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Heartburn  n.  (Med.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of other complaints.






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"Heartburn" Quotes from Famous Books



... sleeplessness during pregnancy are numerous. Dyspepsia is one of them. Whenever indigestion is present the diet should be plain and simple, and everything avoided which produces heartburn, sourness, or flatulency. It is important also not to take tea or coffee late in the afternoon or evening—a late cup of either being a frequent cause in ...
— The Physical Life of Woman: - Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother • Dr. George H Napheys

... establishment. The water, 77 Fahr., which rises from a depth of 620 ft., has a stimulating action on the mucous membrane of the stomach, is easily eliminated, and is generally drunk after meals by the Vichy invalids. "Stomach disorder, attended with heartburn and acidity, is in many cases capable of being cured or materially relieved by the use of one or other of the Vichy waters. When complicated with pain (gastralgia) and diminished power of the stomach, the Hpital spring ...
— The South of France—East Half • Charles Bertram Black

... tansy "to kill the thievin' worms in the childhre, the crathurs," together with a little Rosenoble, Solomon's Seal, and Bugloss, each for some medicinal purpose. The "lime wather" Mrs Sullivan could make herself, and the "bog bane" for the linh roe, or heartburn, grew in their own meadow-drain; so that, in fact, she had within her reach a very decent pharmacopoeia, perhaps as harmless as that of the profession itself. Lying on the top of the salt-box was a bunch of fairy flax, and sewed in the ...
— The Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural • Various



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