Fruit juices are effective against gastritis. Spinach and carrot juice, twice a day helps. Pumpkin juice for a month or two is helpful, when taken in an empty stomach. Foods that cause gas, such as broccoli, cabbage, peas, onion, dried beans and so on are harmful to the stomach.
Sodium hydroxide is a powerful chemical with many aliases: NaOH, lye and caustic soda. Sodium hydroxide is often the active agent in cleaning solutions, but it is also used in the manufacturing of products like textiles, cellophane and paper. This chemical can be very dangerous and can severely damage materials.
Lye is an alkaline solution that's used for cleaning. If you were a maid about 200 years ago, you probably cleaned the chamber pots with lye. Lye is an old cleaning product and an old word too. It comes from the Old English lÃ©ag, which is related to the root for wash in our word lather. Lye is still used to make soap, but you probably won't come across the word except in old novels.