Heartburn is a phenomenon familiar to very largenumber of people. Almost every person has experienced this unpleasant feeling at least once in his life. And some people are forced to live with heartburn all their life. Of course, this prospect is not very pleasant. So people are looking for ways to get rid of this scourge. Most people note that most heartburn begins after eating. Delicious lunch or a hearty dinner - and it's ready! Heartburn makes itself felt. And many people who face heartburn after eating, believe that this is completely normal phenomenon. However, this is not the case, heartburn must be treated. And first you need to clearly understand what causes heartburn. After all, without knowing the causes of heartburn, getting rid of it is very difficult. So, what causes heartburn occur more often?
- Reflux
Reflux is one of the most commonoccurring causes of heartburn. With gastroesophageal reflux, the contents of the stomach are thrown into the esophagus. But in gastric juice contains a large amount of hydrochloric acid, which has a strong irritant effect on the mucosa of the esophagus. As a result, this mucous membrane is very quickly inflamed and heartburn occurs.
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
In some cases, heartburn may be a symptomthis or that disease of the digestive system. Most often these diseases are acute and chronic forms of gastritis, duodenitis, diseases of the biliary system, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. As a rule, if heartburn indicates the diseases of the digestive tract, painful feelings join it.
- Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Note! In a number of cases, a burning sensation behind the sternum may indicate the presence of diseases of the cardiovascular system, rather than the digestive tract. Such burning can occur with hypertension and angina pectoris. Identify this is not difficult - just take validol and observe the reaction of the body. If the burning sensation passes, contact your cardiologist as soon as possible for help.
- Diet of a sick person
Heartburn may occur in some casesabsolutely healthy people. And the cause of such heartburn is poor nutrition. Most often, attacks of heartburn provoke products such as smoked products, sausages, spicy, fatty and fried foods, sweets, sour fruits, black bread and kefir, carbonated and alcoholic drinks.
- Lifting Gravity
Very often people suffer from heartburn, whose workis associated with lifting weights. The reason is simple - when lifting the weight abruptly increases intra-abdominal pressure, as a result of which the contents of the stomach are thrown into the esophagus. 
Address to the doctor
The first thing to do whenHeartburn - it is to seek help from a gastroenterologist. But before you go to the clinic, carefully analyze your condition. Pay attention when you have heartburn. Immediately after eating or after a while? And, perhaps, on an empty stomach? If heartburn occurs after eating, trace what foods you ate - fatty, fried foods? Sweets, smoked products? Perhaps, heartburn appears after physical exertion or at a certain position of the body? Be sure to see what exactly helps you get rid of heartburn - any medications, folk remedies or certain foods. All this information will be very useful to your doctor, as it will help to speed up the diagnosis of the cause that caused the appearance of heartburn. The doctor will give you the necessary examination of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract - X-ray and ultrasound, endoscopy, determination of the acidity level of the gastric juice. And only after that the doctor will select the necessary treatment, which will help get rid of heartburn.
General rules for the treatment of heartburn
None, even the most effective, heartburn treatment will not be effective enough if the sick person does not follow a number of simple but very important rules:
- Diet
The first thing to do is arrangeyour meal schedule. In the event that you will take food randomly, placing emphasis on the evening time, heartburn will come back again and again. Therefore, try to ensure that your meals were divided - take food in small portions, but often. The optimal interval between meals is 2.5 - 3 hours. Do not go to bed immediately after eating - at least 15 minutes after a meal, do something useful, for example, wash the dishes. The benefits will be triple and clean in the house, and heartburn will not appear, and extra pounds will not annoy. By the way, the golden rule, which prohibits eating after 6 pm, protects you not only from extra pounds, but also from the development of heartburn. Yes, and need to sleep with a raised head - roll a blanket roll and put it under the mattress.
- Menu
Revise your menu - exclude from yourspicy foods, spices, smoked, fatty and fried dishes, spices, spices and all sauces, sour vegetables, sweets - especially chocolate and cocoa, carbonated and alcoholic beverages, coffee.
- Prevention of constipation
Carefully watch the work of your intestines - you must not allow constipation. As practice shows, in most cases people suffering from heartburn know first hand what constipations are. 
Traditional methods of treating heartburn
Of course, in the event that heartburn is causedthose or other diseases, the doctor will necessarily appoint suitable treatment. But what about in the event that heartburn is only an individual feature of the body? After all, the numerous heartburn medications sold in the pharmacy help with heartburn only for a while, and then very short. That is why it is worth paying attention to the recipes of traditional medicine, with the help of which it is possible to get rid of heartburn if not forever, then for a very long time. All these recipes are practically safe. The only thing that should be paid special attention is the components of a recipe. Take care that the sick person does not have an allergic reaction to this or that component.
- Plain chalk
Very simple and very effective tool fortreatment of heartburn is the most common chalk. Rub it on a fine grater, for 10 minutes, incinerate in a pan. After that, cool the chalk, grind it with a coffee grinder and pour it into a glass container. The resulting powder must be taken before each meal, one tablespoon. The duration of treatment is 14 days.
- Honey solution
Honey very effectively removes inflammatoryprocess of the mucosa of both the stomach and esophagus. In addition, it effectively normalizes the level of acidity of gastric juice, which is also important. The most effective honey solution - it is much more quickly absorbed into the mucous membrane of the stomach, without irritating it. Dissolve in a half cup of warm boiled water one teaspoon of any natural honey, immediately drink in one gulp. Honey should be taken twice a day - in the morning and in the evening, 20 minutes before meals. The duration of the course of treatment is at least 21 days. Heartburn recedes much earlier, but you can not stop taking honey.
- Herbal Remedies
To prepare the next decoction for youIt will take half a teaspoon of herbs, like chamomile, St. John's wort, plantain leaves. Place the herbs in an enameled container, pour half a liter of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 3 minutes. After that, cool the broth, strain it with a gauze cloth and pour into a glass container, which you need to store exclusively in the refrigerator, no more than a week. A person suffering from heartburn should drink one third of the resulting broth before each meal. Relief man will feel after a few days, but the course of treatment can not be interrupted. It should last at least 2 weeks.
- Anti-inflammatory collection
In the event that heartburn appears on the backgroundgastritis, it is recommended to use the following herbal infusion. You will need one tablespoon of yarrow and St. John's wort. Place the grass in a thermos, pour one liter of boiling water, cover the lid and leave to infuse for one day. After this, strain the broth with gauze cloth and pour into a glass container. Store the broth for no longer than five days. Every morning, on an empty stomach, a sick person should drink half the glass infusion. Before each meal - two tablespoons, one third of the glass just before bed. The duration of the course of treatment is at least 14 days.
- Juice of raw potatoes
The juice of raw potatoes helps not onlyat a heartburn, but also at a gastritis and even a peptic ulcer. Treatment is extremely simple - a sick person should take 4 times a day on a third of a glass of freshly squeezed juice. It is best to do this 20 minutes before eating. Do not prepare the juice in advance - it loses its healing properties in just 5-10 minutes. Heartburn will disappear literally on the second-third day, but treatment can not be stopped, otherwise the problem will return very quickly. The first two weeks of potato juice need 4 times a day, and the next two weeks - in the morning and in the evening, before going to bed. After this, make sure to take at least a week break and repeat the course of treatment.
- Eggshell
Another very effective remedy for heartburn -normal egg shell of white color. You will need a shell of 30 eggs. Rinse it thoroughly, burn for 5 minutes in the oven, grind it to a powdery state with a grinder. Store the shell in a tightly closed glass container, avoiding direct sunlight. The very process of treatment depends on the level of acidity of the gastric juice. If the acidity level is elevated or normal, dilute one teaspoon of eggshell powder in half a glass of water, drink in one gulp. It is best to do this in the morning, on an empty stomach. Do not eat for 10 minutes. But if the level of acidity of gastric juice is lowered, a third of a teaspoon of lemon juice should be added to the solution. And you need to take a similar solution twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. The duration of the course of treatment, in either case, is 21 days.
- Onions with sugar
On a small grater, grind one small headonions, mix with sugar in a proportion of 1 to 1. In a water bath bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour the resulting mixture into a glass container, place in the refrigerator. Take a mixture of one teaspoon, before each meal. Duration of treatment is 14 days.
- Buckwheat flour
In a hot frying pan fry 500 gramsbuckwheat groats - it should become a dark brown color. Using a coffee grinder, grind the croup to the state of flour, sift and place in a tightly closed glass container. 5 minutes before each meal, take a fourth part of a teaspoon - at least 5 times a day. The duration of the course of treatment is 30 days.
- Walnuts and honey
This mixture is truly universal -restores immunity, heals and prevents beriberi, treats heartburn and peptic ulcer, and also eliminates heartburn. This mixture is prepared as follows: lightly grind the kernels of 15 walnuts, place in a glass container and add one hundred grams of any natural honey. Stir well, cover the glass container and put in the fridge for 3 days. In the event that heartburn occurs against a background of gastritis or peptic ulcer, three tablespoons of freshly squeezed aloe juice should be added to the honey-nut mixture. For this purpose, you need a plant no younger than five years of age. And in that, in another case the treatment scheme is the same: the sick person should take one teaspoon of the mixture before each meal. The duration of the course of treatment is 21 days. As a rule, in most cases the above-described recipes are very effective and heartburn disappears quickly enough. However, in the event that the constant heartburn persists, it is not necessary to continue independent struggle with this misfortune. Perhaps it serves as an alarming signal that there are serious problems in the body. Therefore, it is worth to repeatedly contact a doctor. Be healthy!!! We advise you to read:
