Indigestion

Your stomach produces Hydrochloric acid in order to:

• Help Digestion
• Kill Bacteria

Bacteria could be on your food. Food in the stomach is broken down by digestive enzymes that need acidic conditions to work properly.

Too much Hydorochloric acid in the stomach can cause stomach pain (indigestion). It is called heartburn when the acid escapes from the top of the stomach which causes pain into the tube leading to the mouth although it has nothing to do with the heart.

Indigestion remedies
Medicines called Antacids can get rid of excess stomach acid. Antacids contain bases (substances that react with acids). The neutralisation reaction between an acid and a base produces water and a compound called a salt. Acid + Base ---> Salt + Water

Some bases are soluble. A base dissolved in water is called an Alkali.