Read on for a surefire remedy for getting rid of hiccups that can strike a person anytime, anywhere!
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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No more hiccups
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!
hiccups
i find if i just control my breathing with slow moderate deep breaths works for me...
Cure for Hiccups
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.
Cure for hiccups
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.
Hiccups
I found years ago that you can stop the diaphragm spasm by simply sipping water but it’s all about the timing! Raise a glass of water to your mouth and without removing it inhale normally, sip, exhale, sip, inhale, sip and repeat until you feel the tightness go away. Do it slow and methodical so as not to let a hiccup sneak through ! I find It may take a couple of try’s and about 10 swallows before you get it right but it has even worked for my grandkids!
cure for hiccups
Green olives will cure them every time for me. I usually take 2 or 3, and hiccups are gone instantly. I suspect it has something to do with the salt content, but I don't really know for sure. I only know it never has failed for me.
A spoon full of sugar . . .
. . . is the only thing that will get rid of my hiccups! How nice to see this remedy vindicated, as most people look at like I'm crazy when I suggest it.
Hiccups cure
Pressing on your closed eyelids gives almost immediate relief! I walked into a small bookstore one day and the clerk had loud hiccups that had been driving her crazy for an hour. I told her to press her eyelids and went about my shopping. I realized when I went back to the counter, she hadn’t had a single hiccup after she did that. I experience the same thing every time.
Hiccups
As a teacher when a child comes to me asking to go get a drink for hiccups Ijust keep looking into their eyes, not answering. After a short staring session, the hiccups usually disappear and the mystified child walks away and gets back to work.
Cure for hiccups.
The solution already mentioned of drinking water out of the wrong side of a glass works every time.
Ginger Ale
I have found that drinking a few ounces of cold ginger ale works almost immediately. Don't gulp it or sip it, just drink it like you normally would.
Alleviating hiccups without contortions
I have always just taken a very large breath and held it for 10-15 seconds. Might have to repeat 2-3 times but it is important to stretch out those diaphragm muscles to stop the spasms.
Hiccups
Next time someone near gets the hiccups, ask 'what did you have for dinner last night'.
The simple task of having to think about the question stops the hiccups. Strange, I know, but I swear by it. Try it, see for yourself. I have even got rid of my own hiccups by asking myself outloud the question, but do admit that I have to ask myself more than once. It is not so much that question has to be asked, but any question will work , but the person must have to think of the answer. No easy questions.
How I get rid of hiccups
What works to get rid of hiccups in a matter of seconds for me is taking a chewable anti-acid. I usually keep the AlkaSeltzer ones on hand and they work great.
hicchup remedy
plug your ears while drinking liquid and keep them plugged and hold your breath till you burp
Stop hiccups using home remedies
Nice blog! Swishing mixture of Yogurt & Salt in your mouth is the best home remedies for hiccups.
Sipping citrus juice or
Sipping citrus juice or sucking on a slice of lemon or lime. -- Always works for me. Drinking water from the opposite of the glass while leaning forward also words.
Hiccups
If someone has the hiccups just walk up to them and ask them to hold their hands out palms up. Look at their face as you hold their hands while you gently rub your thumbs across their palms. This works every time.
Hiccup cure
This method has always worked for me. Put a pencil in your mouth and drink a full glass of water. This method changes your breathing pattern, which stops your hiccups. It's always a winning cure for the hiccups in my book.
How to stop hiccups
Simply drink a few sips of water out of the "wrong" side of a glass...in other words lean forward and do it the difficult way. It works for me every time, especially if I don't have an audience. By the way, don't tell a child to do this. Children take everything too literally and are very likely to look at you as if you were mad and then just turn the glass around!
Drink from wrong side of glass
I use the same method and it works every time. Crazy but effective.
How to stop hiccups
Pant like a dog - I didn't believe it when I heard it but it really does work!
Hiccup cure
Ask the hiccuper what he/she had for lunch yesterday. The surprise at your question, and subsequent concentration, usually causes the hiccups to cease. And "I don't remember." isn't an acceptable answer.
Hiccups
I made a comment before reading the comments. This method works every time. Right on.
Stand on your head & garggle
Stand on your head & garggle peanut butter, * eat bark off a tree nearest the busy highway * do the hokey pokey on roller skates twice spin around once * wear blue on fridays * say fly away bird fly away crow go down south where warm winds blow * If you try these on your own choice they will either cure or kill ya good luck
Hiccups
My cure is to have my students put their pencil or pen between their teeth and walk to get a drink. Their hiccups are usually gone before they get to the drinking fountain. I don't know if it is that they change their breathing pattern or are more relaxed. It has also worked for me at my home.
Shedding hiccups
Fill a glass with water and then cover the top with a paper towel. Exhale and then drink the water through the paper towel. That should take care of those hiccups.
Shedding hiccups
Fill a glass with water and then cover the top with a paper towel. Exhale and then the water through the paper towel. That should take care of those hiccups.