Sometimes heartburn can disturb and healthy people with poor nutrition, abuse of hot spices, after a fatty meal, alcohol (especially dry wines). In some cases, heartburn can cause acidic fruits (apple, lemon), yogurt, brown bread, as well as over-eating. Retrosternal burning can occur suddenly when lifting weights, when abdominal pressure increases dramatically and becomes possible casting of gastric contents into the esophagus.

It is important to analyze their feelings. Your detailed story will help your doctor make the correct diagnosis. It is necessary to find out whether there is a heartburn after eating salty, spicy or sugary foods, or caused by oily and fried food. If heartburn is associated with food, watch out, it appears immediately after a meal or after a while, there is an empty stomach. Provokes whether heartburn and abdominal pain exercise or a certain position of the body: on the right side, on the back.

Remember that helps you remove burning: Does baking soda solution or any antacid (antacids) means milk, some food and some medicines.

Try, if heartburn and pain reception validol or Votchala drops removed. It is important to distinguish between heartburn in diseases of the digestive system, and a burning sensation that can occur when cardiovascular disease (eg, angina pectoris).

The physician is primarily eliminate heart disease and to examine further the gastrointestinal tract. The most informative are: X-ray examination of the stomach and duodenum, endoscopy using special instruments with fiber optics and research of acidity of gastric juice. It is important to carry out these surveys, as well treat a patient can only be comprehensively evaluated the results.

For example, often the cause of heartburn is hiatal hernia, which is defined only for a special X-ray examination. If you do not perform some very complex recommendations, some discomfort with this disease quickly pass.

It is important to observe power mode: there is 5 - 6 times a day, but gradually, avoiding the overflow of the stomach. After the meal, do not immediately go to bed. Walk, hey, at least sit for 30 - 40 minutes. Prevent the possibility of casting of gastric contents into the esophagus must be the correct body position during sleep. Get a raised bed with a headboard, or enclose a second pillow.

Eliminate from your diet foods that contribute to flatulence (flatulence): milk, rye bread, peas, cabbage. Limit fried foods, hearty meat and fish broth, spices, leading to an increase in gastric acid secretion.

Take care of the prevention of constipation, as an opportunity to achieve a regular bowel operation.

The most common cause of persistent heartburn is chronic gastritis or gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. These diseases occur mostly on the background of the increased acidity of gastric juice. And then the struggle with heartburn is aimed at neutralizing the excess of hydrochloric acid produced in the stomach.

There are a lot of drugs, the so-called antacids that reduce the acidity and eliminate heartburn. A simple and well-known method to eliminate heartburn - reception of baking soda (1/2 teaspoon to half a cup of warm water.) - To quickly ease your condition. However, prolonged and repeated use of soda, and reception is not especially in solution, and on the tip of a knife or a teaspoon, can lead to undesirable complications: headache, weakness, vomiting. This suggests overdosing soda and alkalization of the body, the so-called alkalosis. However, infrequent use of baking soda solution may be allowed.

On the suppression of the acidity of gastric juice is directed and spa treatments.

Heartburn can recommend sodium bicarbonate water (they are also called alkaline) and bicarbonate water sulfate.

Drinking alkaline mineral water is recommended to start with a small amount (50 - 100 ml) in the form of heat (38 - 40 ° C), and provided a good portability is already in the 3rd - 4 th day "drinking water" treatment to take 1 cup ( 250 ml) of water at the reception.

Treatment is usually carried out in compliance with the traditional principles, ie by techniques of single mineral water for 1 h prior to the main meal. However, the complaints of heartburn reception alkalizing water can be some time after the meal.


Good results in chronic disease treatment brings herbs. Try to practice one of the following recipes:

- Mix equal parts herb celandine, yarrow, chamomile flowers, St. John's wort, licorice root, 10 g of the mixture pour a glass of boiling water. Let it brew, strain. Drink 1 cup 2 - 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals;

- Mix 1 part of licorice root, chamomile 4 parts, 3 parts of calendula 1 part centaury. One tablespoon collection pour 150 ml of water. Slowly bring to a boil, cool. Take before meals 3 - 4 times a day. The course of treatment - 2 - 4 weeks.

- 10 g of licorice root, 6 g orange peels 400 ml of water to brew. Evaporate half. Add 60 g of honey, taken throughout the day in 3 divided doses before meals. The course of treatment is 1 month.

One of the extant divination means: when a retrosternal burning sensation between meals slowly chew 5 - 6 grains of oats or barley until a homogenous lump. The saliva slowly swallow and spit wad.

There is easily workable and very effective recipe for the treatment of gastritis and heartburn respectively. Within 2 - 3 Weeks 3 - 4 times a day for 15 - 20 minutes before a meal to drink 50 - 70 ml of fresh potato juice.

At night before bedtime heartburn can receive 100 - 150 ml infusion of flaxseed (2 tablespoons spoons of medicinal raw materials brewed 0.5 liters of water.).

Sometimes heartburn can occur in chronic atrophic gastritis, ie with reduced gastric acidity. In this case, treatment should not be directed at neutralizing acid and improving digestion, preventing casting bile into the stomach and esophagus.

The drug charges at a reduced acidity is desirable to include psyllium, improves secretion of stomach:

- Mix 2 g of the following components: plantain leaf, marshmallow root, marjoram, St. John's wort, caraway fruit. Fill collecting 250 ml of water, boil for 15 minutes. Take 2 tbsp. spoon 4 - 5 times a day for 15 - 20 minutes before meals;

- 1 part of St. John's wort, lemon balm 4 parts, 3 parts of plantain leaves, 2 parts fresh nettle, 2 parts of marjoram. One tablespoon spoon collection pour 150 ml boiling water. Leave to infuse in a thermos. Take the same way as the previous collection.

But none of the methods of treatment or a separate drug will not give sustainable good result, if you do not adhere to proper diet and nutrition.

It is important to avoid long breaks between meals, eat at certain times, at least 4 times a day, slowly, chewing food. Proper nutrition promotes rhythmic activity of the digestive system and is an integral part of the treatment process.