This product is pretty effective in preventing indigestion, but is not going to act like an antacid.
Per the suggestions from the noted Dr. Weil website, 2000 mg is the suggested amount, 1/2 hour after a meal.

Dr. Weil suggests wetting this powder in your mouth to start the digestion process of it (and make it more efficient obviously), but I personally cannot handle the taste; it starts to taste like licorice (which it is) but has (to me) a nauseating after taste. The solution was simple, I simply put it into large capsules and have no problem (though I may not be getting the full affect as letting the saliva enzymes do their thing before getting into the stomach acid). See the website for Weil, there is a recommendation for an additional product to go with this to combat GERD.

I rate this product as pretty darn effective, ... except high sugar content desserts may still leave you at their burning mercy!!!

Everything you can want in a medicine is checked off here: zero fillers, binders, allergens unless the active ingredient is a problem for you, of course, and my favorite feature of this apart from JUST being DGL=easily customized/patients controlled dosing without any added labor beyond measuring a different amount. Each 1/8 of a teaspoon contains 300mg, the standard dose, of DGL so if you are inclined to double dose/wish to match the chewable "ultra" this and "extra" that doses, it is simple. With 400 of those 300mg doses in this container, the value is second-to-none. It is entirely gluten, soy, dairy, sugar and sugar alcohols, egg, silica, cellulose, etc etc etc free...

The fact that it is in a powder is actually a huge perk to me-if I wanted to just have it straight, saliva is all it needs to start doing its job (which is exactly why tablets aren't ideal-remember, your esophagus is one of the delicate places hurt by GERD the most quickly!)...

So the stuff that most will deem worthy of TL; DR comments follows... I am warning you because while I talk about GERD related things, I also give context because I am not ACTUALLY a walking textbook, contrary to many claims.

My life companion of 19 years passed just 3 weeks ago, and after going through emergency room trips and ultimately cremation... I hibernated for a week, drowning in tears as one would expect, and awoke to nausea and bile frequently getting to my throat. It is the first time since childhood that emotional stress has actually made me physically sick, but then it is hopefully the worst thing I will ever endure, too, in terms of mental distress. In any case, knowing full well the risk:benefit ratio of antacids, proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole, and NOT treating or under-treating reflux alike, I quickly jumped into a regimen for prompt recovery:

1) Eliminating the big problems/triggers for reflux entirely. That did mean temporarily stopping a medication (for an autoimmune disorder with moderate to severe, severe in my case, arthritis as one component of its key symptoms)... But it is better than destroying my digestive tract as that stuff ONLY stays down and behaves when my gut is healthy. I cut out all land meat and restricted myself to fish, easier to digest and full of things my body needs a lot of, more when impaired... Fatty foods out with some exceptions. Most raw foods, out. Pineapple juice, bought (Lakewood, I think, is the brand on here with nothing BUT pineapple juice and not in a can or years old like dust collecting Dole juices (not knocking Dole-just not crazy about tin can tastes in juice and wary of lining additives possibly there)-pineapple has a lot of bromelain which is a good thing to consume for folks with GERD. A LOT of things got put on a travel ban from destination-my-gut for a while, but I won't be missing peanuts all that much to be honest. I already don't eat grains much because of their inflammatory properties (not the same w/rice or wheat in mechanism but both are bad in general to have often w/autoimmune disorders-and inflammation in the gut will be harder to realize or identify its cause but happens nevertheless, even though for me my skin and joints get my attention since they scream like teething infants when a lot of wheat especially but rice, too (esp.brown/wild), is ingested (and my gut tells me on the final way out by struggling to get enough moisture to comfortably rid my body of them-rice a bigger culprit there)... Caffeine went OUT OUT OUT as it already is a well-known irritant for the WHOLE digestive tract. As of now, I can drink moderate amounts/occasionally have A GLASS of tea (Tip: steep black/green tea 30 seconds, dump that steeped water or save it for some other use, and pour new hot water on the damp but mostly caffeine I stripped bags: TRUE water-decaffeinated technique that sadly isn't going to work well for coffee, no go, Joe!)... So yeah, tea is a creative inclusion but still not coffee-I am not trying to kill my insides here, just enjoy something I love.

EVERYONE with GERD should absolutely go on an elimination diet, a rigorous tedious but SO HELPFUL process that may make for miserable taste buds right now but save you much agony later-likewise, anyone with inflammatory conditions (IBD etc tend to go right along w/acid reflux) should try to get a doc to order both allergy and sensitivity tests for foods since they are typically far more fatal than pollen sorts of environmental ones (typically-those can be dangerous for some, too, of course!); it is far better to strictly manage wheat intake now than to keep going against bodily warnings until your insides are torn apart by the stuff! Exposure is THE non-genetic risk factor for developing allergies and celiac, so treat it like contagions and moderate your exposure/calculate whether your diet choices, all separately and combined, are bigger in benefit or risk and to what degree/ratio. Your body's only available preventative insurance=you.

One other note: DO NOT CONSUME ALOE LEAF--the 99% water liquid we make into gels is fine, but the actual filleted leaves are HORRIBLE for every human digestive tract... They irritate bowels so much that they can cause, with regular use, internal bleeding/perforation, directly impede digestion both in the stomach/intestines but also by causing diarrhea and irritating bowels so their absorption ability is hindered... They are also a known carcinogen, specifically causing intestinal cancer, something I learned when I was in med school in California and stumbled across a label when curiously perusing the odd eat this plant for this disease stores to check claims and research (food is the first thing I ask for a diary of when someone comes to me with internal, chronic ailments that food choices can impact, which means about 95% of everything). Also take caution with slippery elm-especially if you consume other medications (they ARE drugs, after all, natural or not). It cannot be consumed within 2 hours of any medications (before or after) and within at least half an hour of eating since it also impedes digestion. Since so many companies toss them together and Amazon "people who bought this also shopped for..." kept showing me aloe and slippery elm w/DGL, I thought it might be a more useful thing to warn it in a review instead of commenting where people ask/talk about them.

2) Quick, grab the licorice root and boil it (I didn't have DGL just lying around, after all, as I did not expect to need it after two full years essentwhich completely healed thanks highly to #3 that I will get to)... Chamomile goes quite well with it. Peppermint is, for esophageal pain/tenderness/impairment, a bad idea-good for stomach irritation/nausea, bad if the irritation is higher up. If you have high blood pressure, wait it out (get DGL and yeah, just don't risk your BP rising-mine is low, so it wasn't a risk... note that many teas use licorice as a sweetener without bothering to mention it is not suitable for people with heart conditions or high blood pressure)...

2.5) Grab an antacid for a quick VERY TEMPORARY bit of relief while waiting for the rest to start working-I use American Health Chewable Super Papaya Enzyme Plus tablets when my stomach doesn't sit right... Yep, there is calcium carbonate (tums) in it but it is a bit better balanced. They do have sorbitol and mannitol so just know that if those make you sensitive (the amount is rather trivial to be frank-and the products competing w/this mostly have them, too, as their base, but ultra-purists will completely abandon those,which is fine, too).

3) Yes, the thing you want to avoid which I did and feel no remorse as I was entirely saved by the stuff before when I was dealing with undiagnosed Addison's disease and wrecked my upper GI tract vomiting many times in a row several days a week: omeprazole, religiously and for me at the prescription dose (40mg instead of 20)-the difference between rough heartburn for a while and GERD flaring up is where that difference in dose comes for most... Yep, the stuff is NOT to be taken for years on end, absolutely NOT. However, it is incredibly effective at the ONSET, to calm the storm for the few weeks when not calming it will ultimately result in not being able to heal well. DGL alone has not typically been enough for someone who ALREADY reached the point of acid reflux causing discomfort which points to DAMAGE... PPI's are for many miraculous in allowing the body to heal from that damage-humans, ah how bad we are at recognizing symptoms early on as adults! We say we are great at enduring pain, but it is more appropriate to say we are poor at reading warning signs our bodies give. Anyway, see your doctor and talk about ALL the options! PPIs are not to blame (even their researchers blatantly stated they were not for use for years on end except for people whose conditions make them the only option-that was my situation for a while, since it took 2.5 years to heal the 9 months of a lethargic (to be more precise, on the verge of blacking out from low blood pressure and sugar levels ridiculously low-20mins after eating they would quickly go from 100 back to baseline 70 but then drop to 40 and have me losing food from both sides in liquid form-anyway, that sick with immense fiery pain that made no sense to my impaired thinking, it wasn't as if I was well enough to simply use my education and ask them to refer me to an endocrinologist and run an ACTH stimulation test... If I had hospital punch cards back then, they would have been filled like a Ben and Jerry's junkie's assortment. Alas, no free ice cream in that world. 9 months of damage honestly I wasn't expecting to ever heal from, but once I DID have my head working again, my BP/glucose in check, I got assertive and did in turn heal...DGL could not have done that much because I was past the point of light repair or maintenance. Figure out how much you need, but diet will play the biggest role.

I attached photos here to show you the product... Mine arrived with almost 2.5yrs before the expiration date, and 400 doses will easily be gone by then (or I won't need it and will happily gift them or just put them by my teas for when my throat is dry, achy, sore,etc-the same way I religiously have mucinex for when ANY congestion, coughing, sneezy sorts of respiratory woes strike (better to not let simple ailments spiral into eventual pneumonia because the environment is impaired and the many strains of it cling quite well to gunky mucous buildup and the immune system can't easily fight in that state)... Even if I were only going to need 100 doses, to have a pure powder form is worth it. It tastes mild, not at all unpleasant, and while looking mostly like cardamom or actually a lot like those general foods international coffees in rounded rectangular spam-like cans, it is closer to a chicory flavor, vaguely sweet (not as sweet as the whole root extract) and easy to mix into tea/food if you want to pretend it is cinnamon on your oatmeal. Oh, ginger is also very good for GERD, so that might be a good option if you want to mix it with another flavor. Warm water works, too, though.

Good luck on your (or the person you are shopping for's) recovery, undoubtedly why you are here looking at DGL!

There should be an option to give this product 6 stars. Wonderful stuff, immediate relief!

I bought this for my mum who decided to go off PPIs after taking them for more than a decade. She is also diabetic so she prefers not to take anything with sugar or fructose on it.

I also hate sorbitol and other sugar alcohols -and artificial sweeteners- so all that pretty much ruled out all chewable tablets; so I went with the powder.

The first one to try it was my sister, we all came up with a really bad stomach bug probably from the water, she took a little with water and got immediate relief. None of us paid much attention at the time.

Next I had a really bad case of bloating and GERD, took a bit also with water and 10 minutes later I was releasing the gas (sorry) like crazy and felling awesome.

Ever since I've been taking it to diminish the Mastic gum side effects -which have been really bad for me- and it works like a charm.

My mum has been pretty busy to follow a proper protocol that will get her off the PPI, so we don't know if it'll help in her case but she certainly has been taking DGL along with omeprazol and she says it's helping a lot.

Finally I started taking it without water, you are supposed to mix it with saliva so it works properly. At first it's a bit disgusting but you'll soon acquire the taste and won't even notice it anymore.

Forgot to mention; it may be expensive but we are 3 people using it on daily basis at home, it's been a month and we haven't been though 1/10 of the container. A little goes a long way.

I had trouble swallowing for months; it always felt like I had a lump in my throat and swallowing was often painful. I had no other symptoms, so it took quite awhile for my doctor to finally diagnose me with acid reflux. He recommended I take this 3 times a day. After months of trouble swallowing, after just one dose I was finally able to swallow properly. I've been using it for a little over 3 months, and my acid reflux has almost completely disappeared. One container lasts a really long time, after daily use for 3 months I'm still on my first container.

This is the only DGL I could find that didn't have artificial sweeteners or worse, sugar alcohols, which are an absolute no-no for me and most with gastritis or other gastrointestinal disorders. I couldn't believe how many DGL products out there contain Xylitol or Sorbitol, which are FODMAPS! Geez. It defeats the purpose of using DGL. I used a product before this one that I stupidly didn't read the label in advance, and after using it and getting more and more stomach pain I finally realized it contained sorbitol. Tossed it. This brand works well.