In this article, we will discuss the most effective folk remedies for heartburn. You will learn what medicinal herbs and infusions can be taken by pregnant women, and how to properly prepare decoctions.
Treatment of heartburn for pregnant women is best done with folk remedies. We present to your attention a list of ways that will help you cope with the problem:
- Drink mineral water after letting out gas. It is worth starting with small volumes of 50-100 ml. Take as symptom occurs;
- If heartburn does not hurt much, then you can try to "seize" it with carrots or "wash it down" with carrot juice. You can also use cabbage;
- Potato juice. It not only eliminates heartburn, but also serves as a therapeutic and prophylactic drug for gastritis. Wash the potatoes, chop and squeeze the juice. Drink a quarter glass 4 times a day. The course of treatment is up to 3 weeks;
- Often, heartburn is the result of a lack of calcium, but pregnant women face this problem all the time. In this case, try drinking milk in small portions each time a symptom appears;
- Chopped dry peas help to cope with the problem in just a couple of minutes. It is enough to eat half a teaspoon of peas crushed in a coffee grinder;
- Table salt will help neutralize acid by dissolving a few grains and swallowing salty saliva;
- If you eat buckwheat porridge without additives in the morning, then there is a possibility that heartburn will not appear throughout the day;
- Boiled egg shell powder. Take as needed, if discomfort is repeated frequently and regularly, if the symptom is constantly present;
- Unsalted rice water or a tablespoon of rice
- Try to eat half a teaspoon of honey before each meal. This measure will help prevent burning after eating;
- If you chew the bark of mountain ash, you can get rid of heartburn for a long time, although the effect will not come immediately;
- Eat a few walnuts daily. In the future, after a week, the symptom will completely cease to appear;
- A fresh apple can help if the discomfort occurs infrequently;
- Oat, barley, pumpkin, or sunflower seeds for heartburn can provide some relief if a handful of seeds from one of the plants are chewed slowly and thoroughly for several minutes;
- Mint tea will not only relieve the burning sensation in the stomach, but also calm the nerves. In addition, it is also a very tasty natural remedy rich in vitamins;
- Apple cider vinegar in the amount of 100 ml per glass of water will lead to a quick and fairly long-lasting result;
- We wash down half a teaspoon of birch ash with water. The agent is quite specific and not very pleasant to the taste, but quite effective;
- At the first signs of a burning sensation in the esophagus, you need to eat several tablets of activated carbon, it will remove excess acid from the stomach;
- We grind black poplar coal into powder and take half a teaspoon before meals;
- Chew and swallow several sprigs of fresh parsley.
These methods of disposal are very simple and cost-effective. In addition to the above methods, there are several herbal preparations that reliably and permanently relieve heartburn. Here are some simple recipes:
- Pour one teaspoon of dried chamomile flowers, mint leaves, St. John's wort and yarrow with a glass of boiling water and leave in a thermos overnight. Drink a third of a glass before each meal;
- Insist in a glass of boiling water for 20 minutes 2 teaspoons of the trefoil watch. Take half a glass half an hour before meals;
- Brew a tablespoon of dry meadow clover inflorescences with a glass of boiled water. Drink before meals;
- Grate a medium onion and cover with half a glass of sugar, mix thoroughly. Eat a tablespoon of the mixture on an empty stomach, then consume throughout the day, 2 hours after eating;
- Pound and brew dried wild angelica like tea;
- Mix white acacia leaves and mulberry leaves in equal proportions. Brew a tablespoon of the resulting mixture with 300 ml of boiling water and let it brew. Drink half a glass three times a day;
- Insist 3 tablespoons of the field immortelle in 1.5 cups of boiling water and drink 2-3 times a day;
- Dill seed infusion will help get rid of heartburn and increased gas formation.
You should not take the described recipes for healing infusions as unbreakable rules. The herbs can be taken in different combinations, varying the proportions depending on your taste.
Herbal infusions are harmless, so you can find the combination that suits you best and drink it instead of tea. This habit should be developed not only for pregnant women and not only as a remedy for heartburn, herbal teas strengthen the immune system and saturate the body with essential vitamins. However, they practically do not cause side effects.
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