How to get rid of heartburn, acid reflux

By april ort

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This article will explain how to temporarily relieve heartburn or acid reflux.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

two drinking cups
cold water
baking soda
spoon

Step1

I have used this remedy several times with great results. First, you will need to fill one of the cups two inches high with cold water.

Step2

Fill the other cup nearly full with cold water.

Step3

In the cup with the least amount of water, insert two tablespoons of baking soda. Stir well.

Step4

Consume the baking soda solution swiftly (the taste is extremely salty and disgusting).

Step5

This is where the other cup of water comes in. Immediately after consuming the first glass of baking soda solution, drink from the second glass of water. This will help to get rid of the baking soda taste.

Step6

Within a matter of a couple to several minutes, you should begin to belch. This will indicate that the baking soda is working to balance out the acidity. You will no longer have heartburn.

Tips & Warnings

You can adjust the amount of solution you consume to fit your personal needs. If you find that your heartburn has returned or has not completely subsided, you may want to add more baking soda.
If you have repeated heartburn more than once a week it may be a bacteria in your stomach called H Pylori. Speak to your health care provider about being tested. If you do have the bacteria, you only have to take one pill once and your heartburn will be no more.

Comments

Pinkangels55 said

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on 5/14/2008 also what you can do is take 1 tsp of mustard or 1 tsp of pickle juice. I have tried this and grandma was right it works...within 10 minutes.. the trick is you cant smoke, or drink soft drinks until heart burn is gone. these two things make it worse.

kjv4thee said

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on 1/24/2008 THANK YOU! Helpful article.

icyorchid said

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on 11/22/2007 It works but can make you hurl!

psaysofavril said

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on 10/17/2007 Thanks for the comments. Baking soda may not aid in digestion, but it does relieve heartburn. As far as the water being cold, I only use cold water because it tastes better to me than warm. Thanks again for your thoughts.

algoar said

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on 10/15/2007 hi
interesting article
however what one eats in particular "baking soda"
does not change digestion, the system is automatic.
furthermore cold water or hot makes no difference the food rises to body temperature before digestion begins.

thanks

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