Acidity means increase in acid secretion in the stomach. It can be measured by pH. So any increase in pH level leads to acidity which results in improper digestion and gives us a burning sensation in the stomach.

Cause of acidity

Over eating, irregular consumption of meals, alcoholism and smoking, over eating of spicy foods, consumption of oily and non fibrous meals and one of the main causes of acidity is being under a lot of stress.

Natural and Home remedies for acidity

1. Drink freshly cooked potato juice: start with 0.25 cups, gradually bringing it to 0.75 cup, consume 30-60 minutes before eating your meals.
2. Drink fresh juice of potato 0.5 cup 3 times a day, adding 0.5 tablespoons of honey for 30 minutes before eating meals. Consume it for 10 days.  If required, you may repeat the course after another 10 days.
3. Fresh cabbage juice helps normalize the pH level, thereby reducing pain and the burning sensation. It also helps to heal erosions of the stomach and prevents their appearance.
4. Juice from the leaves of fresh green salad has a pronounced ability to reduce pain in the stomach, and with regular use of this juice inflamed gastric mucosa is rapidly restored. Prepare the juice from 70gm leaves and mix sugar in it, drink it 1 times a day after meals for at least 1 week.
5. To reduce the acidity one should drink 1 glass of carrot juice per day empty stomach.
6. For Hyperacidity drink 1 cup of warm water mixed with 1 tablespoon of honey. Drink it 1 ½ – 2 hours before eating meals. Continue this for 1 ½ – 2 months.
7. Mix in 1 cup boiling of water – 1 tablespoon of honey and Cudweed. Infuse for 20 minutes. Drink 2 tablespoons 3 times a day, 30 minutes before eating meals. The course of treatment is for 3 weeks.
8. Get equally peppermint leaf, leaf shamrock water, and fruit of fennel, yarrow herb and centaury herb. Prepare a decoction of 2 teaspoons of the collection on a glass of water. Consume 0.5 cup of it 30 minutes before eating meals.