1. Food:
1) Recite prayer before starting your meal. (Thank You God for giving us food.)
2) Start your meal with sweet first. Eat all 6 tastes in each meal.
3) Eat with lips closed. Do not open mouth while eating. Closing eyes while swallowing food is beneficial. Eating with mouth open (or talking) will reduce digestion of food.
4) Don’t drink water 30 min before and 30 min after taking food. Do not drink water, liquid while eating. If very much necessary drink a few sips of water to quench thirst etc during the meal.
5) Do not watch TV while eating.
6) Wash Hands, Legs and Face before eating. Sitting on floor with folded legs is the best position for eating.
7) Think of eating while eating. Do not talk or think. Observe your stomach, taste and be guided by them. If stomach is full ,stop eating. If taste has diminished, stop eating. Stop eating after you get the first Burp (Dakar)
8) If you take bath, do not eat anything for the next 45 min. If you eat, then do not bathe for the next 2 hours.
9) Do not eat when you are not hungry. Don’t eat because it is lunch or breakfast time. Do not eat because of compulsion or because it is offered free to you in office etc.
10)Eat half an hour after you feel hunger. Do not eat when you are tense because in that case the food will go undigested.
11) Eat whatever you feel like eating, as guided by taste and stomach. Tea, coffee and white sugar is not recommended.
Described symptoms are definitevely GERD. Now, the bitter taste in the mouth suggests gallbladder disorder with biliary reflux. If the gallblader itself is OK, it still may be biliary ducts (biliary dyskinesia or sphincter of Oddi dysfunction).
There are gross differences in diagnosis of stomach condition. Hiatal hernia may come and go, as hernia can slips up and down, so " now you can see it now you don't".
So:
- burning in the esophagus speeks for GERD
- bitter taste speaks for biliary reflux. Cramps under the right ribs after a fatty meal (is this the issue?) speak for gallbladder disease
- The most reliable test for H. pylori is breath urea test (BUT), but if hernia won't be fixed, H. pylori treatment itself won't help.
To prevent bloating she can try to avoid any fruit and sorbitol (art. sweetener). To ease burning sensation, she should avoid anything acidic, including vit C, aspirin, ibuprofen, fruits, wine, vinegar, and PROTEINS (meat, eggs).