Buffer-pH+ for Acid Reflux

Växa’s Buffer-pH+ is a homeopathic medicinal formula created to naturally alleviate acid reflux, help the body’s own ability to cleanse and repair tissues more quickly, and lead to better overall digestive health.

The digestive advantages of Buffer-pH+:

• Helps decrease to acid reflux, preventing damage to the esophagus from displaced acid
• Efficient metabolism of lipids (fats) and essential fatty acids
• Promotes better digestion of calcium, leading to better absorption and utilization for bones
• Better digestion of all other nutrients from food, vitamins and minerals
• Through these things, can contribute to easier waste elimination

Acid Balance and our Digestive System

Our Digestive System greatly depends on a balanced amount of acid. The even acid/alkaline measurement of our bodies is called our “pH balance”. We often hear about a person’s pH balance being “off” in ads for acne medications. But the Digestive System can be greatly affected as well. Among our acids is Hydrochloric Acid (HCL), the stomach acid needed to digest everything we eat.

When our acid balance is off we have an inability to properly process and break down food into valuable nutrients and expellable waste. This can cause all sorts of upper and lower gastric discomfort – bloating, embarrassing gas and burping, alternating constipation and diarrhea – but one of the most common and irritating repercussions of poor digestion is acid reflux. It affects about 19% of the world’s population on a regular basis.

What exactly is Acid Reflux?

“Acid reflux” is the burning sensation in the esophagus and throat associated with heartburn. It can come with or without the actual burping up of undigested food or liquid remains. Much of the American diet can cause too high of an acidic level, causing the acid reflux. But acid reflux can also come from “leaky gut” – a poor digestion syndrome caused by factors like medication for illness, food allergies or yeast overgrowth. With “leaky gut”, particles of undigested food actually get out into the bloodstream from tiny tears in the intestinal walls instead of going where they are supposed to. This causes toxins to form in the blood and contribute to the gassy, burning feeling of digestive discomfort including acid reflux.

However, acid reflux can also be due to too little stomach acid. The purveyors of over-the-counter and prescription antacids assume we have acid reflux because we have too much stomach acid. But an under-production of Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) often comes with age or other health factors. The poor digestion from too little HCL can still produce acid reflux! So taking antacids could start an unfortunate dependence on medication to make us feel “normal”, when it is actually preventing our body from getting back to its normal pH balance state.

Acid reflux does need to be resolved in some way. But even in the instances where too much HCL is causing the acid reflux, antacids can encourage us to become dependent on grabbing them to stop the burning instead of searching for the root cause, working on it with safe, natural remedies, and helping the body get re-adjusted to working on its own.

What is the significance of recurring, untreated Acid Reflux to our health?

Ongoing acid reflux, technically known as Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERDS), can
damage the esophageal tract, especially when liquid and particles are regurgitated. The esophageal tissue can actually be torn, or polyps can form on the irritated lining.

Since digestion begins in our mouth with the salivary glands and runs all the way through the intestines, colon and rectum, acid reflux can inhibit the entire process of digestion by keeping waste in the upper digestive tract instead of where it should go, and also keeping nutrients from being absorbed where we need them. This can really become life-disrupting, from worrying about what we eat to being kept up at night, even needing surgery and can extend into further gastro-intestinal ailments.

It is being acknowledged more and more that the key to overall health is through good digestion. Good digestive health, achieved through knowledge of your Digestive System, associated food allergies and infections can help you prevent ailments and diseases like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), GERDS (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease), Crohn’s, Colitis and Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac Disease and most importantly Colon Cancer.

How can Växa’s Buffer-pH+ help?

Either way, when there is too much or too little acid present, our digestion isn’t working right and individual cells which protect us from disease can be killed off by toxic waste. Växa’s Buffer-pH+ is specifically geared to detect which way our imbalance is going and work to correct it.

How to use Buffer-pH+: When purchasing Buffer-pH+, it is advisable to order the pH Test Strips as well. Following the directions, these strips are to be individually placed in the urine stream, and will indicate if your pH is unbalanced – too alkaline or too acidic. Buffer-pH+ should not only be taken until balance is achieved, but every day – since we combat the same things daily that made our pH imbalanced in the first place!

Växa’s Buffer-pH+ can be an important natural aid in relieving acid reflux and achieving good digestive health without becoming dependent on chemically engineered antacids.

Digestive Properties:

Chamomila, Rheum Officinate, Robinia Pseudoacacia 3X, 6X, 12X; Natrum Phosphoricum, Natrum Sulfuricum, Natrum Muriaticum, Kali Carbonicum, Kali Oxalicum, Kali Phosphoricum, Kali Muriaticum 6X, 12X; Kali Sulfuricum, Magnesia Phosphorica 8X, 12X; Nux Vomica 3C, 6C, 12C; Graphites 6C, 12C. In a base of: Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Berbine Alkaloid, Aloe Vera Powder, Cucumber Powder, Gelatin, Rice Flour and Sorbitol.

Selected References:

Natasha Raymond, “A Natural Approach to Crohn’s and Colitis”, GreatLife Magazine, Los Angeles, CA., July 2000, pp. 36-39 & 55.

Leo Galland, M.D., “Leaky Gut Syndromes: Breaking the Vicious Cycle”, Foundation for Integrated Medicine, mdheal.org., 2007.

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