Sure fire ways to get rid of indigestion

The term indigestion covers a lot of upper abdominal symptoms, such as belching, rumbling, fullness, pain, burning and sour stomach. While stomach ulcers and gallbladder disease can cause these symptoms, a lot of times no cause can be found. If your professional health care provider ruled out these factors, there still is no need to suffer. While not everything works for everybody, here are some great natural ways to get relief:

APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

This one seems to work well for people who have low stomach acid and who don’t respond to acid-blocking drugs. Take one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and add it to a glass of water. Walk around for about five minutes, and your stomach should settle. This also seems to work well for people who wake up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they ate too much or too close to bedtime.

HONEY

Honey seems to work well for people that suffer from cramps that last for hours. Simply take a tablespoon or two of natural honey. Symptoms should ease within half an hour. This remedy dates back to ancient Egyptian times.

PAPAYA

There is a supplement called Super Papaya Enzyme Plus that seems to work well for people with gas caused by consumption of certain foods, such as cabbage. The papaya fruit contains papain, which breaks down protein in your system.

CHARCOAL

Activated charcoal comes in capsules and seems to be beneficiary especially for those who can’t tolerate sweets or gassy vegetables. Hospital emergency rooms even use it for most types of poisoning.

BAKING SODA

Mix one teaspoon of baking soda to a glass of water and drink it down. This concoction will make you belch (just like a fizzy drink), so a lot of people use it when they have bloating. However, it’s high in sodium so only use it occasionally and avoid it altogether if you have existing health problems that would be affected by a high sodium intake.

CREAM OF TARTAR

People that do a lot of baking should be familiar with this powder. Use it the same way as you would baking soda, mixed with a glass of water. This concoction will also initiate belching.

CARDAMOM SEEDS

People report that it only takes 10 minutes for the seeds to work. Simply chew them and swallow. Cardamom contains oils that relieve nausea and intestinal spasms. A pleasant side effect is that it also freshens your breath.

KELP

The general dose reported for relief is five Kelp tablets, swallowed whole with water. This remedy seems to work well for acid indigestion. Kelp is a form of seaweed. It contains substances that help form gels to bind up stomach acid. However, Kelp is also high in sodium and should be avoided by those who must limit their salt intake.

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Please understand that the American FDA does not endorse any of the statements made above. As with any products, natural or otherwise, people can develop allergic reactions to some of the products mentioned as well. Also, if you know that certain foods will cause stomach problems to begin with, it’s best to avoid them. Some of the information in this article is courtesy of the book “Home Remedies – What Works” by the Prevention Health Library.

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