Acupunture and Chinese Herbs for LPR--my success

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I am a 44 year old woman in very good health. I found this message board about 6 months ago when I first had symptoms of LPR, mainly a lump in the throat feeling. I went my doctor who prescribed prilosec otc which I took twice a day for several months. It wasn't helping very much and she was going to try another proton pump inhibitor. I did not want to take this medication if there were more natural options because it inhibits absorption of vitamin B, calcium, and other nutrients. I did try the DGL licorice, slippery elm, further modified my already healthy diet, etc, but none of this helped much either.

I had an endoscopy done which showed some
 
That is wonderful news!!!

I am currently doing acupuncture, mainly for IBS, and I can honestly say it has helped alot. My acupuncutist did start me on DGL which I find to be a tremendous relief for heartburn.

Can you share what type of herbs you started taking? I know that it varies from person to person, but I'd like to mention them next time I go for a treatment.

Thanks,
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The doctor I go to has a pharmacy that makes his own formulations. I am taking two different liquid herbal formulations twice a day and each one has 13 different herbs. My personal belief is that it this is truly a science and it is most likely the corabination of herbs that is resulting in the benefit.

The one herb with the highest concentration (20%) in the one formulation is Hou Po.

I never had heartburn symptoms which may be why the DGL was not very effective for me. It works well for many people I think.
 
Thanks for the info. There is supposed to be a very good acrupunture lady close by. The only thing is she stays so booked!

CharBerry
 
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