2006-10-25 04:23:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
For hiccups, I've always only done one thing, and it's worked perfectly for me:
Fill a normal-sized glass, such as an 8 oz (not a coffee cup or other shorter/smaller one) to at least halfway.
Pull a metal butterknife from your drawers (I've never tried it with plastic or something else... I don't know that it would work).
Put the spreading-end of the butterknife in the glass of water, so that the handle sticks out of the glass by a couple inches or so (the glass can't be too tall, or the knife won't stick out).
Position the glass and knife so that the knife handle presses against your forehead as you drink. Hold the knife in place as you begin to drink the water.
Drink all the water from the glass, not so fast that you choke of course... just a steady rate.
Your hiccups should be totally gone after that.
I've used that method for years, and never failed to eliminate hiccups when I get them. I can't honestly tell you what about it makes it so effective... It could be the metal of the knife as it comes into contact with the magnetic quality of your body, or it could be that you're drinking continuously for a minute, so it helps keep you from breathing (sometimes holding my breath has worked when I don't have a glass and a knife around........but it's not as quick, easy, or even effective)...
Or (and this is the most plausible to me) it could be that by having the knife in the glass, it forces your head back farther as you drink the last remaining gulps of water, and this allows your air passages to open more freely and stay open long enough to know they don't need to cause muscle contractions. I think hiccups happen when you're getting too little air, so by opening the pipes more as you tilt your head back and drink, it just allows a better flow.....
But, this is all just speculation. The only real truth in all this, at least as far as I'm concerned, is that a metal knife in a standard-sized glass is the most effective on-the-spot immediate cure for a bout of hiccups :) Try it next time! Hope it helps.
Good luck!
2006-10-25 11:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Laius Slain! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I swear by a teaspoonful of regular granulated sugar.
take a spoonful of sugar and allow it to melt on your tongue for a minute then swallow-
poof no more hiccups
I have no idea why this works tho-my granny just always used to give us sugar for our hiccups
2006-10-25 11:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Place a paper towel over a glass of water. Then drink the water through the paper towel. Works every time for me.
2006-10-25 11:32:27 · answer #3 · answered by Christina D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hold your breath while you eat a teaspoon of sugar and someone scares you as you drink a glass of water upside down
2006-10-25 11:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have someone hold my ears closed while i drink about 8 - 12 oz of water....hold my breath for a few secs when im done with the water and then let it out slowly....i wont say it will work for you or everyone nor will i say it works everytime but it does for me
2006-10-25 11:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Suck a sugary sweet or let a little sugar dissolve on your tongue.
2006-10-25 11:32:06 · answer #6 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
drink upside-down, works every time.
2006-10-25 11:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by Diadem 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
BOOOOO!!
I hope that this helpped
2006-10-25 11:25:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋