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| Remedy Name | Helps Heartburn | Number of votes |
| antacids | sometimes | Good for occasional relief. But doesn't work for a long time and will stop working after several days of using. Though there are some antacids with coating effects which will work better. |
| apple cider vinegar | no | Apple Cider Vinegar aggravated the problem for me. Some people swear by it, but it did not help me at all. |
| apples | no | It didn't help in my case at all. All apples are acidic and will increase your heartburn. |
| apples | yes | I eat 1-3 apples a day to combat heartburn and it works within about 15 mins |
| banana | yes | Just eat 1 banana very slowly and by the time you are done the pain is gone. It really worked for me. |
| carrot | sometimes | Above "yes" should read "sometimes."
Works most always and VERY quickly. |
| carrot | yes | Works most always and VERY quickly. |
| cellery | yes | Helps a great deal with my heartburn. |
| chamomile | yes | Chamomile has been used for centuries to ease stomach difficulties. It is redialy available too in the form of herbal teas. Meadowsweet is also useful but may be more difficult to find. Avoid products that have caffiene when purchasing these teas as it will only worsen the upset. |
| colic tea mixture | yes | For centuries colic has been treated with a tea concoction made up of the following: chamomile, fennel, lemon balm, catnip, and slippery elm. Fortunately, this tea also tends to settle a very agitated stomach. |
| dandelion | yes | Dandelion was used by Native Americans and continues to be used by Chinese. Not everyone will do well with dandelion. For some it may upset the stomach further. For these individuals Milk Thistle is encouraged. Both have silymarin. If you do not know what these plants look like or how to prepare them, DO NOT USE THEM. |
| dgl | no | Never worked for me in any form |
| dgl | no | DGL did not work for me. My doctor also told me it can exacerbate the problem by contributing to a weakening of the LES valve, so I stopped using it. |
| digestive enzymes | yes | Enzymes taken with a meal actually help digest your food, preventing your body from overproducing acid. Also, if you already have heartburn, you can take digestive enzymes to help digest the food remaining in your stomach, thus lowering the acid. They work for me almost every time! |
| digestive enzymes | yes | These have worked well for me. I am using a brand by Rainbow Light called "All-Zyme Double Strength, and I take one capsule, twice daily with a meal. |
| fennel seed | yes | A fennel seed can be made to a soothing tea just add one or two teaspoons of fennel seeds in eight ounces of water. Drinking the tea may provide relief for burn heart. |
| flax | yes | Flax, seeds from the fenugreek and slippery elm are all acid reducers. Flax is most likely going to be the easiest to find, typically being available in grocery stores and health food stores. |
| fresh tamarind pods | yes | Break the pod open and suck on the seeds, then throw the seed away. Relieves heartburn immediately |
| ginger tea | yes | I'm sure regular ginger tea would work but I prefer to make my own. Take some ginger root, cut it into small pieces and boil for about 20 minutes. Drain the ginger and add sugar or honey for taste. I usually take a few sips if I have or feel like I'm getting heartburn and it clears it up pretty much immediately. |
| goat milk | yes | I have taken antacids for the past thirty plus years. The magic pill for me was Prilosec then switched to Nexium. Recently the Doctor took me off the Nexium and told me no Prilosec either due to possible conflicts with my blood thinner and heart medicine. Man that sucks...
I was placed back on Zantac which does not work for me at all; thus once again many nights waking up with serious acid reflux.
Quite by chance one night the only item in the fridge to drink was goat milk (bought for a small animal). I drank a glass and had no symptoms the rest of the night.
Since this incident I now drink a glass in the morning and another at night, still take the zantac too, the goat milk seems to work the best.
I am quite sure there are many others like myself who gave constant praise to the purple pill only to be removed from it with no good alternative.
Goat milk, who would have thought? |
| goat milk | yes | I have taken antacids for the past thirty plus years. The magic pill for me was Prilosec then switched to Nexium. Recently the Doctor took me off the Nexium and told me no Prilosec either due to possible conflicts with my blood thinner and heart medicine. Man that sucks...
I was placed back on Zantac which does not work for me at all; thus once again many nights waking up with serious acid reflux.
Quite by chance one night the only item in the fridge to drink was goat milk (bought for a small animal). I drank a glass and had no symptoms the rest of the night.
Since this incident I now drink a glass in the morning and another at night, still take the zantac too, the goat milk seems to work the best.
I am quite sure there are many others like myself who gave constant praise to the purple pill only to be removed from it with no good alternative.
Goat milk, who would have thought? |
| h2 blocker | yes | This includes over-the-counter products such as Axid, Pepcid AC, and Zantac 75. You need to take these before the heartburn occurs, such as before a meal you are sure will cause heartburn. |
| honey | no | Honey doesn't work for me. I tried different kinds of it including New Zealand Manuka honey - but it didn't help. |
| honey and water | yes | I dilute 1-2 teaspoons of honey in glass of water and drink it before meals - helps to warm up stomach |
| licorice | yes | Although I had personally rather chew on a piece of tree bark, licorice (more specifically black licorice) reduces stomach acid very effectively. Interestingly, it has been used to treat ulcerations in the stomach too. The down side of using licorice is that it can elevate blood pressure. The remedy to this is to get deglycyrrhizinated licorice, aka DGL. I would still rather chew on tree bark though.... |
| mastic gum (500 mg twice daily) | yes | This product has helped me substantially. I noticed results after the first day of treatment. Take one capsule an hour before breakfast, and another an hour before dinner. |
| nori | yes | Nori returns the ph of the stomach. |
| oatmeal cereal | yes | Not the best one but it will coat your stomach and protect it. |
| organic semsem seeds | yes | |
| organic sodium | yes | As a holistic nutritionist I have found Organic Sodium found in celery, goats milk, whey, beets and carrots to help acid reflux. Since the stomach needs organic sodium to coat the lining from the hydrochloric acid, when you have acid reflux or heart burn as some will call it, you are lacking organic sodium. If this continues you will also notice joint pain, since your joints need sodium as well. The stomach is an organ and will rob your joints of the sodium to try and balance the acidity, leaving the joints without enough sodium to function properly. This is not table salt this can come from the foods mentioned above or Goats whey found in a powder form at your local health food store. Using antacids will never fix the problem, it will only mask the symptoms. I have found in my clients this works the best and fixes the problem perminently. |
| papayas | yes | a tropical fruit that has been used by South American natives as a cure for wounds and stomach aches. It is strongly alkaline and contains an active ingredient that digest meat. |
| peppermint | yes | Some people experience relief from a peppermint stick or candy, but these often contain sugar and may only contain peppermint "flavor" and not peppermint oil. The oil of peppermint may provide heart burn relief and relieve the feelings associated with gas or bloating. |
| pickled herring | yes | Last night, I woke up with severe heartburn. Very painful. I remembered reading somewhere about pickled herring curing heartburn. Luckily, I had a jar in the frig and ate one small piece of pickled herring. Immediately, I could feel relief and within 5 minutes, my heartburn was gone and I could go back to sleep. It really worked for me.
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| ppi | yes | Always helps. Though can cause side effects like loss of appetite. Most effective conventional remedy. |
| prop up pillow | yes | This has been very important to my healing. I don't think that I would have such good results without it. It took a couple of days to get used to it, and it works best if I place a regular pillow at the base of it for my bottom to rest on so I don't slip downward throughout the night. Mine is made from memory foam by a company called Prop Up Pillow. I find it to be very comfortable. |
| proton pump inhibitor | yes | This includes products such as Prilosec, Prevacid, and Nexium. Prilosec is available over-the-counter as Prilosec OTC. Proton pump inhibitors are the most effective in preventing heartburn. They prevent the release of acid in the stomach and intestines. |
| slippery elm | yes | what can you mix with this to make it taste good? |
| slippery elm tea | yes | Slippery elm tea is the best remedy I know about. I usually drink it before bedtime if I feel that my stomach is not ready to sleep.
I use slippery elm powder to make it. |
| teeccino coffee substitute | yes | Whenever you are feeling a heartburn attack, drink Teeccino coffee substitute. It relieves my heartburn for several hours (and it tastes a LOT better than Tums!) |
| test | yes | test |
| wedge pillow | yes | It does help but gives you quite bad sleep quality and is not curing the cause of heartburn. Still it is effective to help sleeping with really bad heartburn. |
| yogert | yes | |
