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Acid Reflux & Gerd driving me nuts!

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Vee2016
Vee2016

I've had Acid reflux for weeks! Also, uncomfortable muscle spasms in my stomach, to the point where I have to hold my hand on my stomach to manage throughout the day!  Ugh!!!

Docs just say to take Pepcid or Prilosec...this is soooo irritating!!!

Anyone else experiencing this??

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  • wendy36287
    wendy36287 Vee2016

    Posted

    Hi,

    I find that ginger with tumeric , cinnamon an honey helps

    • Vee2016
      Vee2016 wendy36287

      Posted

      Hey Wendy!

      Thank you for this!!!!  This sounds like it would make a good tea!

    • wendy36287
      wendy36287 Vee2016

      Posted

      It does in my country we drink lots of it ..its good for hpb also , an indigest amost other things its all natural u can grate ginger an boil it with a bit of tumeric an cinnamon pwd an just sweeten wit honey tastes great...very healthy but use in moderation helps with sleepin also...
    • Vee2016
      Vee2016 wendy36287

      Posted

      It helps with sleep also?!?  In that case, I will definitley be trying this!  I've been battling insomnia too!

      Thank so much!!!

    • wendy36287
      wendy36287 Vee2016

      Posted

      Vee can u giv me a feed back on hw u r doing it takes at least three days to get full relief frm my experience
  • Zigangie
    Zigangie Vee2016

    Posted

    Hi Vee,

    I had this really bad for a while they prescribed a proton pump inhibitor. Although it cut down on the amount of attacks. It did not stop them.

    After researching I tried ginger capsules 2 before meals and ginger tea made with fresh ginger sipped slowly after meals.

    After about a month on this regime and no further attacks whatsoever I stopped taking it and have not had the problem since.

    Hope this helps you too.

    • Vee2016
      Vee2016 Zigangie

      Posted

      Thank you Zigangie!

      I love ginger! I will be giving this a try! This pressure and discomfort are almost unbearable!!!

      Thanks again!!!!

       

    • Zigangie
      Zigangie Vee2016

      Posted

      Hi Vee,

      I forgot to say take the capsules half an hour before food. Ginger is to increase stomach acid. All medications do is reduce or neutralise it. New thinking is that gerd is actually caused by not enough stomach acid rather than too much.

    • metamorphed
      metamorphed Zigangie

      Posted

      this is brilliant!  thanks for this.  will be starting this tomorrow. cheesygrin

    • Vee2016
      Vee2016 Zigangie

      Posted

      Oh, yes, this makes sense!  Thank you for the additional info!
  • Karen3318
    Karen3318 Vee2016

    Posted

    I started experiencing these issues last year. I thought I had a stomach ulcer it was so bad at times. I was on omneprazole for a while until my symptoms imprived
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