How can I get rid of the acid which comes from the stomack and travels along the esophagus when I lie down at night?

I agree with Best Answer. Just wanted to add to anyone who reads my answer that a good prevention to acid reflux/burning the thing that separates your esophagus from your stomach (sorry, the word has escaped me atm) is to not eat or drink laying down and to wait 10 minutes before laying down before eating anything. I didn't read all the answers, so I hope I am not being redundant. My advice is for those who have not yet been affected irreversibly by acid reflux, but may help intermittent to severe sufferers.

This is called heartburn or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease. You could see your MD and get a script for Nexium or other acid blocker. You can buy these OTC but they are expensive. I've been using Nexium for years but I also do several other things to prevent acid reflux. The head of my bed is on 6 inch blocks. I don't eat chocolate, soda, alcohol, caffeine, or a meal 2 hours or more before bed. Everyone has foods that trigger heart burn. Yours could be pizza or beer.

I sometimes have 'break though' heart burn and then I drink a glass of cool water to wash out the acid and take a Zantac. If it is mild then I take a Tums but still drink the water.

Also, don't smoke, don't wear a tight belt or pants, lose weight if necessary.

For more info read this info: http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/guide/understa...

You shouldn't have acid in your esophagus at all. If you do, you might have some form of acid reflux disease, and should see a doctor about it.

You can often just take an acid reducer such as Zantac.

Sleep with elevated headside of your bed (not with pillows!), avoid eating spicy, fatty and greasy food, avoid heavy meals before going to sleep, reduce the amount of coffee, chocolate, citrus fruit and other things from your diet which trigger the reflux problem, quit smoking, reduce alcohol intake and go down in weight if you are overweight.

take some heartburn tablets when you lie down.. But if you take 1 everyday for a few months it reduces the acid overall and should stop it long term- thats what i have been told to do by a few doctors anyway

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Acid reflux - we are told is caused by too much acid, but it is in fact too LITTLE acid. Before going to bed take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (not white man made vinegar, must be apple cider vinegar) with a cup of water - you will no longer have a problem

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Acid Reflux*---------

Cause: All the symptoms cited------an offshoot of blocked energy + accumulated acid in the stomach due to heavy spicy dinners and going to bed immediately. Spicy Dinner stimulates stomach walls to produce more hydrochloric acid. In deep sleep after heavy food, on one side, entire oxygen is diverted into stomach walls to produce acid to digest the heavy food. On the other side, your entire body is at rest putting stomach, esophagus, throat, head etc., at even height.

The excessively secreted acid shoots into your throat, nose, lungs, ears, etc., simultaneously causing heart burn and disturbing your sleep and making you extremely sick. The experience of acid reflux is miserable.

Remedy: Prudent to give a gap of 2 hrs., between dinner and sleep.

So that most of food is digested before you go to bed. If you take light dinner with no spicy food stuff, it is still better. You may also take Zinetc-150 mg. after dinner.

No medicine works, if you won't change your dinner timings and sleep timings.

Alkaline rich diet to combat stomach ulcers, stomachache due to acidosis-Milk without cream/sugar @ room temperature, tender kheera with no salt/masala are the best natural antacids.

How to out beat both constipation and acid reflux- One shot Two birds?

Constipation* Permanent cure---Simple Remedies--As and when U get up from bed, in the early morning, after mouth wash, just take 2 glasses of plain water. and then 2 hours after breakfast/lunch/dinner take one glass of water every one hour. Finish Ur dinner before sunset; so that u can give rest of 12 hrs., to Ur digestive system for the fecal matter to move down Ur intestines for its total purge.

5. After sitting on the toilet seat, just massage hard Ur chin [below the lower lip] with Ur thumb and middle finger for 3 to 5 minutes continuously. It shall make hard stools soft and Ur defecation shall be total. The entire rectum gets vacated completely.

Diet Restrictions: In Ur diet U may include aloe vera juice, raw vegetables, green juices, raithas, salads, sprouted seeds, dry fruits, nuts,wheat grass powder, noni juice, black tea, green tea, etc.--and

1. Exclude cooked food, burgers, pizzas, noodles, Chowmein, [deep freeze & deep fried mutton, chicken red meat, beef, pork, grilled meat, etc.], salt, baking soda, chocolate, coffee, colas made in India, tea, Nutra Sweet with aspartame, etc. Frying, grilling, and broiling meats at very high temperatures causes chemicals to form that may increase cancer risk.

Acidity* or hyperacidity— Acidity of the stomach generally accompanies indigestion. There is acid rising and sour belching in the mouth. Mixture of CP 3x or 12x, FP 12x, KM 3x, KP 3x, NM 3x, NP 3x, NS 3x and S 12x. This is excellent. If this fails, give mixture of NP 30x and S 30x.

The Hon'ble Sri Satya Narain Sinha, Minister Central Government, New Delhi, took this medicine and was cured.

Take 1 kagzi neebo (lemon, cover of which is very thin and which has much juice) take out its juice and put it in 1 pao (8 oz.) of hot water and give once daily.

• Dosage*: 2 grains t.d.s.

• All these biochemic salts/homeo medicines available @ local Homoeo shops, are safe and with side benefits. Don’t swallow medicine. The medicine to be dissolved on/under the tongue. Don’t take any thing 10 minutes before and 10 minutes after medication. You can take water.

Gas, Acidity Gasolax & 1 Cap morning & evening empty stomach.

Triphala Tab & 2 Tab twice a day after meals.

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