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Taking Mint, in form of raw washed leaves, in tea form or even in capsule form (pudin hara) has greatly reduced my acid reflux. Might be worth trying. Strength
by fillskills 3y ago
Taking Mint, in form of raw washed leaves, in tea form or even in capsule form (pudin hara) has greatly reduced my acid reflux. Might be worth trying.
Strength: Capsule > Leaves > Mint tea
Usually we eat the raw leaves. They are tasty! You can make a salad out of it.
At night drink some mint tea.
And in emergency take a capsule.
- mackieem 3y agoA book I read recently called "Why Stomach Acid Is Good for You" has a section on bitters (which I believe would include mint) are good for reflux - their prescription is chew/eat bitters ~5 minutes before a meal.
- jschveibinz 3y agoMint is actually bad according to my GI doctor because it relaxes the muscle and allows more acid into the esophagus?
- yeureka 3y agoFor me mint was a trigger of worse reflux, but apparently it helps some people.
- mcv 3y agoI have a prescription for daily 40mg pantoprazol, which reduces the amount of acid my stomach produces. But I've also noticed that it doesn't work as well if I eat too much or eat too late in the evening. It makes sense that your stomach produces more acid in response to eating, so simply eating less can also lead to less reflux. Losing some weight would be a nice bonus for me, but I haven't been very successful at that yet. That said, training my oesophagus to keep the acid in my stomach also sounds like a good idea.