Cooking | Health | Nutrition | Weight Gain | Weight Loss | Women | Baby | Social Planning | SITEMAP

Home Remedies for Heartburn

The home remedies are based on alkaline food, potassium, and digestive enzymes.

Alkaline foods neutralize stomach acids.

Potassium neutralizes acid, strengthens LES between stomach and esophagus. Potassium bicarbonate is commonly used in many anti-acids as well as baking soda.

Alkaline foods just neutralize the acid forming gas quickly. The best example is Baking soda

Natural enzymes, and some acids help with the digestion process.

Foods are listed in alphabetical order

1. Almonds

6 Blanched raw almonds

Do not use roasted or salted nuts. Chew Almonds thoroughly. Almonds and Hazel nuts are alkaline and help neutralize acid temporarily.

2. Apple Cider Vinegar

1 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar + ½ cup of water + 1 Tablespoon of Honey (Optional for taste)

It can be any type of vinegar, Balsamic, Rice or even White distilled Vinegar. If the vinegar helps with heart burn, it means your stomach is not producing enough acid. It needs more acid for digesting food

3. Apple

One green apple cored and sliced

Alkaline food will help neutralize acid temporarily.

4. Baking Soda

½ teaspoon Baking Soda + ½ cup of water

Baking soda is the most common stomach acid neutralizer. However, ½ teaspoon Baking Soda contains about 658 mg of sodium. It should not be used by persons on sodium restricted diet.

Another effective stomach acid neutralizer is a combination of baking soda and cream of tartar

¼ teaspoon Baking Soda + ¼ teaspoon cream of Tartar + ½ cup of water

If you feel bloated, baking soda eases distension for short time

5. Banana

One Banana

High potassium food, helps neutralize stomach acid and strengthen LES. Eating Banana with Celery every two hours is more effective than either banana or the celery alone.

6. Cabbage

½ cup juice from raw cabbage + ½ cup of water

Raw cabbage helps with digestive enzymes. Its alkaline food, helps neutralize stomach acid.

7. Celery

One rib of celery followed by one cup of warm water

Its alkaline food, helps neutralize stomach acid.

Eating Banana with Celery every two hours is more effective than either banana or the celery alone.

8. Chewing gum

Chew one stick of gum

Chewing gum helps produce saliva, a digestive enzyme. Do not use mint, peppermint, or spearmint gums.

9. Guava

One cup of Guava

High potassium food, helps neutralize stomach acid and strengthen LES

10. Lima Beans

One cup of cooked Lima beans

High potassium food. helps neutralize stomach acid and strengthen LES

11. Mustard (Prepared yellow mustard)

1 teaspoon mustard followed with ½ cup of water

Swallow the prepared mustard. You will feel burning as it goes down. Drink water. In a few minutes, the heartburn will disappear. If mustard helps you, you are not producing enough stomach acid to digest food.

12. Papaya

One cup of un-ripened Papaya

Pregnant women should avoid un-ripened Papaya.

Papain is the natural enzyme to promote digestion. Papaya is also Alkaline help neutralize stomach acid.

Pineapple and Kiwi offer similar help

13. Potato

One cup baked potato without any trimmings.

Potato is high in potassium and lightly alkaline. Helps neutralize stomach acid.

Optionally, you may follow baked potato with light baking soda solution (¼ teaspoon Baking Soda + ½ cup of water). The combination works better than either potato or baking soda alone.

14. Raisins

Chew ¼ cup of Raisins, follow with a cup of warm water.

Raisins are a high alkaline food, helps neutralize stomach acid.

Dried Figs offer the similar benefits.

15. Alkaline foods

Alkaline vegetables fruits and nuts help neutralize stomach acids

High Alkaline foods: Barley Grass, Broccoli, Celery, Cilantro, Dried Figs, Parsley, Raw Spinach, Raisins

Medium Alkaline foods: Almonds, Apples, Beets, Berries, Carrots, Green Beans, Hazelnuts, Kiwi, Lettuce, Lima Beans, Papaya, Pears, Zucchini

Low Alkaline foods: Squash, Asparagus, Avocados, Beetroot, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Fresh Corn, Mangoes, Mushrooms, Papayas, Peas, Pineapple, Peaches, Potato, Olives, Rhubarb, Soybeans, Strawberries, Tofu, Turnip, Lentils, Wild Rice, Quinoa, Millet, Buckwheat, Chestnuts

16. Potassium foods

Foods with high potassium help to regulate acid-alkaline balance, and strengthen LES the muscle between stomach and esophagus.

Banana, Guava, Lima Beans, Baked White Potatoes, Baked Sweet potatoes, Cantaloupe, Low-fat yogurt with live culture, Beet greens