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A 30-year-old male patient presented with acid regurgitation, pain over the retrosternal area, and nauseating feeling after having meals for 10 years (since 2009). His daily activities were getting affected owing to the symptoms he used to get like severe episodes of headache which in turn affected his Quality of Life. His sleep cycle was affected as he used to get up in between sleep due to severe acid regurgitation. He took allopathic medicines and was on antacids. But the patient did not get relief. He then consulted Dr Partap Chauhan for better ayurvedic management. Based on clinical evaluation, the biomedical diagnosis was confirmed as Chronic Hyperacidity and the Ayurvedic diagnosis was Amlapittam (Jirna). The line of treatment followed was basically pacifying all the three dosas. With the initiation of Ayurvedic treatments, patient could taper the dose of regular antacids, and after 1 year he could completely stop the antacids. After 3 years of Ayurvedic treatments, he got complete relief. The last follow up was done after 8 months of stopping all his medicines, and there has been no recurrence. This case report demonstrates the successful ayurvedic management of a chronic case of Amlapitta in a 30 year old male patient who had been suffering from this condition for more than 10 years.