Antacids and medications are not effective anymore in healing heartburn and reflux, and this is why you might be looking for other remedies for these diseases. In this article, there are a few remedies for heartburn and reflux. Before applying them, you should know about curing acid reflux, which is also known as heartburn is that you need to strengthen and repair your damaged lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The LES is the muscle flap that sits atop your stomach. In most case, heartburn sufferers find the LES being damaged from repeat stomach acid exposure and a poor diet.

Following are the tips as how to begin your alternative treatment for heartburn:

• First of all, you should avoid eating crunchy food. Because, crunchy and hard food make scratch in your esophagus and LES. Thus, try to avoid food items like granola, cereal, chips, crackers for
  at least 2-3 days while your LES begins to heal itself.
• During first week following your treatment, you should be taking about 2-3 teaspoons of honey everyday before going to bed. Honey proves to be miracle remedy, when it comes to damaged tissue. This is because, honey fights bacteria, block infection, combat inflammation, reduce pain, and improve circulation. Moreover, it also stimulate the regrowth of tissue.
• You should also consider changes in your lifestyle. For example, avoid smoking, and drinking alcohol. Moreover, you need to lose weight, eat smaller meals, wear loose-fitting clothing, avoid lying down for 3 hours after meal and raise head 6-8 inches while sleeping.
• Eat a red apple slice whenever you feel an attack coming on its way. This is a great natural remedy for heartburn.
• Drinking green tea with ginseng is an another great remedy for heartburn. Try a cup of tea after a meal.