Unfortunately, the unpleasant sensation of burning in the pancreas, called heartburn, is known to most people. If this unpleasant phenomenon occurs often and is accompanied by other alarming symptoms – nausea, bloating or pain, then, of course, it is better not to self -medicate and turn to a specialist – a gastroenterologist who, after a special examination, will reveal the cause of these sensations and prescribe competent treatment of the disease. Well, if heartburn arises from you episodically, and your well -being is good, then you can get rid of heartburn and at home without the help of a doctor.
First, try to determine which products cause you a burning sensation in the stomach, and abandon them or reduce their consumption. It is usually enough to exclude alcoholic and carbonated drinks, coffee and chocolate, fatty foods, citrus fruits, garlic and onions, spices and fat dairy products from the diet. As a rule, such a measure helps to avoid frequent heartburn. In addition, you should not overeat – the smaller in the stomach of food, the less likely heartburn. Therefore, it is advisable to eat often, but gradually.
If you like to lie down after a hearty lunch or dinner, give up this habit – in a horizontal position, acid from the stomach enters the esophagus easier and causes heartburn. Do not be lazy and take a walk along the street – this will not only contribute to the prevention of burning sensation in the stomach, but also help you strengthen the immunity and general health of your health.
Try to quit smoking-nicotine also negatively affects the gastrointestinal tract and can provoke excessive amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which leads to heartburn.
If you still have heartburn, do not worry and try to eliminate it with a proven folk remedy – drinking soda, which is probably available in the arsenal of any housewife. Dissolve 0.5-1 teaspoon of soda in a glass of boiled water and drink slowly. As you know, drinking soda, being an alkaline product, is able to neutralize the gastric acid in your excess. But I would like to immediately note that you should not get involved in this method of combating heartburn – if you take soda solution often, this can lead to the opposite effect.
To relieve heartburn, you can use alkaline mineral water, but it will be effective only if you do not forget to get rid of the gases available in it before use.
Oddly enough, but ordinary table salt can help you remove heartburn. To do this, take a few grains of salt in your mouth and absorb them in your mouth, swallowing salty saliva. Usually this method is quite quickly brought to the desired relief.
Even if you are a small lover of raw carrots, but you are periodically tormented by heartburn, love this healing vegetable for you. To relieve heartburn symptom, traditional medicine recommends just gnawing pre -washed carrots of medium sizes.
Our grandparents to combat this unpleasant phenomenon often used the decoction of chamomile. Buy chamomile at the pharmacy, brew it in the evening like ordinary tea and drink it at night – chamomile tea in folk medicine has long been considered one of the effective methods of prevention of heartburn.
Of course, if you do not have a time for the treatment of heartburn using the methods of our ancestors, you can turn to more modern options for getting rid of this unpleasant symptom and purchase special antacidal, that is, reducing the acidity of gastric juice, preparations, having previously consulted with the pharmacist.