Acid Reflux Home Remedy: General Health

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

Acid Reflux Home Remedy
On the Dr. Oz website, he put this home remedy for acid reflux to the test, and the verdict was: It Works!

Water and Baking Soda for Acid Reflux

Mix water and baking soda together and drink 3 times a day, 5 days a week for 3 weeks. When you have acid reflux, acid is burning your stomach causing indigestion and discomfort. Chemically, the bicarbonate ion present in the baking soda will react to neutralize this acid, effectively treating acid reflux.

Source: doctoroz.com

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tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Drinking baking soda just doesn't sound very tasty to me. Did Dr. Oz say if this solution was gross to drink?

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

tammy wrote:

Drinking baking soda just doesn't sound very tasty to me. Did Dr. Oz say if this solution was gross to drink?

No he didn't comment on the taste. Years ago I tried it, and it wasn't too bad... not real gross... but it wasn't good either.

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Oh so you have tried it... did it help your acid reflux then?

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

I didn't do the baking soda thing long enough to actually be able to say it helped, because I wasn't sure if it would help at that time, which was many years ago. So I got on Nexium. But now that Dr. Oz says it does work, if I ever have an episode of heartburn or acid reflux again, I will try it. It's much cheaper than Nexium!!

tammy · **Site Rank:** Site Admin

Do you know what caused your acid reflex when you were having it and why you don't get it anymore?

From what I know, I thought medicines like Nexium just contained the symptoms of heartburn and acid reflux, but didn't actually cure the episodes.

Ziggy · **Site Rank:** Healthy BBF

No I don't know.

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