Acid Reflux and Heartburn Natural Remedies  

 

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If you have acid reflux or heartburn, nature intended for you to use natural remedies to regulate your stomach. The four natural therapies listed below can help you balance your stomach acid.

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If you have acid reflux or heartburn, using natural remedies to rebalance your stomach is what nature intended.  Listed are four natural remedies that you can use to rebalance the acid in your stomach

Cinnamon

In addition to being fantastic in a variety of baked goods, cinnamon has several medical applications. It has antiseptic properties and has been used traditionally to treat colds and flu.

It has the capacity to neutralize acidic stomachs and is effective against Candida albicans.

Here's how to use cinnamon for an acid stomach or heartburn:

1 Toast raisin bread

2 Butter the raisin bread

3 Sprinkle cinnamon on the bread

4 Sprinkle cardamon on the bread

When eating this toasted bread, chew slowly and thoroughly before swallowing to allow the digestive juices in your mouth to begin breaking it down.

Cardamon, which grows in India, has been used successfully to treat Celiac disease, which is an intolerance to gluten, which is found in most breads.

Grapefruit Peels

Here's how to use grapefruit to soothe your acid reflux stomach. For this remedy, only use organic grapefruit. Here's what you should do:

1 Grate the entire outer skin of an organic grapefruit

2 Spread them out on a flat dish to dry

3 Allow them to get crinkly dry

4 Store them in a glass jar or zip lock bag

Start chewing and eating these dried grapefruit strips whenever you have an upset stomach, acid reflux, or heartburn.

These strips will help to settle your stomach. Eat only a few of them and see how many you need.

Romaine Lettuce

Romaine lettuce can be used to treat acid reflux or heartburn. This lettuce is high in minerals and alkaline.

Here's what you need to do:

* Buy an organic romaine lettuce head

* Wash in distilled water

* Cut up the leaves and place them in a blender

* Add cold distilled water to make a slurry

* Add a slight amount of honey to give it taste

To get relief from acid reflux or acid stomach, drink 4-8 oz.

Mace, Nutmeg, and Slippery Elm

Here is a natural remedy that uses mace and nutmeg and has a history of treating indigestion, acid stomach, heartburn, acid reflux, stomach gas, and vomiting.

Here's how to make it with half and half and slippery elm root herb. Slippery elm herb powder is available at any herb store.

* 1 teaspoon of slippery elm bark

* a pinch of nutmeg

* a pinch of  mace

* add distilled water to make a smooth slurry

* heat a pint of half and half to boil

* pull half and half from stove and add herb slurry

* stir in herb slurry 

Allow this mixture to cool. Drink up to a cup at a time. Refrigerate any leftovers. Warm this mixture up before drinking the next cup.

Alkaline nutrients are required to provide relief from acid reflux and heartburn. When prepared correctly, these four natural remedies will provide you with the relief you require from these conditions. Try them out; you'll be surprised at how well they work.