Simple Healing Herbs & Recipe For Getting Rid of Heartburn

Heartburn

Heartburn is irritating burning sensation may be familiar in the area just above your heart, but it has little to do with the heart itself

Heartburn, known in medical circles as gastroesophageal reflux, begins with stomach acid. We all need acid to digest our food, but sometimes it escapes the stomach and travels upward. That happens when the sphincter, a valve between your stomach and esophagus the pipe that carries your food to your stomach fails to close properly.

The acid sometimes refluxes, or flows back, into the esophagus. This happens especially if you’ve eaten too much just before bedtime. Lying flat with a full stomach invites an open sphincter and reflux, as do certain foods, including spicy onions, chocolate, peppermint, alcohol, and citrus. Try supplementing with acid-calming herbs.

RECOMMENDED HEALING HERBS

Calendula • Cat’s claw • Chamomile • Fennel • Lemon balm • Licorice root • Marshmallow • Oats • Slippery elm • Turmeric

1.SLIPPERY ELMBLUEBERRY OATS

Slippery elm bark powder and oats are both anti-inflammatory and coat the lower part of the esophagus, protecting from acid reflux.

1–2 servings

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: ½ cup water ½ cup almond milk ½ cup oats ¼ cup slippery elm bark powder ½ teaspoon cinnamon Honey or agave nectar, to taste ¼ cup blueberries

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

1. In a saucepan, boil the water.

2. Stir in the milk, oats, slippery elm, and cinnamon. Lower the heat slightly, and continue stirring until the oats are cooked.

3. Remove from the heat, sweeten to taste with honey, fold in the blueberries, and serve.

2.CAT’S CLAW TEA (Decoction)

Anti-inflammatory cat’s claw helps calm discomfort from heartburn and gastritis inflammation of the stomach.

1 serving

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

2 teaspoons cat’s claw root bark 2 cups water Dash cinnamon Honey, to taste

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

1. In a pan, combine the cat’s claw and water.

2. Bring the mixture to a boil, then turn down the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

3. Cool the tea and strain out the cat’s claw.

4. Sprinkle in the cinnamon and sweeten to taste with honey.