Home Remedies for Heartburn

• Eat several small meals a day instead of three big ones.

• Avoid caffeine, chocolate, peppermint, spearmint, alcohol and carbonated drinks.

• If you are overweight, losing weight will help.

• If you smoke, stop.

• Drink lukewarm -- not cold -- water with your meals.

• Raise the head of your bed six inches to let gravity help your digestion by putting six-inch blocks under the legs of the head of the bed, and try a wedge under the mattress (extra pillows don't help and can make it worse).

• Avoid lying down after eating; try taking a walk.

• Eat dinner at an early hour; avoid bedtime snacks.