Baking Soda As Cause or Solution?
Can you tell me if the 1/4 tsp. of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water remedy will help with burping? I initially wanted to take this remedy because of the chronic burping I've been having, but I am not sure why I'm burping (e.g., acid reflux, "bad" bacteria, etc.). I read elsewhere online that taking the baking soda and water remedy will actually MAKE you burp. So should I still use it to see if it will correct the underlying problem or is there something else that would be better to try? Thanks!
Liberty: If you worry about excess burping from the said formula then just modify it. Try 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda + 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid, then add 1/2 glass of water. Or try one whole freshly squeezed lemon juice and add baking soda until the fizz stops. Then then add to 1/2 glass of water, taken once in the morning and once in the evening.
In some case it is a bug issue. So taking some zinc supplements can help, usually zinc acetate 25 mg. 3 days out of a week, weekly not exceeding two months.
Clove leaves can also help kill the bugs, but so can glycine 2 grams/day and licorice extract taken on alternate weeks. Assuming it is a bug issue. But most alternative medicine are food for the body anyway, it is the question of taking them, rather than not taking them.
I have seen one case of excess burping and one woman did persist to take this for a week. Yes she burped like an elephant, but apparently her body's acid was so strong, that she need a lot of it. It stopped on the second week and her complexion improved tremendously.
I also had a terrible excess burping too. One way to know is my body is extremely acid and about to get very sick is if I take baking soda and I burped, then I always know I need more of it.
So when I take more of it, I don't burp at all. If I refused to take it, then I get very sick and my urine pH is dangerously acid about 5. So I guess the condition for my burp is at least the lack of bicarbonates in my body as the cause.
