Health: Do you have an acid reflux problem?

Do you have an acid reflux problem?

Written by Rudy Silva

Most people have digestive problems that create a variety of illnesses that we see as they age. The main problem is with repparttar

food that they eat. As has already been said many times, we eat more junk, processed, and packaged food than our stomach can digest. We eat more meat and protein then we should. We drink more unusual drinks that are mainly sugar.

You need to eat more live vegetables and fruits. This will minimize any acid reflux problems you might have.

Your body is designed to be electrically balanced. This is done by eating both acid and alkaline foods. If you eat too much acid food or alkaline food you move towards illness. Acid reflux is one of these illnesses.

When too much acid food is eaten, repparttar 144441 stomach can’t digest it completely. The excess undigested food turns into acid waste. This waste causes stomach spasms or twitching that causes an increase in stomach gas that pops open repparttar 144442 valve between repparttar 144443 esophagus and stomach.

Acidic stomach content is sucked into repparttar 144444 esophagus causing a burning sensation in repparttar 144445 chest and throat. This is acid reflux or heartburn.

Acid Reflux Remedies

Here are three acid reflux remedies that you can start using right away to decrease repparttar 144446 effects of acid reflux

* Digestive enzymes – Just before you eat, take some digestive enzymes. There are a variety of types that you can buy in a health food store – cost is about $15.00. Digestive enzymes will help you digest your food in repparttar 144447 stomach and lessen repparttar 144448 work repparttar 144449 stomach has to do. But don’t take enzymes if you have an ulcer.

Use essential oils and herbs in a sitz bath for hemorrhoid relief

Written by Rudy Silva

Sitz bath using juniper and lavender oils

If you have swollen hemorrhoids, a sitz bath can help you reduce them and speed your recover. Fill a tub with warm or hot water. Use repparttar temperature that will not irritate your hemorrhoids. Fill it so water reaches your hips or stomach, 6-8 inches. Then add 22 drops of juniper and 22 of lavender essential oils into repparttar 144386 bath.

Stir in repparttar 144387 oils with your hand and then sit in repparttar 144388 bath with your knee raised for 10-15 minutes three times a day. This position helps to bring more blood into your hemorrhoid area, which brings in more nutrients and to pulls out toxic waste.

After 15 minutes, take a shower with water as cold as you can take.

After this sitz bath and shower, you can use one of repparttar 144389 herbal paste or ointments directly on your hemorrhoids and leave it on over night. Sitz Bath Using Shepherd’s Purse

The herb Shepherd’s Purse can be used in sitz bath. This herb is useful in treating hemorrhoids by reducing,

• Internal and external bleeding • Reducing blood pressure • Relieving hemorrhoids • Repairing wounds • Reducing prolapsed rectum

Here’s how to use it,

Place 1 oz of shepherd’s purse in two quarts of distilled water and let it sit for 12 hours. In repparttar 144390 morning or evening, boil this mixture for 2-3 minutes and then strain it. Pour repparttar 144391 liquid into a sitz tub or into a full bathtub. Stay in repparttar 144392 tub for around 20 minutes and do this 2-3 times a day.

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