Acidity can be managed by avoiding the known causative factors:-

  • Prolong use of Non-Steroid Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID)
  • Faulty diet habits – a regular taking of rich spices hot foods, fast foods, junk foods
  • Intake of fats, sweets, adulterated and fermented food 
  • Excessive intake of chocolate, tea, coffee
  • Always staying in mental stress and tensed condition
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Prolonged insomnia (sleeplessness)
  • The pressure-packed lifestyle
  • Prolonged alcohol consumption
  • Excessive Smoking
  • Inadequate exercise
  • Ulcers in the stomach are one of the commonest causes of increasing acid production.
  • Stomach cancer can manifest acidity symptoms

GERD (Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disorder): is a chronic disease that is characterized by the reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus.

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a disease caused by the overproduction of gastrin. Gastrin is the hormone that stimulates the production of gastric juices in the stomach. Overproduction of this hormone will lead to hyperacidity, which in turn, can lead to ulcers in the duodenum and stomach

Hypercalcemia: Hypercalcemia is the increase of calcium level of the body that can also lead to hyperacidity. It can be caused by various medical conditions such as parathyroid problems, malignant tumors, vitamin D metabolic disorders, and renal failure.

Scope of Homeopathy medicines for Acidity:

A proper homeopathy treatment targets to treat the cause of hyperacidity and as well as improves the acidity symptoms very effectively and rapidly than other therapy. The indicated homeopathy medicines can be of great help not only in improving the hyperacidity symptoms but also to cure the disease completely which avoids the trigger factors of hyperacidity with the homeopathy treatment. Homoeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that homoeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. 

The homoeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution etc. A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/ susceptibility) is also often taken into account for the treatment of many chronic conditions. So in severe acidity case, homoeopathy treatment not only improves the acidity symptoms but also help in proper digestion, absorption, normal bowel motion and overall health improvement. The patients who have the tendency of excessive gas formation and gurgling of bowel sound can be very well cured with a proper homoeopathy treatment. 

Patients suffering from irregular bowel movement and constipation due to irregular peristaltic movement can be cured completely with proper homoeopathy treatment which helps to settle up the normal peristaltic motion. Symptoms of burning chest, belching, sour taste in mouth are the outward reflected symptoms of hyperacidity. With a proper homoeopathic treatment, those symptoms can be cured.