The above is a mix of good advice, possibly useful items and nonsensical suggestions, as you'd expect from someone who's a "homeopath MD".

Among the suggestions having demonstrated value are eating smaller meals, not eating close to bedtime, elevating the head of the bed and avoiding foods and drinks that are heartburn triggers in many people (such as liquor, wine, caffeinated drinks, dairy products etc.).

A big problem with the list of advice in the opening post (aside from the non-evidence based things like avoiding chlorinated water and soy-based foods) is that you're apparently supposed to follow all these suggestions simultaneously, including going out and buying a bunch of probiotics to take in large quantities. It'd make more sense to follow a few proven suggestions first and see if those help, and only then going on to more radical changes (if eating smaller meals and avoiding liquor does the trick, you won't need to spend $$ for probiotics that may have no effect at all on your problem).

I get it worst after booze or cheese. I take vinegar in water when I get it and it goes away.

Foods like honey,almonds,banana,youghurt also help in treating acid reflux.

cellofool, emailed you privately with some forum advice that will save you much aggravation.

reflux is a symptom of a larger problem, once that crisis heals and passes look at a gut healing protocol, there are several really effective ones being used now.

welcome!

There can be an underlying anatomic problem causing acid reflux - hiatal hernia, This occurs when part of the stomach prolapses upward through your diaphragm (a muscular structure which normally has a small gap to allow passage of the esophagus). Hiatal hernias may be asymptomatic, but if large enough tend to cause reflux of acid into the esophagus and symptoms of reflux.

The dietary and lifestyle measures mentioned earlier may be enough to relieve symptoms, but if they or meds don't do the trick, surgery to fix the hiatal hernia may be necessary. Any other underlying G.I. issues would require a good gastroenterology consultation and not a nebulous "gut healing protocol".

Sometimes acid reflux improves whether or not you take steps to reduce risk factors. I used to have a lot of discomfort from it at night some years ago and took medication for a short time. More recently it's only occasionally that I have mild symptoms, and I'm not taking any meds, herbs or special precautions. Sometimes conditions get better on their own and whatever interventions you were trying wrongly get the credit.

This post was edited by eric_oh on Fri, Jan 24, 14 at 17:49

I think there must be several different things that cause it so that'd change which remedy is best. My nausea was probably fungal then helped with probiotics. But ginger is good for after meals that cause it.

A friend had acid reflux after meals and she said eating a small slice of lemon the size you would add to a glass of iced tea solved he problem. Try eating the lemon slice, peel and all, at the end of your meal. Be sure to rinse your teeth with a little water to remove the acidic lemon juice.

DGL licorice gives instant relief to many. it's not a cure but does help manage symptoms while you are working on healing it.

The best remedy for you is to get 8 oz or a regular cup of water 10 minutes before you have a meal, add a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, do not use regular vinegar as that one is acid, this one is alkaline.
add a teaspoon of cayenne pepper powder and a teaspoon of honey. mix them all and drink it. that should cure it, as you have too much acid in your system.

Apple cider vinegar, like all vinegars mostly is composed of acetic acid which is mildly acidic. When you drink it, it will be rapidly swamped by the far more acidic gastric juices and not have any significant effect on stomach pH (since reflux of gastric acid into the esophagus is what causes reflux symptoms, there is no rational explanation as to how drinking ACV could relieve gastric reflux).

There are numerous sources of misinformation online suggesting not only that ACV can alter gastric pH but that it somehow "alkalinizes" systemic (blood) pH, which is physiologically impossible. If we could actually drive our body's pH to a markedly more alkaline level, we'd be dead.

Thankfully there are natural pH balancing systems in the body (pH is largely regulated by the lungs and kidneys) that prevent this from happening through changes in diet.