through the esophagus and into the stomach, etc.  However, when one lies down after a meal or while the food is being digested, the gastric juices  sometimes flow back into the esophagus.

There are several ways to temporarily relieve the sensation of heartburn but not cure heartburns, which are to take medications to reduce the acidity in the esophagus and/or stomach, or deaden the nerves near it enough so as not to cause discomfort.  However, these are temporary solutions and may have to be a maintenance thing (meaning:  you have to take medications for it every time).

However there is a way to prevent it from happening.  Do not lie down at least 30 minutes after a meal, and a least 1 hour after a heavy meal (meat).  Meats require a lot of gastric juices to digest so plan to eat at least for period of time sufficiently enough for digestion to occur before lying down.  But if you are tired and need to lie down, do try to lie on your ride side.  The esophagus in the human anatomy is shaped like a curved "C".  So that when you lie on your right side, food flows down from the esophagus into the stomach.  Lying down on your left side would bring the acid from the heavier stomach down back to the esophagus.

There is also a preventive measure, which is to avoid food that may affect the sphincter muscle to relax the opening between the stomach and esophagus, such as chocolate, peppermint, and chamomile tea shortly before bedtime (source: Wikipedia).  Also do try to avoid very spicy foods as spices specially hot peppers can paralyze the sphincter muscles and cause it not to contract when gastric juices are returning from the stomach back into the esophagus (other medical sources).

Answer 2

Probiotics (friendly bacteria) will definitely cure heartburn!! Get the ones that say "refrigerate after opening" on the label.....which contain 3-4billion species per serving...

You will see results immediately....

take them with water first thing in the morning, and don't drink hot beverages and food for at least 30 minutes after taking...

Good Luck

Answer 3

The easiest way is to take calcium carbonate, sold as Tums, Rolaids, and other similar products.   These are inexpensive, and a lot easier to take than chalk -- which is the same stuff, without flavoring.

Answer 4

according to Russian researchers ganoderma lucidium can fight heart problems and they published a paper in Jan 2008 .I have also heard of doctor Ranjan cardiologist of ex indian president Dr Kalam say in a meeting that ganoderma can cure any heart problem .recently in Coimbatore a person diagnosed of 5 heart block and to be operated in3 months could put away after he consumed 10.8 grams of ganoderma a day for 2 months