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Heartburn Remedies

Almost everyone suffers from heartburn occasionally, while occasional heartburn is usually not anything to worry about, when we suddenly wake up in the middle of the night feeling as though our throat and chest are on fire it certainly feels serious then. Your first reaction is to jump out of bed and grab a glass of cold water hoping to relieve that burning in your throat. While you may not be aware of it, such an action is one of the best heartburn remedies you can use when you are looking for relief from that occasional heartburn.

Heartburn Symptoms

Heartburn is actually caused by a build up of acid in your stomach that makes its way up through your esophagus and causes all sorts of unpleasant symptoms when it does so. The most common symptoms include:

• a sour taste in your mouth and on your tongue
• coughing, choking and feeling as through your throat is hoarse
• burning sensation in your chest or in your chest and throat
• Regurgitation of food or liquid. Often the liquid is extremely bitter tasting

These symptoms are certainly unpleasant and when they occur in the middle of the night while you are sleeping, this adds to the unpleasantness of the situation and may even cause you a moment of panic until you realize that what you are suffering from is heartburn or acid reflux.

Having something on hand to treat your occasional heartburn as well as making small changes in your lifestyle to prevent the heartburn from occurring entirely is the best way to treat this condition.

Acid Reflux or Heartburn Remedies

There are many natural ways you can treat acid reflux or heartburn. Here are some natural heartburn remedies that have been proven effective in relieving the heartburn or stopping it all together.

1. Stand up and drink water. Standing up helps keep the acid in the stomach where it belongs, keeping more acid from entering your esophagus. Drinking water will not only help relieve the burning sensation in your throat and chest, but will also help dilute the acid in your stomach taking away some of the acidity.
2. Eat a Banana. Bananas tend to both cool the throat and help settle your stomach, somehow making the acid less active.
3. There are many herbs and herbal supplements that can also help to quell the symptoms of acid reflux. These include papaya tablets, aloe vera juice and slippery elm.
4. Chewing gum. The act of chewing gum releases saliva which dilutes the acid in your stomach. In some cases, this results in milder symptoms of heartburn while in other cases it may actually prevent you from having any acid reflux at all.

 Preventing Heartburn

While there are many natural heartburn remedies that can help relieve the symptoms of this condition, you may also be able to prevent heartburn from occurring altogether by making small life style changes that will help reduce your chances of experiencing acid reflux or heartburn. Here are some things that you can do:

1. Avoid eating too much of certain foods known to trigger heartburn, and when you do partake of them do so early enough in the day that they have time to digest. These foods include: caffeine, citrus, alcohol, spicy foods, chocolate as well as several other foods.
2. Eat smaller meals more often and more slowly. Often excess acid is caused when you eat large quantities of food too fast. Stomach acid is used to break down the food we eat, so the fuller your stomach is the more acid will be needed to help you digest the food.
3. Eat dinner earlier. There should be at least 2 ½ to 3 hours between when you eat your last food for the day and when you go to bed. This will allow most of your food to digest and your stomach acid to return to normal. Drinking an 8 ounce glass of water before going to bed will help dilute that acid even further making it less likely to cause any disturbance.
4. Sleep with the upper part of your body slightly raised. You are less likely to get heartburn if your stomach remains lower than your esophagus.

Small lifestyle changes and natural heartburn remedies can make dealing with those occasional bouts of acid reflux easier and more bearable and in some cases can prevent heartburn all together.

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