I've heard the myths about holding your breath or drinking a glass of water - never worked for me. Is there a voluntary muscle you can excersize to calm hiccups?
2007-02-16 04:08:31 · 23 answers · asked by a_watched_pot_boils 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
suck on a lemon wedge or pour a spoonful of sugar down your throat... the sugar used to work for me, now the lemon does the trick!
2007-02-16 04:11:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure about all the other remdies, but I have suffered horrible hiccups that lasted an hour. I know that the only thing that have ever helped me with taking in deep long breathes or becomeing frightened. I don't mean that someone yelled "Boo!" but I made myself worry over something. That was how I got rid of the one that lasted an hour. I have tried the water, holding breath, bending over with and without water and nothing worked but the two. But the problem is that they are that instant.
2007-02-16 12:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by just*me 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if there is a muscle which you exercise to get rid of the hiccups, but here is a quick cure to get them to stop. Take one teaspoon of applecider vinegar. Then you can drink some water to wash it down. I do this for my daughter (been doing it for 4 years) and it works everytime.
2007-02-16 12:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by M.S. Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holding my breath works really good for me. You might be doing it wrong, when you hold your breath hold a lot of pressure around your lungs.. so that you wont hiccup even when holding your breath. Dont breathe out of your nose while doing this.. wait as long as you can without breathing and it should go away. Just try it again. You have nothing to loose.
2007-02-16 12:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by Grace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why it works but it does for me.
When I get the hiccups I get a glass of water and put a paper towel over it and drink through the paper towel. I guess it acts as a filter and your not swallowing any air? I don' know
2007-02-16 16:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They just showed this girl on the news who has been hiccupping non-stop for 3 weeks. Although she wasn't hiccupping while she was speaking to the interviewer. But started right back up after talking.
2007-02-16 14:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by jaypea40 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the best and fastest cure I know...take a straw and hold it in your mouth length wise. So that it sticks out from either side of your mouth, not like you would drink with it. Then while holding the straw with your tongue against your bottom teeth, take a sip to drink. It doesn't matter what you drink. You may dribble a little but it works everytime.
2007-02-16 12:12:51 · answer #7 · answered by evilcharm1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is going to sound crazy. Get a glass of water and a paper towel. Put the paper towel over the glass. Drink the water THROUGH the paper towel. Works every time for me!
2007-02-16 12:13:18 · answer #8 · answered by Small Town Gal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what muscle you could use but a teaspoon of sugar works for me ever time. I get the hiccups a lot.
2007-02-16 12:12:11 · answer #9 · answered by Michael S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of a real cure for hiccups. I just try to focus on something else and they go away. None of those myths have ever worked for me.
2007-02-16 12:12:25 · answer #10 · answered by Hey you! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My grandmother always told me to drink a glass of sugar water... and lay flat on my back ( on the floor) and put my arms straight up.. pointing towards the ceiling. It triggers something in the stomache.
2007-02-19 21:37:52 · answer #11 · answered by Val 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋