Information on Homeopathy medicines for acidity

In today’s hectic life anyone can get affected by infectious diseases or any other illness at any time. Also, expert medical advice may not always be readily available when needed. Homeopathy treatment is extremely useful for common people as it can help cure various diseases such cold, cough, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, acidity etc. at home. Through this series of articles, we are providing information on how this treatment can be performed at home, how to prepare homeopathy medicines and how to store them.

Before adopting the process of self-treatment on various diseases, we request readers go through the information mentioned in ‘Guiding principles regarding self-treatment using homeopathy and the method for selecting medicines’, understand it and then choose the appropriate medicines accordingly !

Compilers : Dr. Praveen Mehta, Dr. Ajit Bharamgude, Dr. (Mrs.) Sangeeta A. Bharamgude

Acidity is caused by increase in the amount of acid in the stomach. A sour taste in the mouth, burning sensation in the chest (especially after the dinner), regurgitation of food or sour liquid, difficultly in swallowing, indigestion, pain in the area just above the stomach, etc. are the symptoms of acidity.

1. Home remedies to prevent acidity

1 A. What to avoid ?

Coffee, savory and spicy food items, overeating.

1 B. What should one do ?

1 B 1. Regular exercise

1 B 2. Eat bananas, apple, watermelon, curd, drink coconut water and buttermilk.

 

2. Homeopathy medicines

2 A. Robinia Pseudocacia

2 A 1. Feeling nauseated

2 A 2. Frequent extreme sour belching and vomiting.

2 A 3. Regurgitation of sour/acidic water.

2 A 4. Extreme pains in the stomach and in addition, feeling pain in the forehead region.

2 A 5. Occurrence of sour smell to the sweat and the feces

2 A 6. Occurrence of acidity mainly at night.

2 B. Sulphur

2 B 1. Excessive consumption of alcohol and occurrence of acidity after suppressed eruptions (Rashes instead of getting cured completely, only getting suppressed through medical treatment).

2 B 2. Sour belching, regurgitation of sour/acidic water in the throat

2 B 3. Burning sensation in the entire body

2 B 4. Feeling extremely weak and drained by 11 am and getting an urge to eat something.

2 B 5. Occurrence of acidity or increase in its intensity after consumption of milk.

2 C. Nux Vomica

2 C 1. People with below nature suffering from acidity

A. Anxious, lonely, depressed, getting scared by the slightest sound or restless by smell.

B. Excessive mental stress and sedentary lifestyle.

C. Having addiction of coffee, tobacco and alcohol

2 C 2. Occurrence of acidity in following situations

A. Insomnia

B. Consumption of lot of allopathy medicines

2 D. Capsicum

2 D 1. Burning sensation in the upper part of the stomach and up to the throat

2 D 2. Formation of lot of gases in the stomach and vomiting at times.

2 E. Sulphuricum Acidum

2 E 1. Burning sensation in the chest, sour belching

2 E 2. Feeling nauseated and cold along with it

2 E 3. Suffering from bile disorders since many years.

2 F. Arsenicum Album

2 F 1. Complaints starting to surface after eating sour food items, or an ice cream.

2 F 2. Extreme burning sensation in the stomach and feeling better after drinking a hot beverage

2 F 3. Drinking small quantity of water at room temperature every time.

2 F 4. Worrying too much, feeling tired

2 G. Calcarea Carbonica

2 G 1. Occurrence of acidity after a lot of physical work.

2 G 2. Odor of sour curd to the burps, vomit and loose motions.

2 G 3. Disliking greasy food items.

2 G 4. Urge for eating indigestible things such as chalk, coal, pencil etc.

2 G 5. Feeling unbearable if a garment is tightly wrapped around the waist

2 G 6. Getting sweat on the head and chest while sleeping.

3. Medicine of twelve basic salts

Natrum Phosphoricum 6x — Consume 4 tablets 3 times a day.