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Drinking baking soda with ginger and honey reduces acid reflux?

Baking soda is alkaline, which helps in quick relief of an upset stomach but also causes some unwanted side effects.

I have been suffering from acid reflux for more than 2 years now, listening to my friends say that drinking baking soda diluted with water, drinking ginger tea, honey turmeric can cure ailments. Doctor asks is this medicine right? (Ha Le)

Answer:

This is a folk remedy for stomach ailments. Traditional medicine only has a supportive effect, not a drug that completely cures the symptoms.

Ginger: The heat properties help improve blood circulation, add blood bags to the stomach lining to heal inflammation, a good antibacterial, especially in cases of food poisoning, gastritis. Ginger is used quite simply by cutting a few thin slices, putting them in warm water. However, ginger has anti-blood-clotting properties. Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, acute gastric ulcer should not use ginger.

Turmeric and honey: Turmeric has curcumin which is antibacterial and effective in curing inflammation. Honey also has antibacterial and alkaline properties that help neutralize stomach acid. Therefore, people combined these two types together and made the remedy.





Ginger and honey have antibacterial properties.  Photo: Shutterstock

Ginger and honey have antibacterial properties. Photo: Shutterstock

However, one should not make turmeric honey at home. Because turmeric is oil soluble, slightly soluble in water, the absorption rate in water is only 2-3%. Therefore, if you drink self-purified turmeric, the body will absorb very little. In the case of people with reduced mobility of stomach spasms or gastric paralysis due to conditions such as long-standing diabetes, consuming ground turmeric can paralyze blockages in the stomach that need to be surgically removed.

Baking soda: Works with stomach acid for fast pain relief. However, baking soda has alkaline properties, which makes the patient’s blood alkaline. People with kidney failure drinking baking soda is very dangerous. This medicine requires the advice of a qualified doctor for use.

Dr. Le Thanh Quynh Ngan
(Center for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Surgery, Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City)

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