Are you feeling a burning sensation in your stomach which is radiating from your food pipe to heart? It is one of the common sign of acid reflux. Almost every person has suffered from burning stomach once in their lifetime. Burning stomach has become very common due to poor eating and drinking habit.

Our stomach is the power storage where food comes to get digested. Home remedies are very effective in soothing burning sensation in your stomach. People suffering from gastritis should consult a healthcare professional. Formation of gas in stomach can cause irritation, nausea, dizziness, headache and sourness in stomach.

So does your stomach feel as it is on fire all the time? It can happen if you are a patient of gastritis, otherwise it is just acid reflux. Heartburn and burning stomach is very common health condition.

Causes of Burning Sensation in Stomach:

• Medications or Drugs
• Emotional Stress
• Constant vomiting
• Drinking of Alcohol
• Smoking
• Ulcers in stomach
• Increased consumption of fatty foods
• Over-eating
• Stress and anxiety
• Resting instantly after taking meals
• Excessive stomach acid
• Pregnancy
• Caffeine or Coffee
• Overuse of antibiotics

The Signs and Symptoms of Burning Stomach:

• Feeling of discomfort in the upper abdomen
• Burning sensation in lower chest
• Bloating
• Hiccups
• Formation of gas
• Feeling of overeating
• Burping
• Sore throat
• Heartburn
• Irritation around your throat

Remedies To Stop Burning Sensation in your Stomach:

1. Yogurt:

It help calm down its symptoms such as sour stomach, heartburn, bloating, belching, sour taste in mouth and soothes irritated esophagus.

You will need:

• One cup of plain-unsweetened yogurt
• Half cup of fresh blueberries
• 1 ripe banana (optional)
• 1 teaspoon of natural honey

How to Make it (recipe):

• Put all the ingredients in a blender.
• On medium setting blend them for 2-3 minutes.
• You can add ice to make them more cold.

2. Buttermilk:

Buttermilk is the leftover water after churning butter from the cream. This by-product has soothing properties that can calm down irritated stomach and reduce burning sensation. It help alleviate pain and swelling cause by acid reflux.

Buttermilk also help treat burnt esophagus and aid in digestion. It is an excellent home remedy to treat gastritis symptoms. It taste like curd and minimize the side effect of eating spicy and oily foods.

You will need:

• One glass of chilled buttermilk
• 2-3 pinch of table-salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder

How to Prepare it:

• In the glass of buttermilk mix the cumin powder and salt.
• Stir them for a while so that all the ingredient are dissolved properly.

3. Coconut Water

Coconut water may stabilize the gastric acids in the stomach and provide relief from burning stomach. It help calm down irritated esophagus. Coconut water also contains proteins and digestive enzyme which is beneficial for treating overeating and bloating.

You will need:

• Half cup of fresh coconut water

What to do:

• Keep it inside freezer for 10 minutes.
• Now its ready to be consumed.

4. Milk 

Milk is an alkalizing natural agent that help soothe burns. Though there is no scientific study backing this home remedy, the use of milk does help control heartburn and sour burping. It is considered semi-whole food due to high nutritional values. Milk will provide wide range of health benefits along with the ability of calming down irritated burning abdomen.

You will need:

• One glass of cold milk
• Honey (optional)

How To Prepare:

• Mix honey in the milk to give it a sweet taste.

Foods To Avoid

• Avoid eating foods high in fat
• Reduce the consumption of citrus fruit
• Keep a distance from caffeine or coffee
• Limit the consumption of alcohol
• Avoid eating chocolate
• Stay away from soda
• Don’t smoke
• Avoid garlic, onion and other spicy foods