Pickle Juice for Acid Reflux

Pickle Juice cured my Acid Reflux.

Just stumbled on your site tonight. So encouraged to see a site that is offering possible answers from others without hawking a product or book! Thank you! Tried Protonix, antacids, etc., wound up in ER last week w/serious pain, vomiting for days (w/no food being taken in out of fear), BP elevated, feared heart attack if pain persisted (lump in throat, intense burning in upper gut, "sinus or ear infection and drainage" feeling, rt. side of neck, throat sore...) Am trying the above and will report the results. Easy to do since I already love kosher pickles and juice and willing to do the AVC. Encouraged for first time in months...thanks again...Riley

In desperation I came looking at this site, like so many of us. I've not had any digestive problems ever.. and then suddenly this horrible reflux pain that lasted for hours and exhausted me at night. I was afraid to eat. I was afraid to not eat. I had a particularly bad night and then went to the doc and am on omeprazol right now. I've still had symptoms on this medication, which was very discouraging and scary. I tried the acv and it did not work..it made my stomach burn terribly. After alot of burning that wouldn't go away I went to the doc..again..and I am being treated for an ulcer. The burning has stopped, however last night out of the blue I began to have reflux pain again. I tried baking soda and water..which has helped before..and does seem to help the ulcer burn. Last night it seemed to work initially and I fell back to sleep, only to be awoken again from the reflux. I then drank some pickle juice and ate a pickle and the pain was instantly gone. It's tricky trying to balance what will work for the reflux and not aggravate the ulcer,but I just cannot tell you how relieved I am that the pickle juice worked. I know I have very little acid in my stomach right now because of the omeprazol. So, after the antibiotic treatment I plan on weaning myself of the meds slowly and doing the pickle thing. I'm not sure if I should take it with my evening meal or just treat the symptoms of reflux when they happen. I'll just have to try things out. So..give it a try. Keep trying things until you find something that will work. It's scary and exhausting and I felt discouraged from hearing stories of things that never worked for people. But today I feel much more positive. I just have to take this one day at a time. Thank you for the site and the ideas.

I want to endorse the pickle juice remedy. I thought drinking pickle juice would be intolerable, but to my surprise it wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, in 2 weeks I am getting scoped for stomach problems. I will use this natural remedy (before bed) to prevent the awful discomfort of acid reflux. I'm writing this comment at 3:25 a.m. after suffering from the pain for an hour:(

I cannot believe it! I actually love pickles and have always had a penchant for the juice... much to my husband's disgust, I used to swig juice from the jar! I have suffered from Reflux for 3 years and the last year has been hell. I no longer get heartburn as I have damaged all the nerve endings in my esophagus, so only feel the acid when it's burning the back of my throat. I have been on PPI's for the last 8 months and have been referred to the surgeon for fundiplocation surgery. However, lately the PPIs have stopped working. I wake every morning with burning acid in the throat and sore tongue. Today I had enough and decided to search the internet for any natural advice/cures and found this site. I don't know if we can get Apple Cider Vinegar in the UK (I have never heard of it) but I did have a jar of dill pickles (or gherkins as we call them) in the fridge so thought I would give it a go... nothing to lose! I have avoided all pickles (because of the acid content!) since the reflux started so was very skeptical. I opened the jar and took a deep swig and ate one of the pickles for luck. After a couple of minutes of what felt like an acid war at the top of my throat which made me think "I shouldn't have tried this!".. I felt almost instantly better. The burning sensation in my throat was much relieved! I'm not brave enough yet to come off my PPI's.. but rather than double dosing (as I have been advised) I will stick to Pickle Juice when the PPIs fail... and I'm certainly going to reconsider the surgery now until I look further into the natural options listed on this website. THANK YOU!!

My acid reflux had become so bad that my doctor and i thought that i would need to scoped. Then a coworker told me about apple cider vinegar/dill pickles. I doubted that anything so simple would help me since all the other medications i tried did very little. The apple cider vinegar/dill pickles did an unbelievable job at relieving my symptoms. I no longer take any of the prescription medication and need only the a.c.v. Thanks so much for the great advice.

About 1 week ago I woke up in the middle of the night with pain from acid reflux, I had to do some research to figure out what it was since I had never experienced this before. I tried Pepto Bismol, Rolaids & Zantac, nothing worked. I couldn't sleep, had difficulty breathing and could barely eat. I made a doctor appointment but couldn't get in until next week. In my desperation I started looking online for natural remedies and found this site. I actually had tried apple cider vinegar/honey/water earlier this week but I couldn't get it to go down, my gag reflex was stronger than my will, but when I read that pickles could work I was thrilled since I love pickles. I started my pickle/juice regimen yesterday afternoon after a full day of pain from acid reflux and it was almost immediate relief. I realize that this flare up of symptoms is probably due to Ibuprofen overuse. Thank you for your informative site.

I'love this web-site! I just tried the pickle juice and my tummy feels so good! Thank you!!! Now I can have a nice restful sleep.

I found and read every comment on your website yesterday concerning natural remedies for acid reflux. I was having an unusually bad episode after attending a Cajun festival over the weekend with lots of yummy, spicy foods. I stopped at the store last night and picked up a jar of dill pickles and several apples, not knowing which type would be best. I ate two pickle spears, drank about 2 tablespoons of juice and ate a Braeburn apple on the way home. My boyfriend had already started making a great lasagna that I really wanted to enjoy, but was afraid I wouldn't be able to eat it because of my reflux. I felt great by dinner time and didn't have any problems during the night. I like to sleep very flat on my stomach, so you can imagine how difficult that has been with the acid reflux! And I feel great this morning, with no symptoms, and am so grateful for all of the advice on this website. I didn't want to resort to over the counter medications because I felt that the problem was a low acid production in my stomach, reducing my ability to digest food properly. A new-age doctor had suggested that as the problem previously, but wouldn't direct me to natural remedies unless I began a long series of expensive tests and regular sessions at her office. This is a much less expensive solution. And is leaps and bounds better than popping pills that only mask the symptoms! Thanks so much for this site!!!

I woke up about 1:00am coughing and feeling like food was trapped in my throat and trying to come out. I immediately took two tums and that didn't work. So I got on my computer and found this website. Thank God that I kept reading until I found something that I could go to the kitchen to find (KOSHER DILL PICKLES with GARLIC). They really work but you must drink some of the pickle juice (vinegar) also. It works (thumbs up).

I'can't believe it. I've been suffering for years from Acid Reflux and ulcers. I've been on Protonix for months and it hasn't been working lately. I found this site and tried the Apple Cider Vinegar and it didn't work. It made me worse but I think I took too much or something. I had a few slices of dill pickles last night (yum-I forgot how much I missed them) sure enough- it was gone just like that. It's 24 hours later and the choking burning feeling started coming back (while on the Protonix) and I just raided the fridge for some Milwaukee Midget Dills and sure enough it's going away again. I'm just amazed! I'm really hoping to be in well enough shape to have some margaritas in Mexico next month. Thank you so much to the creators of this site and the others out there providing feedback.

I tried Prilosec Pepcid ac .. but Dill pickles seemed to help my acid reflux feel better ..I haven't tried the apple cider vinegar yet but I will get back to you on that experiment... Pickles who would of ever thought:)

I have to admit I was very skeptical when I first started reading all of these comments. I was in the middle of going crazy with a bad case of acid reflux which I have suffered from since I was a teenager. I am now 33 and have still not found anything that works as fast as the pickle juice did. In the middle of reading through this site I got up and looked for some apple cider vinegar....didnt have any, so I went for the dill pickle juice. It has only been about 15 minutes and I am already experiencing relief. This is amazing to me and I will be picking up some ACV tomorrow to give that a try. I am so excited about this. I cant believe what I have been paying for my Prevacid when I could have been using a natural cure the whole time. Thank you to whoever runs this site. I am eternally grateful.

i was in so much pain with acid reflux, tried the pickle juice and it worked quick...i was able to lay down and not have the burning in my throat. Also, my throat had been sore for weeks, after drinking some pickle juice it felt much better... thank God for this website.. I do not want to be dependant on pills with side effects...

What I am about to tell you is almost incredible. Too simple and too illogical. Too simple making it easily overlooked. Illogical, I guess, in the same way that fighting fire with fire makes sense. I have had Acid Reflux for over 30 years. Rolaids had been my main source of relief. I just found out that drinking approx. 2 oz. of Claussen Dill Pickle juice at bedtime actually prevents my heartburn from occurring. The juice is mostly vinegar with a little garlic added which gives it a very good taste. Other pickle juice or vinegars may also work well too. I know that vinegar is an acid, but it apparently balances the chemistry of the stomach in some way. If you like the taste of pickles you have to try it. Also, I am told that will stop muscle cramps almost immediately upon swallowed. I am now stocking up on Claussens Pickles instead of Rolaids!!