Suffering from Heartburn and Acidity? Read on.

Acidity and heartburn are a common problem among all of us. The new living style and eating habits has a lot of adverse effect on our digestive system which leads to acidity. When we eat rich and oily food, drink aerated drinks and follow irregular eating habits, our digestive system reacts to it, by producing more acid inside the stomach which causes acidity. Sometimes, due to excessive secretion of acids, the food that are undigested in the stomach, are pushed back in the food pipe which results in heartburn.

Before we get into treating the problem, we should first stop the reason of its occurrence. So, it is very important to have your food on time and stick to homemade food that are less spicy and oily. If you have to take food from outside, try sticking to the fresh-made foods that have less or no oil and spices.

Many people eat heavy at night and have less or no breakfast at all, and say that they are dieting. This is WRONG. Dieting means taking right food at the right time. Dieting doesn’t mean that you stop eating. Breakfast is a must, that too, heavy breakfast. Don’t eat anything after 7 pm. After breakfast take small diets after an interval of around 2-3 hours. And off-course drink lots and lots of water.

Along with right food, massaging your inner system is very important. This is done with the help of Yoga – the age-old self-medicine, that’s what I like calling it.

Vajrasana

Vajrasana is a very effective asana for digesting the food. After having your meal, sit in Vajrasana for about 10-15 minutes and you will see a lot of relief from acidity. You will not even feel your stomach bloated. For this, kneel down and rest your buttock on your heel, put both the palms on each knee. While breathing slowly sit for around 10-15 minutes and you will see the difference yourself. Follow this after every meal.

Makarasana

Makarasana improves the digestive system which reduces acidity and heartburn. Lie down on your stomach for about 10-15 minutes and slowly breathe in and breathe out.

Pawanmuktanasan

This asana gives relief from chronic acidity and heartburn. Lie down on your back with both legs straight. Fold one leg, hold it with both the hands and bring it towards the chest. Count 10 and go back to the normal position. Repeat this with the second leg and then both the legs. Repeat this entire process for at least 3 times to get best results. Pregnant women or people having back problem should avoid this asana.

Setubandhasana

Along with irregular and incorrect eating habits, even stress affects our digestive system. Hence, we need to keep ourselves stress-free. Setubandhasana is a very good technique of keeping stress away along with working on the digestive system. For this, we lie down on our back, then fold the knees, hold the ankle with the hands and push the body upwards, while still keeping the shoulders and head on the ground. Stay in this position till 10 count, then come back to the normal position. Repeat this for 4-5 times.

These yoga steps are very effective for heartburn and acidity. If followed daily, it can even cure the problem for ever.