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What is ‘heartburn’ and are they any ‘natural cures’ for it? Is it the same as ‘acid reflux’?
April 21st, 2010 
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April 21st, 2010 My Health
April 21st, 2010 My Health 
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when stomach acid enters the food pipe, it burns it which feels like it’s burning the heart. Acid reflux is the chronic version of heartburn I think.
Acid reflux is also known as hartburn. I take Gaviscon. Works like a champ.
yes heartburn is acid reflux. a natural way to help ease this is to drink lots of milk as it neutralizes the acid.
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Yes it is the same as acid reflux and it’s a most unpleasant pain in the upper stomach/chest area just as if your heart’s on fire, hence the name.
It’s often encountered after eating foods that don’t mix, or eating in a hurry or while in a state of tension. The digestive acids in your stomach, which include hydrochloric acid (so they’re pretty strong), escape from there into the passageway (the oesophagus) connecting it to your throat.
Your stomach has a protective lining to cope with the digestive acids, but your oesophagus doesn’t. The acids attack the wall of your oesophagus, hence the pain.
Some of the heartburn remedies you can buy over the counter may work, but probably are no better than sitting upright and drinking a glass of water, which will dilute the acids and make them less potent.
If, in spite of the pain, you can relax and breathe deeply through the nose, try pressing the two points four finger widths below the kneecap and one finger width to the outside of the shinbone. It’s where a muscle flexes when you move your foot up and down. Hold this for one minute, and repeat, if necessary, a few minutes later. That relieves all stomach disorders and fatigue. Strange, but true.
Hope this helps.
Philip Gegan
http://www.pressawaypain.com
This might sound crazy, but the theory behind heartburn has come under question lately. In many cases of heartburn it may actually be a REDUCED volume of stomach acid, not an increase. The idea here is that since the body doesn’t have enough HCL & cleaved pepsinogen to properly breakdown the food, small portions of the food are pushed back into the esophagus. The pushed food does have some acid in it, and it does burn.
So if you take an antacids like tums, the pain will go away since you’ll neutralize the acid levels enough to no longer cause damage, but the problem comes right back the next time you eat a problematic food.
This may be why drugs like “the purple pill” eventually stop working for people or dosages need to be boosted. These drugs turn off the acid pumps, which therefore worsens the problem in the long wrong. Crazy as it sounds, we may need more acid pumps, not less! Maybe that’s why some people improve after taking vinegar… an acid…
So why are they (the pumps) shut off in the first place? It may be due to excessive sympathetic stimulation (neurological stress response). Parasympathetics tell the body to digest & rest, if sympathetics are on overdrive they will override the parasympathetics and turn off the pumps.
So after that novel, what is a natural remedy? Well for short term, neutralizers like milk & bread tend to help most. For long term relief, any form of stress reduction, NOT eating on the go, deep breathing exercises, and certain chiropractic procedures.
BTW, some people definitely do have overactive acid pumps, so please don’t assume i’m saying that the above is in all cases.
Heartburn is the most common symptom of reflux. It is a burning sensation that rises from the stomach or lower chest up towards the throat as the stomach acid moves up into the oesophagus.
If you are looking for an acid reflux herb, there are many. Chamomile, meadowsweet, fennel and ginger root are commonly recommended. When focusing on an herbal cure and acid reflux relief, herbalists look at what is known of traditional medicine and traditional medicinal plants. An acid reflux herb may be a common food herb, which poses no danger for long-term use, but their effectiveness has not been proven. As with an acid reflux homeopathic remedy, what works for one person may not work for another.
A glass of milk works wonders too!
NO, they are not the same. Acid reflux is what CAUSES heartburn (in most cases) but they are not the same thing. Everyone has acid reflux – this has been shown over and over. However, not everyone has pain (heartburn) from the acid in the esophagus.
There is no relation to “low stomach acid” known. This idea has no merit or support. However, it is not a case of “excess” acid either. Heartburn is generally caused by acid being where it doesn’t belong. You can treat it by reducing the acidity (pH) of the stomach contents, so that when they get into the esophagus, they are not irritating enough to cause pain. This is how antacids, H2 blockers (like Zantac) and the “purple pill” all work.
There is no known “natural cure”, which is why the discoverer of Tagamet got a Nobel prize.
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