Great for Heartburn!
This stuff is amazing. I have had asthma since I was 3 years old, and started getting acid reflux symptoms when I was about 15 or so (I'm 30 now). I got fed up with taking both advair and whatever heartburn med I was on at the time (most recently, prevacid). The meds worked, but I was worried about long term side effects, so I bought the book "why stomach acid is good for you" by Jonathan Wright. He suggests increasing your stomach acid to reduce heartburn symptoms (counter intuative, I know, but brilliant) and argues why turning off your acid production is a bad solution. Anyway, one of the first recommendations he makes on how to treat yourself is bitters. They don't taste great, but it's doable. I mix about a teaspoon or so in a couple tablespoons of water and sip slowly, really making sure to taste it (that's the whole point - this is the signal to your stomach). I've quit prevacid cold turkey before and after a few days had a lot of heartburn pain/burping/hiccups and waking up in the middle of the night. This time, I quit cold turkey, but also added bitters into the mix. The heartburn totally went away. I even went to france right after and ate lots of cheese and drank coffee, along with all sorts of other bad habits. The other good news is that I am off my asthma meds too, and symptom free! I think bitters is a huge part of my success in quitting medication. I dont have to take bitters all the time anymore, maybe once every couple days if I feel a relapse coming on(mostly from drinking too much coffee!) It ends up being cheaper, and in my opinion, healthier, than the pharmaceutical option.
Rating: 5 stars