Only in the United States there are over 70 million people that suffer from heartburn. Some of these people are following different heartburn treatments that just might work for them. If you are one of the people that suffer from heartburn and are considering a possible heartburn treatment, you must know that there are also a lot of heartburn remedies that are quite effective and they do not involve any pills.

You should at least try out some of these well known remedies and see what works for you, you might just be able to stop that heartburn without any pill or special treatment.

Bellow, you will find 4 of the most common heartburn remedies:

1. Prepare a little home made heartburn remedy. All you need is some olive oil, a potato and some cabbage. Cut the cabbage in slices and put it in a recipient with water and cook it until it has become chewable (this could take anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes). Keep in mind that you will have to drink the water in which the cabbage was cooked. After this, make a quick mix between some olive oil, the potato and the cabbage soup and eat it.

2. You can also use plain, old raisins as a heartburn remedy. All you need to do is take 10 raisins and place them in your mouth, but do not eat them. You have to keep them there in your mouth for a while and just swallow the saliva secreted from them as this is the real remedy. For some people this little trick cured heartburn in 5 minutes, so give it a try.

3. Here is a simple heartburn remedy, and although it doesn't work for all the people, it does bring comfort in regards to heartburn to some people. It's plain water! All you have to do is drink 10 or so cups of water per day to prevent and even cure heartburn.

4. Another heartburn remedy is dark brown sugar and you should eat a tablespoon of it for the heartburn sensation to disappear.