my acid reflux is pretty bad, as soon as i lay down it starts burning like fire, stops as soon as i sit up , im tired of sleeping sitting up in the chair, im taking protonix but it doesn't seem to be helping much, anyone know of anything that works better?
Thanks
The question about lying down making worse is due to dysfunction of esophageal orifice of the stomach. This may be one of reasons. This orifice is supposed to close while digesting. Even though like your case, it might be slightly open while digesting. While you are sitting up, the slight leakage form the pressure of digesting is difficult to reach to the mouth due to the gravity, therefore reflux cannot reach to the mouth. While you lie down, there is no gravity, making acid to reach to the mouth.
Original cause is stomach dysfunction. There are good points in the body to cure this problem. All acupuncturists know. They are going to find the cause of excess acid in the stomach. They also have some herbs to treat this. I as a Korean treat this with cuttlebone (white round bone=good for stopping of bleeding etc) + sea salts prepared with bamboo.