What are symptoms of acidity? Will you give some home remedies to control acidity.

Question

Acidity happens when your food intake is acidic. For this stop eating excess salt, spices, chillies, sour foods, tea, cofee & stress. If your sleep is not proper, then sleep for at least 8 hrs daily. Drink water only when thirsty.

Ritesh Mahajan · Accepted Answer

Acidity happens when your food intake is acidic. For this stop eating excess salt, spices, chillies, sour foods, tea, cofee & stress. If your sleep is not proper, then sleep for at least 8 hrs daily. Drink water only when thirsty.

Sandhya Krishnamurthy · Answer

Hi,
The symptoms of acidity are:
- Upper abdominal pain
- Belching
- Abdominal distension
- Burning sensation in the stomach and chest
- Nausea and vomitting
- Chest pain  
- Back pain
- headache

Try these home remedies:
- Drink kheer prepared out of saboo or poppy seeds which keeps the stomach cool.
- Drink a glass of pumpkin juice everyday in the morning on empty stomach.
- Take 1tsf of jeera powder mixed with jaggery twice daily.
 – Take a bowl of curds mixed with sugar or a glass of lassi everyday which helps to neutralise the acid.

Surbhi Agrawal · Answer

Here are some home remedies to cure acidity...�

- Skip the aerated drinks as well as the caffeine. Opt for herbal tea instead.�
- Have a glass of lukewarm water everyday.�
- Include banana, watermelon and cucumber in your daily diet. Watermelon juice is great for curing acidity.�
- Nariyal paani is known to soothe the system if you suffer from acidity.�
- Drink a glass of milk - everyday.�
- Have your last meal at least two to three hours before you hit the sack.�
- Keeping long intervals between meals is another cause for acidity. Have small but regular meals.�
- Try to avoid pickles, spicy chutneys, vinegar, etc.�
- Boil some mint leaves in water and have a glass of this after meals.