The stomach generally secrets acid, which is an essential substance in digestive process. This acid will help in breaking down the food during the digestion and when there is excess production of the acid in the stomach, it turns in the condition called as acidity or APD - acid peptic disorder. Generally, there are some protective mechanisms naturally present in the body, in the stomach and the proximal intestines. Nevertheless, between the protective mechanism and the level of acid secreting gets disturbed and the balance is altered, the entire situation is then known as acidity.

Acidity is caused due to many reasons such as diet, organ deformity, weakness of the valve between the stomach and esophagus, heavy and spicy meals etc. Here are some of the usefulhome remedies for the treatment of acidity-

• If you are not diabetic, acidity is quite easy to treat. You can have a small piece of jaggery after the meals and whenever you feel an attack, you can have the plain water with sugar.

• One can take a cup of water and boil it. After that, add one teaspoon of Aniseed and then leave it for the whole night. In the next morning, filter the water and then add one teaspoon of honey to it. Have it three times a day and you can treat acidity in a very effective manner.

• You can also have a cardamom and a clove and powder it. Take it as a mouth freshener after each meal. This will not only take care of your acidity, but it will be also helpful to cure your bad breath.

• Take about one and a half liter of water and add one teaspoon Caraway seeds to it. Boil the solution and simmer it for 15 minutes. Have it while it is lukewarm at least twice or thrice a day for minimum one week. This is very good remedy for treating acidity.

• Many experts suggest that almonds are really good for treating the acidity problem. For this, one can eat them or can paste and then simply lick it.

• One of the best home remedy for curing acidity is sucking one piece of clove after the meals. This will not only give instantaneous relief from acidity but will also help in reducing the onslaught of the disease arising out of acidity. Cloves also have direct effect on the digestive process. They help in building appetite, removing phlegm and increasing the white blood cell count in the body to fight against various infections.

• As a part ofhome remedy for acidity, you can squeeze the juice of whole orange and mix it with roasted cumin seeds. To enhance the formula, add pinch of rock salt. Have it as once and it will give good relief from the acidity.

• One of the proven and old home remedy for treating acidity is drinking coconut milk. Have it about 200 ml and then drink plain water.