Couldn't help noticing the mention of Slippery Elm. I tried that many years ago,.along with other natural remedies, when I began suffering digestive problems which in turn brought on anxiety to a debilitating degree. But I explained that away by blaming it on a lifestyle I'd pursued for many years. When I finally consulted a doctor about these.conditions, which I had been loathe to discuss due to misguided embarrassment, he referred me to a specialist who did an endoscopy and.colonoscopy, after which he told me I had GORD or reflux disease. Since then a daily dose of 20mg esomeprazole has banished what had been a few years probably of discomfort but moreso the anticipation of it.