Any home cures for hiccups and/or motion sickness?

Question

I have the hiccups... and i am going on a 7 hour plane flight soon and get fairly air sick. I want to know if you have any cures for either??

Answer 1

Crest toothpaste, the red stuff. Put a little on your pinkie fingernail and swallow it. Your hick-ups should be gone almost immediately. And a for the motion sickness, crackers work wonders.

COUNTING? If you have a long flight, you'll reach a million before you land. I don't think that's a good idea. Look out the window and watch every move the plane makes. Motion sickness occurs when things are moving around you and you are disconnected from the action. Back seat riding causes sickness because your view is greatly restricted. Realize that when the plane goes into a turn that one side dips down while the other side rises. If your brain is in contact with the sensations you're feeling then you won't get sick. All senses have to be in sync. If you're turning left but you feel like your turning right while your eyes tell you something confusing, the brain takes it out on the stomach.

Have a safe and good trip.

Answer 2

There's many types of medicines to help with the motion sickness over the counter.

For the hiccups, there is a very simple cure. If you have someone to help you, that is easiest. Get a large glass of water. Have someone stand behind you and plug your ears, while you drink the entire glass of water. It works!
If you are alone, you'll need a straw to drink the water while you plug your own ears.

Sounds strange, I know. But it has worked for everyone I've known. Hiccups occur from some type of air pockets and I've been told the ear plugging and water gets rid of those air bubbles. Either way, it works!

Hope this helps and good luck!

Answer 3

Hiccups - firmly press the heel of your hand to your forehead just above your eyebrows. and hold there for 30-60 seconds.

Or

Make a fist and then extend the index finger on each hand. Point the fingers towards each other and slowly move them closer and closer together. Once they're so close they're just about touching, hold them there. Focus on keeping them as close together as possible without them touching.

Motion sickness - ginger, or ginger ale, will help settle your stomach. Try to focus on one point and not look around too much. Or keep your eyes closed as much as possible. Focus on your breathing. Count to yourself BUT skip every third number (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, etc) You'll be focusing so much on counting properly that you won't even notice you're sick.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Don't know about the motion sickness, but for hiccups, you can take a DEEP breath and hold it in, and count to 10 slowly.

I get hiccups everytime I get drunk and this method always gets rid of them.

Answer 5

I use Dramamine for the sickness, but if you are pregnant you cant use that. There is really no cure for hiccups. Some people get them for years and nothing works.

Answer 6

Hiccup Cure:
Put a spoonful of sugar under your tongue for a few seconds, and it stops instantly.

Answer 7

concentration on the horizon or on a miles off, table sure merchandise. do no longer study. shop your head nonetheless, jointly as resting against a seat back. do no longer smoke or sit down close to human beings who smoke. stay away from particularly spiced and greasy ingredients and alcohol. do no longer overeat. Take an over the counter antihistamine, alongside with meclizine (Antivert, Bonine), or one containing dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) a minimum of 30 to 60 minutes in the previous you return and forth. assume drowsiness as a facet result. evaluate scopolamine (Transderm Scop), obtainable in a prescription adhesive patch. countless hours in the previous you plan to return and forth, word the patch at the back of your ear for 72-hour risk-free practices. communicate on your health care professional in the previous using the medicine in case you have wellbeing issues, alongside with bronchial asthma, glaucoma or urine retention. eat dry crackers or drink a carbonated beverage to help settle your abdomen in case you exchange into ill.

Answer 8

Motion Sickness: take a pill for motion sickness, fall asleep most of the way, dont look out the windows of the plane.
Hiccups: Drink water up-side-down.

Answer 9

for motion sickness i take2 ginger capsules before flying and travel ling in a car and it works you can buy them at any health shop

Answer 10

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