Read on for a surefire remedy for getting rid of hiccups that can strike a person anytime, anywhere!
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It’s hard to forget the embarrassment of being attacked by hiccups in a library.
From that moment, I vowed to share my no-fail, portable hiccup antidote with everyone I met.
Best Cure for Hiccups
Some hiccups just can’t be stopped by breathing into a paper bag, drinking water fast while holding your nose, or having someone suddenly scare you.
Fortunately, you can find the ultimate cure for hiccups in a simple bowl of sugar. This remedy has always won many anti-hiccup battles with immediate results:
- Use your tongue to massage about a teaspoonful of sugar across the roof of your mouth for several seconds (the sugar will start melting). In a moment you’ll have relief from your hiccups. Repeat just once if necessary.
Another nice thing about this cure aside from how quickly it works is that it’s portable. You can carry a small, inexpensive packet of sugar almost anywhere to treat hiccups.
Other Cures
If you’d rather avoid sugar, here are some other options folks have suggested:
- Massage ice cubes against the roof of your mouth.
- Eat a spoonful of peanut butter.
- Breathe deeply into a small pillow filled with fragrant pine needles and think peaceful thoughts.
- Rub one earlobe between your thumb and forefinger.
- Bite your thumbs and then blow on them.
- Swallow a spoonful of vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, or something spicy hot.
Do you know of another reliable cure for the hiccups? Please share it below!
What Causes Hiccups
Hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm that can be brought on by gulping down your food or carbonated beverages, eating or drinking too much or too quickly, or experiencing strong emotions.
(Usually, hiccups last only a few minutes. If they last for days, see your doctor.)
Although hiccups tend to make a person more tense, it’s really important to try to calm yourself to help them go away. Visualizing the most tranquil place you know of or somewhere from your childhood may help you to relax. Our thoughts often have a powerful effect on our bodies.
Combining the healing power of your mind with your hiccup cure of choice, you can rejoice with, “H’up h’up away… hip hip hooray!”
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I usually hold the person's ears shut and have them drink a glass of water. Works everytime.
Or if I'm alone, drink water through a straw while holding my ears shut.
As a teacher, sometimes my students would get hiccups. I would always tell them that if they hiccupped one more time, I'd tell them a story. They never got to hear that story!!! They would even try calling me when they weren't at school because they had the hiccups! The story always chased the hiccups away!
i find if i just control my breathing with slow moderate deep breaths works for me...
Try Cinnamon. Just place a tiny pinch of cinnamon powder under your tongue. Cinnamon is an anti-spasmodic, in other words, it relaxes the muscle -- in this case, the diaphragm.
I have always gotten hiccups that last and last. I tried every remedy I could to no avail, until I was told to put my first two fingers over my pulse at the wrist and breathe in time with it. It works every time and I no longer get the hiccups for hours and hours.
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