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=== Clinic ===
=== Clinic ===


* Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD or GERD) is one of the chronic upper GI diseases where stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus
* GORD or GERD is one of the chronic upper GI diseases where stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus
* Risk factors include obesity, pregnancy, smoking, hiatal hernia, and taking certain medications.
* Risk factors include obesity, pregnancy, smoking, hiatal hernia, and taking certain medications.
* Acid reflux is due to poor closure of LES (Lower Esophageal Sphincter)
* Acid reflux is due to poor closure of LES (Lower Esophageal Sphincter)


=== Signs / Symptoms ===
=== Signs / Symptoms ===
 
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==== Adults ====
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!Adults
* '''Acidic taste''' in the mouth, '''Regurgitation''', and '''Heartburn''' are most common
!Children / Babies
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*'''Acidic taste''' in the mouth, '''Regurgitation''', and '''Heartburn''' are most common
* Other symptoms include Odynophagia, Sore throat, Increased salivation (Water brash), nausea, chest pain, coughing, and globus sensation.
* Other symptoms include Odynophagia, Sore throat, Increased salivation (Water brash), nausea, chest pain, coughing, and globus sensation.
* Acid reflux can induce asthma attack symptoms like shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing in those with underlying asthma.
* Acid reflux can induce asthma attack symptoms like shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing in those with underlying asthma.
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* Complication: Reflux esophagitis, Esophageal strictures, Barrett's esophagus, Esophageal adenocarcinoma, Laryngeal injury and Aspiration pneumonia.
* Complication: Reflux esophagitis, Esophageal strictures, Barrett's esophagus, Esophageal adenocarcinoma, Laryngeal injury and Aspiration pneumonia.
* Note that these are dynamic post nodes
* Note that these are dynamic post nodes
 
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==== Children / Babies ====
*GERD may be difficult to detect in infants and children since they cannot describe it.
 
* GERD may be difficult to detect in infants and children since they cannot describe it.
* It may cause repeated vomiting, effortless spitting up, coughing, and other respiratory problems, such as wheezing.
* It may cause repeated vomiting, effortless spitting up, coughing, and other respiratory problems, such as wheezing.
* Inconsolable crying, refusing food, crying for food and then pulling off the bottle or breast only to cry for it again,
* Inconsolable crying, refusing food, crying for food and then pulling off the bottle or breast only to cry for it again,
* Failure to gain adequate weight, bad breath, and burping are also common.
* Failure to gain adequate weight, bad breath, and burping are also common.
* Children may have one or many symptom and no single symptom is universal in all children with GERD.
* Children may have one or many symptom and no single symptom is universal in all children with GERD.
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=== Causes ===
=== Causes ===
* Hiatal hernia, which increases the likelihood of GERD due to mechanical and motility factors.
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* Obesity: increasing body mass index is associated with more severe GERD. In a large series of 2,000 patients with symptomatic reflux disease, it has been shown that 13% of changes in esophageal acid exposure is attributable to changes in body mass index.
 
Factors that have been linked with GERD, but not conclusively:
 
* Obstructive sleep apnea
* Gallstones, which can impede the flow of bile into the duodenum, which can affect the ability to neutralize gastric acid
 
''H. pylori'' infection: In 1999, a review of existing studies found that,  40% of GERD patients also had ''H. pylori'' infection. The eradication of ''H. pylori'' can lead to an increase in acid secretion, leading to the question of whether ''H. pylori''-infected GERD patients are any different than non-infected GERD patients. A double-blind study, reported in 2004, found no clinically significant difference between these two types of patients with regard to the subjective or objective measures of disease severity.
 
=== [[Entities list|Entities]] ===
=== [[Entities list|Entities]] ===
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=== [[Viral miasms|Miasms]] ===
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=== Related [[Diseases list|disease]] ===
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*Hiatal hernia
* [[Obesity]]


* Stomach, Eructation
* [[Obstructive sleep apnea]]
* [[Gall Bladder remedies|Gallstones]]
* ''H. pylori'' infection
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*Stomach, Eructation
* Gastric dilation
* Gastric dilation
 
|[[PLV, Polio Virus|PLV]]
=== Miasms ===
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*[[Achalasia]]: GERD is due to poor closure of LES but achalasia is characterized by incomplete LES relaxation/ Increased LES tone, and lack of esophageal peristalsis.
* [[PLV, Polio Virus|PLV]]
 
=== Related disease ===
 
* [[Achalasia]]: GERD is due to poor closure of LES but achalasia is characterized by incomplete LES relaxation/ Increased LES tone, and lack of esophageal peristalsis.
* [[Gastroparesis miasms|Gastroparesis]]
* [[Gastroparesis miasms|Gastroparesis]]
* [[Ileus miasms|Ileus]]
* [[Ileus miasms|Ileus]]
* [[Sandifer syndrome entities|Sandifer syndrome]]
* [[Sandifer syndrome entities|Sandifer syndrome]]
* [[Dyspepsia]]
* [[Dyspepsia]]
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=== Remedies ===
 
 
== Remedies ==
 
* Ambr, Asaf, Bry, Calc, Caps, Carb-v, Chin, Lob, Lyc, Mag-c, Nat-m, Nux-v
* Ambr, Asaf, Bry, Calc, Caps, Carb-v, Chin, Lob, Lyc, Mag-c, Nat-m, Nux-v
* Phos, , Puls, Rheum, Sep, Sulph-ac, Anac, Apis, Arg-m, Arg-n, Ars, [[Bism, Bismuthum subnitricum|Bism]], Canth, Carb-ac, Chel, Dios, Ign, Iris, Kali-c, , Nat-c, Nat-p, Nat-s, Nit-ac, Staph, Tab, [[Teucr, Teucrium Marum Verum|Teucr]], Val
* Phos, , Puls, Rheum, Sep, Sulph-ac, Anac, Apis, Arg-m, Arg-n, Ars, [[Bism, Bismuthum subnitricum|Bism]], Canth, Carb-ac, Chel, Dios, Ign, Iris, Kali-c, , Nat-c, Nat-p, Nat-s, Nit-ac, Staph, Tab, [[Teucr, Teucrium Marum Verum|Teucr]], Val
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=== [[Banerji protocols]] ===
== [[Banerji protocols]] ==
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|First line
|'''First line'''
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* Iris C200 two doses daily or 15-20 min before food
* [[Iris, Iris versicolor|Iris]] C200 BD or 15-20 min before food
* Lyc C30 two doses daily
* [[Lyc , Lycopodium clavatum|Lyc]] C30 BD
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|Second line
|'''Second line'''
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* Condurango C30 two doses daily
* Condurango C30 BD
* Ars C3 two doses daily 15 min before food  
* [[Ars, Arsenicum Album|Ars]] C3 tBD or 15 min before food
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|Third line
|'''Third line'''
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* Nat-p C30 5-20 min before food
* [[Nat-p, Natrium Phosphoricum|Nat-p]] C30 5-20 min before food
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== Top remedies ==
!Concomitants / Modalities
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|'''<big>Acid Reflux and GERD</big>'''
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=== [[Robinia, Robinia Pseudoacacia|Robin]] ===
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*Hyperchlorhydria when the eructation and vomiting is so sour that it sets the teeth on edge or dulls them.
*Acidity in children; infants with sour smell of the body.


* Intense heartburn
* Sour belching and vomiting
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* Acidity is accompanied by frontal headache,
* Acidity agg with motion
* Night time agg, Lying down agg
* Acidity can causeinsomnia
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|'''<big>Sour, Bitter Belching/ vomiting</big>'''
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=== [[Iris, Iris versicolor|Iris]] ===
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* Vomiting of sour bitter fluid that burns the throat
* Smarting, burning sensation in the throat, and heartburn
* Burning distress and pains in the epigastric region at frequent intervals.
* Constant nausea may be present with these symptoms.
* There is excessive indigestion. Food is vomited an hour after eating
* Heartburn; burning in throat
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* Vomiting with weakness
* Headache arising with acidity
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|<big>'''Heartburn + Dysphagia'''</big>
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=== [[Nat-p, Natrium Phosphoricum|Nat-p]] ===
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* ''S''our belching, waterbrash
* Vomiting of sour fluid or cheesy, curdled masses.
*Sourness / Hyperacidity (Like vinegar):
**Eructation/ Vomiting/ Stomach
**Stools
**Expectoration
**Perspiration
* Ulceration of stomach with sour risings.
* Vomiting and diarrhea of infants who have been fed with excess sugar and milk.
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* Lump sensation in the throat + Loss of appetite (Maybe)
* Key point: Yellow creamy coating of tongue and posterior portion of the roof of mouth
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== Second class remedies ==
!Concomitants / Modalities
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|<big>'''Burning Pain in Throat'''</big>
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=== [[Ars, Arsenicum Album|Ars]] ===
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* Regurgitation of acrid matter, water brash, heartburn,
* Esophagitis
* Foul / Sour taste/ Hot burning sensation in Esophagus / Pharynx
* Eructation of Sour/ Acrid fluid/ Intense nausea
* Retching / Vomiting of slimy mucus tingled with blood.
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* Burning agg upon swallowing.
* Swallowing is difficult and painful.
* Weakness
* Irregular / Frequent pulse
* Trembling / Coldness of extremities
* Oppressive anxiety + Stomachache
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|<big>'''Sour Taste in Mouth'''</big>
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=== [[Calc-c, Calcerea carbonica|Calc]] ===
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* ''R''egurgitation of sour substances + Flow of sour, watery fluid from the mouth.
* Foul odor from the mouth + Nausea. (Maybe)
* Sour, bitter belches, vomiting of sour, bitter slime and heartburn (Maybe)
* Burning from the food pipe extends to the throat.
* Continued loud belching esp after eating + Cough/ Nausea.
* Burning sensation / Acrid eructation / Heartburn/ Acidity / Hyperchlorhydria.
* Feeling of pressure over the stomach +Vomiting of food and mucus.
* Sour Eructation / Vomiting.
* Swelling over pit of stomach
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*Pica: Craving for indigestible things like chalk, coal, pencil
* Craving for eggs
* [[Milk intolerance|Milk disagrees]]
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|<big>'''Bloating + Heartburn'''</big>
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=== [[Carb-v, Carbo vegetabilis|Carb-v]] ===
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* Sour, offensive belching that gets worse after drinking or eating
* Burning sensation in the throat and dysphagia
* Even the simplest of food tend to trigger the condition.
* Slow digestion causes excessive Flatulence esp in upper part of abdomen.
* Rancid / Loud Eructions, but do not give any amel
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*Asthmatic breathing with water-brush.
* Constrictive pain extending to chest with acidity.
* Aversion to meat, fat and milk.
* Desire for salty things.
* General Slowness/ Sluggishness / Lack of reaction
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|<big>'''Acid Reflux + Cough'''</big>
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=== [[Nux-v , Nux Vomica|Nux-v]] ===
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* Vomiting usually appears from coughing.
* Throat is sore and raw
* Swallowing may be painful.
* Burning in the throat, esp at night time
* Regurgitation of food + Heartburn and sour belching
* Heart burn + Flatulence without Nausea / Vomiting
* Stomach is generally out of order + Coated Tongue with creamy fur
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* Gastric cough that agg at night time and prevents sleep
* Acidity after Rich / Spicy food / Alcohol
* [[Polycrest]] of  modern lifestyleGastralgia, pain goes into back and chest
* Nausea/ Violent retching
* he feels if he vomits, he will get relief.
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|'''<big>Acid Reflux + [[Laryngitis]] (Hoarse Voice)</big>'''
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=== [[Phos, Phosphorus|Phos]] ===
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* ''H''ard, dry, racking cough
* Heartburn, Sour belching, Sour taste in the mouth
* Vomiting of food or sour, Acidic liquid
* [[Peptic ulcer disease|Acid peptic disorders]] (A.P.D)
* Regurgitation of ingesta
* Water-brash + Esophagus spasm
* Belching after eating.
* [[Gastritis]] +  Burning extending to throat.
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*Craving for Cold Drink / Food, which amel Burning / Heartburn temporary
* Hungry soon after eating
* Craving for Salt/ Acid / Spicy things.
* Spitting of blood without nausea
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* Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach.
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|<big>'''Acid Reflux from Fatty Food'''</big>
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=== [[Puls, Pulsatilla pratensis|Puls]] ===
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* Heartburn and water brash.
* Belching of food, bitter taste in mouth,
* Nausea and a sensation of having a lump (Maybe)
* Putrid / Bad / Sour-bitter taste in the morning on walking
* Sensation as if food had lodged under the sternum
* Water-brash / Acidity / Heartburn and eructation tasting of food
* [[Dyspepsia]] due to Fatty foods/ Pork/ Pastry / Mixed diets.
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* Fatty food like creams, pastries, and ice creams trigger the acid reflux
* Dryness of the mouth + No thirst, only a desire to moisten the mouth
* Tongue coated with thick rough white fur
* She is chilly, but agg from heat
* Agg in the evening.
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|'''<big>Acid Reflux + Intense Sour Belching</big>'''
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=== [[Sul-ac, Sulphuric acid|Sul-ac]] ===
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* Sour vomiting and nausea
* Sour vomiting mostly appears after eating.
* Heartburn / Gastralgia
* Water causes coldness of the stomach; must be mixed with liquors.
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* Marked debility /Weakness esp the digestive tract
* Craving for stimulants / Fresh food
* Aversion to the smell of coffee.
* Recurring [[Aphthous stomatitis|aphthae]] in Mouth / Throat
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== Third class remedes ==
!Concomitants / Modalities
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=== [[Ambr, Ambra grisea|Ambr]] ===
=== [[Ambr, Ambra grisea|Ambr]] ===
 
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* Adapted to hypersensitive and hysterical women, who are weakened by age or overwork.
*Sensation as if food did not go down into the stomach.
* Patients are very bashful, intensely shy.
* Eructation + Violent convulsive cough
* After eating there is a feeling as if food did not go down into the stomach.  
* Distension of abdomen after midnight.
* Eructations with violent convulsive cough are a peculiar symptom
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* Distension of abdomen after midnight.  
* Hypersensitive / Hysterical women, who are weakened by age or overwork
* Heartburn from drinking milk.
* Heartburn from drinking milk.
 
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=== [[Ip, Ipecacuanha|Ip]] ===
=== [[Ip, Ipecacuanha|Ip]] ===
 
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* Heart burn with nausea or vomiting and excessive flatulence.  
*Heart burn with nausea or vomiting + Excessive flatulence.  
* It is suitable in pregnancy also.
* Suitable in [[pregnancy]] digestive problems
* Clean tongue with thirstlessness.
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* Clean tongue + Thirstless
=== [[Nux-v , Nux Vomica|Nux-v]] ===
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* Heart burn with flatulence and much acidity but without nausea and vomiting,
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* Tongue is coated with creamy fur, stomach is generally out of order.
* Acidity after rich and spicy food and after alcohol.
* Patient is irritable in temperament
* It is great [[polycrest]] and frequently prescribed medicine for several conditions that originate from so called modern lifestyle.
* He is very industrious, quick and irritable.
* Such patients who do a lot of mental work, lead a sedentary life and frequently indulge in stimulants, drugs or alcohol.
* All gastric problem starts from heart burn; gastralgia, pain goes into back and chest
* Amel from vomiting.
* Nausea; violent reteching and patient feels if he vomits, he will get relief.
 
 
=== [[Robinia, Robinia Pseudoacacia|Robinia]] ===
 
* Excellent remedy for hyperchlorhydria when the eructation and vomiting is so sour that it sets the teeth on edge or dulls them.
* The acidity in Robinia is accompanied by frontal headache, which agg with motion.
* Acidity in children; infants with sour smell of the body.
 
 
=== [[Calc-c, Calcerea carbonica|Calc]] ===
 
* Burning sensation in the stomach, acrid eructations; feeling of pressure over the stomach with vomiting of food and mucus.
* This polycrest is very effective in cases of heartburn, acidity or hyperchlorhydria.
* Heartburn with loud belching.
* Frequent sour eructations and sour vomiting.
* Swelling over pit of stomach like an inverted saucer.
* Craving for indigestible things like chalk, coal, pencil; marked craving for eggs.
* Milk disagrees
 
 
=== [[Staph, Staphysagria|Staph]] ===
=== [[Staph, Staphysagria|Staph]] ===
 
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* Heart burn caused by smoking.
* Heart burn caused by [[Cigarette smoke poisoning|smoking]].
* Patient often has lot of frustration and suppressed anger that precipitates sickness.
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=== [[Ars, Arsenicum Album|Ars]] ===
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* Foul or sour taste, hot burning sensation in the esophagus and pharynx
* Eructation of sour, acrid fluid, nausea, retching and vomiting of slimy mucus tingled with blood.  
* Trembling and coldness of extremities with pain in stomach and oppressive anxiety
* Irregular and frequent pulse.
 
 
=== [[Chin, China Officinalis|Chin]] ===
=== [[Chin, China Officinalis|Chin]] ===
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*Abdominal discomfort, Only relieved by belching.
* Sour and bitter eructation or offensive flatus, Worse
* [[Dyspepsia]] causes eructation and finally undigested food is vomited
|Agg


* Abdominal discomfort which is only relieved by belching.
*At night
* Key point: Sour and bitter eructations or offensive flatus, worse at night and after meals
* After meals
* Another key note: Food does not digest but lies a long time in the stomach causing eructations and finally is vomited undigested.
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=== [[Nat-p, Natrium Phosphoricum|Nat-p]] ===
 
* Hyperacidity, sour smelling sweats, acid condition of stomach with nausea and vomiting of acrid fluid,
* Sour eructations, Vomiting of sour fluid like vinegar.
* Ulceration of stomach with sour risings.
* Ailments from too much lactic acid in the system as a result of too much sugar.
* Sourness; sour eructation, vomiting, stomach, stools, expectoration even sweats.
* Suitable in cases of vomiting and diarrhea of infants who have been fed with excess sugar and milk- excess of acidity.
* Key point: Yellow creamy coating of tongue and posterior portion of the roof of mouth
 
 
=== [[Puls, Pulsatilla pratensis|Puls]] ===
 
* Key point: Dryness of the mouth, Putrid taste in the morning on walking, A sensation as if food had lodged under the sternum
* Tongue coated with thick rough white fur; acidity and heartburn
* Food taste bitter, sour or putrid; water-brash and eructation tasting of food
* No thirst, only a desire to moisten the mouth
* Bad taste is special indication of Puls
* Dyspepsia arising from fatty foods, pork, from pastry or mixed diets.
* The patient is chilly, but is worse from heat, Worse in the evening.
 
 
=== [[Phos, Phosphorus|Phos]] ===
 
* Wonderful remedy for Acid peptic disorders (A.P.D).
* Regurgitation of ingesta, waterbrash with spasm of esophagus.
* Patient has marked craving for cold drink and cold food, which gives temporary relief in the burning and heartburn.
* Hungry soon after eating.
* Belching after eating.
* Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach.
* Gastritis with burning extending to throat.
* Craving for salt, acid and spicy things.
* Craving for cold food which is vomited as soon as it becomes hot in the stomach
* Spitting of blood without nausea is also common in this remedy.
 
 
=== [[Aesc , Aesculus hippocastanum|Aesc]] ===
=== [[Aesc , Aesculus hippocastanum|Aesc]] ===
 
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* Excellent remedy for heart burn, great burning distress  
*Heart burn / Great burning distress
* Empty eructation of wind
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* Pressure as from stone in the pit of stomach
* Pressure as from stone in the pit of stomach
* Empty eructations of wind
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=== [[Ferr, Ferrum Metallicum|Ferr]] ===
=== [[Ferr, Ferrum Metallicum|Ferr]] ===
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*Heartburn
* Vomiting only of food after eating and drinking
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=== [[Rheum, Rheum palmatum|Rheum]] ===
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*Suckling and children where liver and bile duct is mainly affected.
* Sourness is so marked that even washing does not remove that sour smell from child.
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* Desire for many things but cannot eat them.
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* Remarkable remedy for heart burn, vomiting only of food after eating and drinking.


== Reflux in Children ==
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|'''<big>Vomit soon After Milk</big>'''
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=== [[Aeth, Aethusa cynapium|Aeth]] ===
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* He throws up all the milk immediately after its intake forcibly.
* The character of vomiting is like '''Curdled milk''' / '''Cheesy matter'''/ Frothy white matter.
* He gets drowsy after vomiting.
* Repeated hiccoughing.
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|'''<big>Irritable / Restless Infants</big>'''
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=== [[Cham, Chamomilla|Cham]] ===
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* Wind colic and regurgitation of food.
* Colic causes pain in stomach due to obstruction of wind in the intestines.
* He vomits out whatever has been Drunk / Eaten,
* Vomit is usually Slimy/ Sour smelling.
* Abdomen is distended, full and tensed.
* Hiccough and foul smelling belches
* Stomach problems.
* The child cries, screams, groans and asks to be carried around.
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|'''<big>Vomiting + Colic Abdomen</big>'''
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=== [[Nat-p, Natrium Phosphoricum|Nat-p]] ===
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* It works by neutralizing the stomach acid and promotes healthy digestion.
* Children vomit out curdled milk or cheesy masses.
* Child may experience several attacks of acid reflux during the day, along with vomiting.
* Abdominal colic is usually very intense and can lead to restless sleep.
* A characteristic yellow, creamy coating on the back of the roof of mouth and tongue
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|'''<big>Night agg</big>'''
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=== [[Robinia, Robinia Pseudoacacia|Robin]] ===
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* ''A''cid reflux in babies when there is a regurgitation of stomach acid with sour vomiting.
* The child tends to have a rancid odor all over the body.
* Symptoms agg during the night time and disturb the child’s sleep.
* Abdominal distension is well noted, and burps may be present.
* Burping can bring temporary relief, but the child may cry with colic after eating.
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|'''<big>Sour Smelling Vomiting</big>'''
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=== [[Calc-c, Calcerea carbonica|Calc]] ===
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* Whatever has been eaten gets vomited,
* Vomit: Curdled milk / Milk in the form of cheese
* Stomach cramps may appear along with vomiting.
* Abdomen is hard and tense, and there are frequent hiccoughs and belching.
* Vomiting in infants during the [[Teething problems remedies|teething period]]
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| '''<big>Excessive Burping</big>'''
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=== [[Carb-v, Carbo vegetabilis|Carb-v]] ===
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* Violent belchings that are foul-smelling
* Offensive belchings occur after eating or drinking + Gagging and vomiting.
* Child feels very uncomfortable after eating even the smallest amount of food.
* Abdominal pain may arise with much flatus.
* Stomach is distended and seems full to bursting with trapped wind.
* Release of gas brings comfort to the baby.
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|'''<big>Vomiting of Food/ Milk Soon After eating</big>'''
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=== [[Sanic, Sanicula Aqua|Sanic]] ===
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* All the food comes up with a gush immediately after eating.
* Child usually tends to fall asleep after eating
* The vomiting looks like large and tough curds.
* Abdominal bloating + Gurgling sounds.
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====Others====
*[[Lyc , Lycopodium clavatum|Lyc]]
*[[Sul-ac, Sulphuric acid|Sul-ac]]


=== [[Rheum, Rheum palmatum|Rheum]] ===
*[[Iris, Iris versicolor|Iris]]
*Anac
*Arg-n
*Ant-c
*Carb-v
* Chin
*Colch
*Puls
* Psor


* Rheum is a remedy for suckling and children where liver and bile duct is mainly affected.
* Sourness is so marked that even washing does not remove that sour smell from child.
* Desire for many things but cannot eat them.


=== [[Carb-v, Carbo vegetabilis|Carb-v]] ===
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* Slowness, sluggishness and lack of reaction are the key points
Stomach - PAIN - extending to - throat : Aloe, Alum, Coc-c, con, mag-m, nat-m
* Slowness in metabolism or weak digestion causes excessive flatulence and distension esp in the upper part of abdomen.
* Eructions rancid and loud, but do not give any relief to the patient.
* Asthmatic breathing with waterbrush.
* Constrictive pain extending to chest with acidity.
* Aversion to meat, fat and milk.
* Desire for salty things.


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=== [[Sul-ac, Sulphuric acid|Sul-ac]] ===


* Like all acids, it also has marked debility 
Cough due to Acid-Reflux
* Here the debility or weakness affects esp the digestive tract; makes it relax, with a craving for stimulants.
*[[Bell, Belladona|Bell]]: Throat pain
* Heartburn and gastralgia.
*[[Phos, Phosphorus|Phos]] : Laryngitis or Aphonia due to acid-Reflux
* Water causes coldness of the stomach; must be mixed with liquors.
===Related disease===
* Aversion to the smell of coffee.
*[[Dyspepsia]]
* Desire for fresh food.
*[[GERD, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease|GERD]]
* Recurring apthae in mouth and throat.
===[[Tissue Salt Remedies]] ===
*NP
*NS
*SIL

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Clinic

  • GORD or GERD is one of the chronic upper GI diseases where stomach content persistently and regularly flows up into the esophagus
  • Risk factors include obesity, pregnancy, smoking, hiatal hernia, and taking certain medications.
  • Acid reflux is due to poor closure of LES (Lower Esophageal Sphincter)


Signs / Symptoms

Adults Children / Babies
  • Acidic taste in the mouth, Regurgitation, and Heartburn are most common
  • Other symptoms include Odynophagia, Sore throat, Increased salivation (Water brash), nausea, chest pain, coughing, and globus sensation.
  • Acid reflux can induce asthma attack symptoms like shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing in those with underlying asthma.
  • Complication: Reflux esophagitis, Esophageal strictures, Barrett's esophagus, Esophageal adenocarcinoma, Laryngeal injury and Aspiration pneumonia.
  • Note that these are dynamic post nodes
  • GERD may be difficult to detect in infants and children since they cannot describe it.
  • It may cause repeated vomiting, effortless spitting up, coughing, and other respiratory problems, such as wheezing.
  • Inconsolable crying, refusing food, crying for food and then pulling off the bottle or breast only to cry for it again,
  • Failure to gain adequate weight, bad breath, and burping are also common.
  • Children may have one or many symptom and no single symptom is universal in all children with GERD.

Causes

Entities

Miasms

Related disease

  • Stomach, Eructation
  • Gastric dilation
 PLV

Remedies

  • Ambr, Asaf, Bry, Calc, Caps, Carb-v, Chin, Lob, Lyc, Mag-c, Nat-m, Nux-v
  • Phos, , Puls, Rheum, Sep, Sulph-ac, Anac, Apis, Arg-m, Arg-n, Ars, Bism, Canth, Carb-ac, Chel, Dios, Ign, Iris, Kali-c, , Nat-c, Nat-p, Nat-s, Nit-ac, Staph, Tab, Teucr, Val
  • Morgan Pure By Paterson (Bowel Nososde), Robinia Pseudacacia, Tamarindus Indica and Populus Tremuloides

Banerji protocols

First line
  • Iris C200 BD or 15-20 min before food
  • Lyc C30 BD
Second line
  • Condurango C30 BD
  • Ars C3 tBD or 15 min before food
Third line
  • Nat-p C30 5-20 min before food

Top remedies

 Concomitants / Modalities
Acid Reflux and GERD

Robin
  • Hyperchlorhydria when the eructation and vomiting is so sour that it sets the teeth on edge or dulls them.
  • Acidity in children; infants with sour smell of the body.
  • Intense heartburn
  • Sour belching and vomiting
  • Acidity is accompanied by frontal headache,
  • Acidity agg with motion
  • Night time agg, Lying down agg
  • Acidity can causeinsomnia
Sour, Bitter Belching/ vomiting

Iris
  • Vomiting of sour bitter fluid that burns the throat
  • Smarting, burning sensation in the throat, and heartburn
  • Burning distress and pains in the epigastric region at frequent intervals.
  • Constant nausea may be present with these symptoms.
  • There is excessive indigestion. Food is vomited an hour after eating
  • Heartburn; burning in throat
  • Vomiting with weakness
  • Headache arising with acidity
Heartburn + Dysphagia

Nat-p
  • Sour belching, waterbrash
  • Vomiting of sour fluid or cheesy, curdled masses.
  • Sourness / Hyperacidity (Like vinegar):
    • Eructation/ Vomiting/ Stomach
    • Stools
    • Expectoration
    • Perspiration
  • Ulceration of stomach with sour risings.
  • Vomiting and diarrhea of infants who have been fed with excess sugar and milk.
  • Lump sensation in the throat + Loss of appetite (Maybe)
  • Key point: Yellow creamy coating of tongue and posterior portion of the roof of mouth

Second class remedies

 Concomitants / Modalities
Burning Pain in Throat

Ars
  • Regurgitation of acrid matter, water brash, heartburn,
  • Esophagitis
  • Foul / Sour taste/ Hot burning sensation in Esophagus / Pharynx
  • Eructation of Sour/ Acrid fluid/ Intense nausea
  • Retching / Vomiting of slimy mucus tingled with blood.
  • Burning agg upon swallowing.
  • Swallowing is difficult and painful.
  • Weakness
  • Irregular / Frequent pulse
  • Trembling / Coldness of extremities
  • Oppressive anxiety + Stomachache
Sour Taste in Mouth

Calc
  • Regurgitation of sour substances + Flow of sour, watery fluid from the mouth.
  • Foul odor from the mouth + Nausea. (Maybe)
  • Sour, bitter belches, vomiting of sour, bitter slime and heartburn (Maybe)
  • Burning from the food pipe extends to the throat.
  • Continued loud belching esp after eating + Cough/ Nausea.
  • Burning sensation / Acrid eructation / Heartburn/ Acidity / Hyperchlorhydria.
  • Feeling of pressure over the stomach +Vomiting of food and mucus.
  • Sour Eructation / Vomiting.
  • Swelling over pit of stomach
  • Pica: Craving for indigestible things like chalk, coal, pencil
  • Craving for eggs
  • Milk disagrees
Bloating + Heartburn

Carb-v
  • Sour, offensive belching that gets worse after drinking or eating
  • Burning sensation in the throat and dysphagia
  • Even the simplest of food tend to trigger the condition.
  • Slow digestion causes excessive Flatulence esp in upper part of abdomen.
  • Rancid / Loud Eructions, but do not give any amel
  • Asthmatic breathing with water-brush.
  • Constrictive pain extending to chest with acidity.
  • Aversion to meat, fat and milk.
  • Desire for salty things.
  • General Slowness/ Sluggishness / Lack of reaction
Acid Reflux + Cough

Nux-v
  • Vomiting usually appears from coughing.
  • Throat is sore and raw
  • Swallowing may be painful.
  • Burning in the throat, esp at night time
  • Regurgitation of food + Heartburn and sour belching
  • Heart burn + Flatulence without Nausea / Vomiting
  • Stomach is generally out of order + Coated Tongue with creamy fur
  • Gastric cough that agg at night time and prevents sleep
  • Acidity after Rich / Spicy food / Alcohol
  • Polycrest of modern lifestyleGastralgia, pain goes into back and chest
  • Nausea/ Violent retching
  • he feels if he vomits, he will get relief.
Acid Reflux + Laryngitis (Hoarse Voice)

Phos
  • Hard, dry, racking cough
  • Heartburn, Sour belching, Sour taste in the mouth
  • Vomiting of food or sour, Acidic liquid
  • Acid peptic disorders (A.P.D)
  • Regurgitation of ingesta
  • Water-brash + Esophagus spasm
  • Belching after eating.
  • Gastritis + Burning extending to throat.
  • Craving for Cold Drink / Food, which amel Burning / Heartburn temporary
  • Hungry soon after eating
  • Craving for Salt/ Acid / Spicy things.
  • Spitting of blood without nausea
  • Vomiting; water is thrown up as soon as it gets warm in the stomach.
Acid Reflux from Fatty Food

Puls
  • Heartburn and water brash.
  • Belching of food, bitter taste in mouth,
  • Nausea and a sensation of having a lump (Maybe)
  • Putrid / Bad / Sour-bitter taste in the morning on walking
  • Sensation as if food had lodged under the sternum
  • Water-brash / Acidity / Heartburn and eructation tasting of food
  • Dyspepsia due to Fatty foods/ Pork/ Pastry / Mixed diets.
  • Fatty food like creams, pastries, and ice creams trigger the acid reflux
  • Dryness of the mouth + No thirst, only a desire to moisten the mouth
  • Tongue coated with thick rough white fur
  • She is chilly, but agg from heat
  • Agg in the evening.
Acid Reflux + Intense Sour Belching

Sul-ac
  • Sour vomiting and nausea
  • Sour vomiting mostly appears after eating.
  • Heartburn / Gastralgia
  • Water causes coldness of the stomach; must be mixed with liquors.
  • Marked debility /Weakness esp the digestive tract
  • Craving for stimulants / Fresh food
  • Aversion to the smell of coffee.
  • Recurring aphthae in Mouth / Throat

Third class remedes

 Concomitants / Modalities

Ambr
  • Sensation as if food did not go down into the stomach.
  • Eructation + Violent convulsive cough
  • Distension of abdomen after midnight.
  • Hypersensitive / Hysterical women, who are weakened by age or overwork
  • Heartburn from drinking milk.

Ip
  • Heart burn with nausea or vomiting + Excessive flatulence.
  • Suitable in pregnancy digestive problems
  • Clean tongue + Thirstless

Staph

Chin
  • Abdominal discomfort, Only relieved by belching.
  • Sour and bitter eructation or offensive flatus, Worse
  • Dyspepsia causes eructation and finally undigested food is vomited
 Agg
  • At night
  • After meals

Aesc
  • Heart burn / Great burning distress
  • Empty eructation of wind
  • Pressure as from stone in the pit of stomach

Ferr
  • Heartburn
  • Vomiting only of food after eating and drinking

Rheum
  • Suckling and children where liver and bile duct is mainly affected.
  • Sourness is so marked that even washing does not remove that sour smell from child.
  • Desire for many things but cannot eat them.


Reflux in Children

Vomit soon After Milk

Aeth
  • He throws up all the milk immediately after its intake forcibly.
  • The character of vomiting is like Curdled milk / Cheesy matter/ Frothy white matter.
  • He gets drowsy after vomiting.
  • Repeated hiccoughing.
Irritable / Restless Infants

Cham
  • Wind colic and regurgitation of food.
  • Colic causes pain in stomach due to obstruction of wind in the intestines.
  • He vomits out whatever has been Drunk / Eaten,
  • Vomit is usually Slimy/ Sour smelling.
  • Abdomen is distended, full and tensed.
  • Hiccough and foul smelling belches
  • Stomach problems.
  • The child cries, screams, groans and asks to be carried around.
Vomiting + Colic Abdomen

Nat-p
  • It works by neutralizing the stomach acid and promotes healthy digestion.
  • Children vomit out curdled milk or cheesy masses.
  • Child may experience several attacks of acid reflux during the day, along with vomiting.
  • Abdominal colic is usually very intense and can lead to restless sleep.
  • A characteristic yellow, creamy coating on the back of the roof of mouth and tongue
Night agg

Robin
  • Acid reflux in babies when there is a regurgitation of stomach acid with sour vomiting.
  • The child tends to have a rancid odor all over the body.
  • Symptoms agg during the night time and disturb the child’s sleep.
  • Abdominal distension is well noted, and burps may be present.
  • Burping can bring temporary relief, but the child may cry with colic after eating.
Sour Smelling Vomiting

Calc
  • Whatever has been eaten gets vomited,
  • Vomit: Curdled milk / Milk in the form of cheese
  • Stomach cramps may appear along with vomiting.
  • Abdomen is hard and tense, and there are frequent hiccoughs and belching.
  • Vomiting in infants during the teething period
Excessive Burping

Carb-v
  • Violent belchings that are foul-smelling
  • Offensive belchings occur after eating or drinking + Gagging and vomiting.
  • Child feels very uncomfortable after eating even the smallest amount of food.
  • Abdominal pain may arise with much flatus.
  • Stomach is distended and seems full to bursting with trapped wind.
  • Release of gas brings comfort to the baby.
Vomiting of Food/ Milk Soon After eating

Sanic
  • All the food comes up with a gush immediately after eating.
  • Child usually tends to fall asleep after eating
  • The vomiting looks like large and tough curds.
  • Abdominal bloating + Gurgling sounds.

Others

  • Iris
  • Anac
  • Arg-n
  • Ant-c
  • Carb-v
  • Chin
  • Colch
  • Puls
  • Psor


My stomach is sour. Acid rises from stomach to the throat. My stomachache is completely bothering me.

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Possible remedy: Sul-ac, Iris


Cough due to Acid-Reflux

  • Bell: Throat pain
  • Phos : Laryngitis or Aphonia due to acid-Reflux

Related disease

Tissue Salt Remedies

  • NP
  • NS
  • SIL
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