Topic summary
Heart burn
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Heartburn.
History
Heartburn has often been associated with intense emotions, such as anger or distress. This belief was challenged as early as 1591 when the term hartburning was used to describe epigastric irritation. Shakespeare described heartburn in his play The Tragedy of Richard the Third as "A long-continues drudge and heart burning between the Queens kindred and the King's blood". Historical descriptions of heartburn from the 1500s to the 1700s include "a sharpness, soreness of the stomach, heartburning" and "a sharp gnawing pain at the orifice of the stomach". Throughout the 1500s to the 1800s, stonecrop, chewed green tea, and chalk or magnesia were reportedly used by some as remedies for heartburn.