Acid Reflux; Hiatus Hernia

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Acid Reflux; Hiatus Hernia

 

The solution to a problem is not always found at the

level of the problem. Chasing symptoms can be a

dead-end street, unless you are dedicated to

personally enriching the stockholders of

pharmaceutical companies.

 

If you suffer from reflux or a hiatus hernia, you

might want to give these ideas a try.

 

1. Make your midday meal your largest meal, and do not

eat after 5 PM. It is amazing how many indigestion

symptoms go away when you do so.

 

2. Eat easy to digest food. This includes fruits;

rice; steamed vegetables; sprouted seeds and grains;

well-cooked beans; aged cheeses, yogurt, and cottage

cheese; and especially vegetable juices. Make a point

to avoid fried food. Stop eating meat. (And if you

can't manage that 100%, at least avoid the worst of

them: cold cuts, ham, pastrami, pepperoni, and deli

meats.)

 

3. Multiple digestive enzyme tablets may help,

particularly if you did not follow the advice in step

2, above.

 

4. Eat more dried figs, fresh pineapple, and dried or

fresh papaya. These foods are loaded with digestive

enzymes. Good quality yogurt contains beneficial

digestive bacteria.

http://www.doctoryourself.com/digestion.html

 

5. Raise your head at night. Sleep on a thicker

pillow, or stack up two thin ones. Some people prefer

a foam rubber, wedge-shaped bolster pillow.

 

6. Chiropractic adjustments can help. Try three

visits and see.

 

7. The homeopathic remedy (and Schuessler Cell Salt)

Natrum Phos, 6X, may help.

 

8. Reduce stress. Yeah, right! Easier said than

done, isn't it. Meditation, relaxation, music,

reading, or just some plain old time alone can really

make a difference.

 

9. If your symptoms are really troublesome, see your

doctor. While you are waiting for the appointment,

you could go on a juice-only diet for a three to seven

days.

http://www.doctoryourself.com/juicefast.html

 

10. I have met some people who have had acid reflux

for so long that there was damage to and scarring of

the esophagus. I acquainted them with the

four-glasses-of-cabbage-juice-a-day hospital-tested

protocol of Garnett Cheney, M.D. While originally

used primarily on stomach and lower gastrointestinal

conditions, cabbage juice proved has proven effective

above the tummy as well.

http://www.doctoryourself.com/colitis.html

 

Dr. Cheney found that the entire gastrointestinal

tract, from throat to colon, benefits from fresh raw

cabbage juice, taken regularly and in quantity. His

articles are far from new, but what has changed about

cabbage?

 

Cheney, Garnett: " Antipeptic Ulcer Dietary Factor, "

American Dietetics Association 26:9 September, 1950

 

Cheney, Garnett: " The Nature of the Antipeptic Ulcer

Dietary Factor, " Stanford Medical Bulletin, 8:144,

1950

 

Cheney, Garnett: " Prevention of Histamine-induced

Peptic Ulcers by Diet, " Stanford Medical Bulletin,

6:334, 1948

 

Cheney, Garnett: " Rapid Healing of Peptic Ulcers in

Patients Receiving Fresh Cabbage Juice, " California

Medicine, 70:10, 1949

 

Cheney, Garnett: " Vitamin U Therapy of Peptic Ulcer, "

California Medicine, vol. 77, Number 4, October, 1952)

 

 

 

READER'S EXPERIENCES:

 

" When I eat very slowly and chew everything VERY

thoroughly on a regular basis, I have much less

heartburn. (This is in addition to eating a healthy

diet.) This was about the last thing I tried, so

maybe it was a combination of doing all the other

things and this last thing just put me over the top. "

M. L.

 

" I've found that the digestive enzymes help me most.,

especially when I follow your other suggestions. " B.

T.

 

What has helped you overcome a problem with reflux?

What have you tried that seems to relieve a hiatus

hernia? If you find any particularly useful articles

or websites on this subject, forwarding them to me may

be of help in preparing future material. You can click

on my email address in the lower left corner of this

page.

 

 

Reprinted from the book FIRE YOUR DOCTOR, copyright

2001 and prior years by Andrew Saul, Number 8 Van

Buren Street, Holley, New York 14470 USA Telephone

(585) 638-5357

[Guest guest]

Wish I had read this article some time ago before I had my recent hiatal hernia

repaired. I'm awaiting an endoscopy this Friday to dilate the area repaired so

that I can eat/swallow more foods. Supposedly I have dysphagia after the

surgery and wonder if it will get better in time. I am only 44 years old and

had a large hiatal hernia. Otherwise for the most part I am doing better in

regards to acid reflux symptoms, etc.

 

Thanks for sharing this information.

 

FMO (from Ohio)

 

 

 

 

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