Because burping is the body's way of getting rid of swallowed air, you can cut down on unwanted and potentially embarrassing burps by cutting down on how much air you swallow. Here are some home remedies for doing so:
- You might have intolerance towards certain foods, stop eating them.
- Don't lie down after you eat. Activity will force the burps out instead of letting them build up.
- Here is yet another reason to quit smoking. When you inhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, you swallow excessive amounts of air.
- Watch what you put in your mouth. Chewing gum and sucking on hard candy or lollipops stimulate air swallowing, too.
- Eating with your mouth open makes you swallow air, don't do it!
- Eat slowly. People who gulp down food and beverages are swallowing excessive amounts of air. They're also crowding the stomach with too much to digest, which causes a gaseous buildup.
- A cold brings on postnasal drip, and this annoying symptom will probably make you swallow much more frequently. So if you catch a cold bug, try to blow your nose often to keep your nasal passages as clear as possible.
- Limit bubbly beverages. Drinking carbonated beverages, including beer, creates air in the stomach that has to come out, one way or the other.
- Go strawless. Drinking through a straw increases the amount of air you swallow.
- Don't burp on purpose (The Simpsons video is example of what you shouldn't do). Repeated burping triggers more burping.
Quick help:
Ginger/peppermint tea can help relieve the need to burp.
Eat some caraway seeds. They aid digestion.
Eat some yogurt with live cultures.
Eat papaya. Just do it!
