To relieve heartburn you can take antacid medication indicated by the doctor, which can be purchased without prescription, or take medicines what interrupt the production of or help empty the stomach. However, the latter can only be obtained with a prescription.
In addition to medicines, it is to improve heartburn naturally following some tips:
- Eat pure bread: Bread acts like a sponge, absorbing some of the acid from the stomach, and helps protect the organ;
- Drink Mint Tea: Mint helps digestion and improves heartburn;
- Drink potato juice: Potato juice can be obtained by squeezing a large potato grated with a cloth and should be drunk neat.
These tips are also valid for Relieve Heartburn During Pregnancy. The pregnant woman should also be sleeping sideways, over the left side of the body, since it is known that this position helps to combat heartburn during pregnancy.
What to do to combat and avoid heartburn?
- Do not smoke. In addition to heartburn, cigarettes can also cause various problems in the stomach;
- Wait at least 2 hours to go to bed after dinner;
- Decrease your meals, eating more often and lesser amounts throughout the day;
- Avoid taking fizzy drinks, as they cause a distension of the stomach and stimulate the secretion of gastric juice;
- Avoid eating fatty foods because they make it difficult and delay the emptying of the stomach;
- Avoid alcoholic beverages;
- If you are overweight, lose weight;
- Do not wear tight clothing;
- Tilt the bed, raising the headboard about 20 centimeters (put shims under the feet of the bed). Using higher pillows or even multiple pillows does not work.
If you have heartburn constantly, see a family doctor, general practitioner or gastroenterologist so that the cause of heartburn is identified and the problem is properly addressed.
