Here’s the good news: there are a number of natural remedies for acid reflux. In this world of a pill for everything it’s easy to forget that you don’t always have to rely on prescription drugs to find solutions to your health issues. Fortunately, acid reflux can be controlled through the use of natural alternatives.

So let’s take a look at some of the steps you can take …

1. Sleep With Your Head Raised

Acid reflux is the result of stomach acid rising up through the LES (lower esophageal spincter) into the esophagus and even higher. It’s the irritation of your esophageal lining that causes the pain in your chest. By sleeping with your head above the rest of your body, the stomach acid is kept out of the esophagus.

2. Eat Your Last Meal Early

Allow at least three hours after your last meal before you go to bed. This gives time for your body to empty the stomach and properly digest the food. An empty stomach adds no pressure the spincter and leaves nothing to rise into the esophagus.

3. Eat Smaller Meals

Not only will your doctor suggest you eat six small meals throughout the day if you’re a diabetic or overweight, he’ll suggest you try the same thing as one of the natural remedies for acid reflux. The reason for this is easy to understand, the less food you have in your stomach the less pressure your stomach contents place on the LES. As a result, you’re less likely to have an acid reflux episode.

4. Try Drinking Tea

Herbal teas can be a natural acid reflux herbal aid, if you drink the right ones. The most common choices are chamomile tea and mashmallow tea. Some people recommend peppermint tea as well, but the available information is contradictory and it may actually aggravate your condition.

5. Burping With Acid Reflux

Burping can relieve acid reflux pain. Anyone who’s ever experienced indigestion, heartburn, or acid reflux has undoubtedly stumbled across this solution, either accidentally or from a suggestion by their mother. This does work, although it’s a temporary solution. If you need a little help to get started, try sipping a little ginger ale or other carbonated beverage. The accompanying belching and burping that follows will be pure gas.

6. Eat Apples

I learned this from the Heartburn & Reflux Remedy Report, so I can’t in good conscience report what specific type of apple does the trick. But test a variety of apples and see which one does the job for you. As with all the natural remedies for acid reflux offered here, an apple isn’t going to permanently solve your reflux problem, but it will provide temporary relief and put a temporary end to that horrible burning sensation in your chest.

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