Mint seems to relax the muscle that keeps the valve at the top of the stomach clamped down, increasing the odds of reflux.

尽管薄荷糖看起来能够放松肌肉，保持胃部顶端的阀门关闭，增加回流的几率。

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Heartburn also know as acid reflux is caused by progesterone relaxing the valve separating the esophagus from the stomach allowing acids to seep up the pipe.

胃灼热，同时也被叫做胃酸倒流，这是因为黄体酮使瓣膜松弛把食道和胃分开了，这会让胃酸渗到食管里。

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Heartburn, also know as acid reflux, is caused by progesterone relaxing the valve separating the esophagus from the stomach, allowing acids to seep up the pipe.

胃灼热，同时也被叫做胃酸倒流，这是因为黄体酮使瓣膜松弛把食道和胃分开了，这会让胃酸渗到食管里。

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Surgery to fix the faulty valve that causes acid reflux has long been the treatment of last resort for severe heartburn.

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The goal is to tighten up or otherwise improve the faulty valve, called the esophageal sphincter, that lets acid reflux back into the esophagus.

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