# Help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343 "2006-02-07T03:59:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![jennycalvin32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jennycalvin32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jennycalvin32)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343/1 "2006-02-07T03:59:27Z")

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Please help…does anyone know a home remedy (that really works) for gas/pressure/bloating?

I’ll try anything! 😃

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343/2 "2006-02-07T05:11:39Z")

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How about baking soda and water?

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343/3 "2006-02-07T07:28:26Z")

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Assume the position- on knees, head on floor, ass in the sky. I’m dead serious. It allows the gas to, uh, “rise up” as it were, and escape, bringing about relief from pressure.

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**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343/4 "2006-02-07T07:42:19Z")

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Or you could lie face down with a pillow under your stomach (probably best to have it lengthwise under you - unless you’re :ahem: overdeveloped at the top, like I am. I put it just below that built-in shelf. It’s another, slightly different way of getting results, this time by applying pressure at the top end to encourage movement of contents - both air and other kinds - in a generally posterior direction. 😉

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**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343/5 "2006-02-07T08:03:46Z")

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My sister who does far more advanced yoga than me advocates lying on your left side and rubbing your stomach in a clockwise direction. For some reason this really does work.

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**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/343343/6 "2006-02-07T08:05:12Z")

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Forgot to add that exercising also helps - when I go power walking, after about 20 minutes I start to let the gas out.