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Chinese herbs and their formulas are very complex and synergistic tools used by the Chinese medicine practitioner. They are extremely effective in treating acid reflux, heartburn or GERD. Readers will be amazed at the strength and energy they embark on, especially when combined with other herbs. Remember that single herbs are rarely prescribed separately. They are combined with other herbs.
The Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, studied in schools, today lists 474 herbs, including their variations. They come from plants, animals, insects and minerals. Herbs have the ability to penetrate certain channels or meridians that make up the human body. They can either heat up, cool down, rise, fall, dissipate, regulate, cleanse, tone up, or soothe. They are also associated with taste, such as bitter or sweet, and temperature, such as hot, cold or neutral.
One of the Chinese herbs commonly used to eliminate heartburn or GERD is called Hai Piao Xiao, or cuttlefish bones. The pharmaceutical name is Os Sepiae seu Sepiellae. Cuttlefish is very similar to squid, but in reality it is not a fish. The cuttlefish is actually a shellfish from the class of cephalopods that are found in all oceans and include squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus. Cuttlefish are very intelligent creatures and experts in the art of disguise, as they change their color and patterns according to their environment.
In the Chinese Materia Medica, this herb is salty, astringent and slightly warm. Of course, its salty, because it comes from the ocean. It has the ability to penetrate the channels of the kidneys, liver and stomach. This herb has many functions, but in this case it controls the acidity of the stomach, acid regurgitation, aversion from tasting and relieves pain. This can be done because the cuttlefish bones are made from calcium carbonate, the active ingredient found in TUMS. The difference is that you do not get all the bad things that come with TUMS, such as sucrose and aluminum. You are also not going to use it for long. The idea of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture underlies the problem.
Some other interesting features of this herb are:
- Stopping bleeding and vaginal discharge.
- Can be used topically to stop bleeding due to traumatic injuries or chronic, non-healing skin ulcers.
- Preserves the essence by resolving nocturnal emissions, premature ejaculations and vaginal discharge (usually due to kidney failure).
- May stop chronic diarrhea or dysentery.
Hai Piao Xiao has also been shown in combination with regular herbs to eliminate stomach and duodenal ulcers and bleeding ulcers.
This is only one of the four herbs you will find in Royal Reflux Remedy, a natural herbal treatment derived from a classic Chinese herbal pharmacy, used for hundreds of years. In combination with some changes in diet and lifestyle you can solve your reflux, heartburn or GERD without pharmaceutical preparations.
