50 home remedies to relieve heartburn without medications

Heartburn is something that most of us will experience at least once in awhile. It's that uncomfortable burning sensation right in the middle of the chest that's caused when acid from your stomach goes back up your esophagus. If that's not bad enough, it's even worse when you throat starts to burn and you can almost taste the acid. Yuck! 

Unfortunately my husband gets it a lot! He's tried everything to relieve his heartburn over the years. Antacids, different prescriptions, changing his diet etc etc. Some help for awhile, but they all end up failing eventually. 

It's been getting worse over the last 4 or 5 years so we've turned to natural cures to help. Luckily there are so many home remedies for heartburn relief! I've found over 50 different ways to relieve heartburn without medications. Hopefully some of these will work for you too!

He's tried everything from sleeping on his left side to eating mustard off a spoon. (ewww) Some of these home remedies have worked really well and others not at all. 

However, all of these ideas were either found in a health publication, recommended by the doctor or volunteered by someone who said it worked for them. 

As with any natural remedy...your results may vary! Some of them are so simple though that they're definitely worth a try.

How to get rid of heartburn naturally

    Herbs, spices and teas:  
1) Peppermint tea 
2) Parsley tea
3) Ginger tea  
4) Green tea    
5) Fennel seed tea
6) Chamomile tea      
7) Lemongrass tea 
8) Slippery elm extract
9) Turmeric 
10) Probiotics capsules
11) Papaya tablets
12) Magnesium supplements
13) Stop eating white table salt. Use Himalayan sea salt instead
14) Kombucha
15) Keifer
16) Buttermilk    
17) Aloe Vera juice 
18) Activated charcoal
19) Apple Cider Vinegar with 'the mother'. I Tbs ACV in a glass of water
20) 1 teaspoon baking soda in 8 oz water

    These might sound weird but they actually work:
21) Yellow mustard. Eat a spoon of it, plain. 
22) Lemon juice, 1 Tbsp mixed in a glass of water
23) Lime juice, 2 tsp in a glass of water
24) Sip pickle juice.
 
     Try eating these:
25) A plain piece of bread 
26) An apple  
27) A banana 
28) Asparagus
29) A rib or two of celery
30) A half of a cucumber
31) Chunk of raw potato, peeled
32) Spoon of local honey
33) A big spoonful of sauerkraut
34) 4 Almonds
35) Cashews
36) Marshmallows 
37) Candied ginger
38) Peppermint candy

    Beverages that may help: 
39) Coconut water
40) Club soda
41) Ginger ale (has to have real ginger in it)
42) Pineapple juice
43) Fresh lemonade
44) Tonic water
45) Papaya juice
46) Cranberry juice
47) Apple juice

    What the Dr Advised:
48) Chewing mint gum (sugar free) after a meal
49) Sleeping on your left side
50) Cut out trigger foods, alcohol, tobacco and caffeine. 

Determining what your heartburn triggers are and eliminating them can really help reduce your bouts with it.

Obviously there's a lot you can do to control heartburn naturally. The contents of your stomach are supposed to be acidic, which is why antacids are not really a solution. Acid reflux is often caused by too little acid, not too much. 

This explains why things like lemon juice or apple cider vinegar sound like they would make it worse, but they actually make it better. 

The great part about this list is that many of these items are in your home right now or easily accessible when you're out. They're also fairly common dietary items (mostly) so they shouldn't cause a problem if they don't happen to work for you. 

Many of them did work for us though, so it's worth a shot.

~L

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