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Drink Upside Down
Posted by Theo (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) on 06/07/2009
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This simple remedy really worked: I put some water in my mouth, bent over forward with my head pointed to my toes, and then swallowed. After that, my hiccups were instantly gone!
Drink Water With Spoon in It
Posted by Rachel (Baytown, Tx) on 11/22/2009
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Worked like a charm! My 6yr old had hiccups so we first tried holding his breath, nothing, then tried rubbing his right ear lobe, nope, next we tried the glass with spoon and hiccups stopped immediately!! We were both pretty amazed!
Sugar
Posted by Clint (Fort Myers, Fl.) on 09/27/2008
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I found out many years ago that a level teaspoon of sugar with a few drops of water will stop the hiccups right away.
Grapes
Posted by Peggy (Maple-Ridge, BC , Canada) on 11/01/2007
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Hiccups, Whenever I get a case of the hiccups I usually eat grapes! Red, green, black. It works! Just eat three or four grapes, its gotta be something in the skins!
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Anna (Waxahachie, USA) on 10/17/2007
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whenever i have hiccups, i just bend over and drink water, it works every time
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Smiles (Fruitland, U.S) on 07/11/2007
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re: Drinking up-side-down- hiccups -- My brother taught it to me a few years ago. It has never failed me yet. Just get as much water in your mouth as you can, put your head between your knees, and swallow. Every once in a while you'll have to do it two or three times, but it usually works on your first try.
Drink Water Without Breathing
Posted by C (PDL) on 02/11/2007
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The remedy I have used for 20 years: Drink 10 swallows of water straight without breathing. Works every time.
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Luisa (Boca Raton, FL) on 12/02/2006
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Drinking water upside down is the only thing that works for me. It NEVER fails. Just make sure that you bend down at the waist and put your head down, and then drink with the rim of the glass on your upper lip instead of the lower lip, just like the person before me said. I have done this for years and it is the only thing that works. When I tell people to do it they think I am crazy, but when it works they are amazed. :D
Burp
Posted by Chris (St. Louis, MO) on 10/18/2006
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Just force a burp or two. This worked every time for me.
Burp
Posted by Jasmyn (Honolulu, Hawaii, U.s.) on 02/14/2013
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Been doing this all my life! I learnt it in the schoolyard from a classmate! If you can't force a burp, try drinking lots of fizzy drinks.
Burp
Posted by Melissa (Ohio) on 09/14/2017 9 posts
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I just tried this and it worked after the second time...amazing!
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Christina (Silverdale, WA)
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I always try holding my breath first, as that is the easiest, but if that doesn't work, I drink upside down. Bend over at the waist and take a drink of water, putting the rim of the cup on your top lip instead of the bottom one. It is important to swallow while still upside down. This has had and almost 100% success rate for me, although it gets me some strange looks :P
Cause of Hiccups: Phrenic Nerve Chilling
Posted by Jayna D. (California) on 12/09/2023
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Years ago a chiropractor told me that they are caused by the chilling of the phrenic nerve. So, very often I get hiccups after eating something from the fridge or just being in the cold air. I take apple cider capsules daily and they have not prevented them. However, thankfully for me hiccups don't last very long. I'll try the solutions mentioned.
Arms Above Head and Breathe
Posted by Angel S. (US) on 05/26/2020
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Just lift your arms up for 1 minute and breathe deeply ... always works.
Baking Soda
Posted by Kathleen P. (US) on 05/26/2020
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For hiccups: burping, and some baking soda in lukewarm water.
Acupressure
Posted by Art (California) on 05/15/2020 2325 posts
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A friend showed me an easy way to get rid of my hiccups. I take my thumb and index figure so they form a " C ". I take the open part of the C and lightly squeeze on each side of my Adam's apple with those two fingertips and that has always worked for me to get rid of the hiccups! It is convenient because I can do it anywhere and don't need anything other than my hand! Art
Acupressure
Posted by Sassaphras M. (US) on 05/26/2020
I don't have an Adam's apple 🤔
Acupressure
Posted by Robert Viks (US) on 05/26/2020
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Yes you do, it's your “voice box”. Might not be as prominent on some people, but it's there. Do the “C” thing and grasp the front of your neck midway between bottom & top & gently move that back & forth- that's your Adam's apple. If you're still not convinced, say “A-a-ahh” in a low pitch while you've got that in your grasp & you can feel the vibration.
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Teacheroftheyear (Pennsylvania, US) on 11/05/2014
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Contracted a seemingly intractable case of hiccups lasting a few minutes until I tried this remedy. Took a few breaths at first, but didn't hold the final one long enough. Tried the method again, two deep breaths and exhales followed by another deep breath; hold while the diaphragm is inflated. Hold breath until you cannot hold any longer.
A+ Remedy for a quick dispensing of the hiccups.
Tabasco Sauce
Posted by Mama to Many (Tennessee, US) on 11/02/2014
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My 12 year old daughter gets terrible hiccups. I used to get them like that too. (It was especially embarrassing one time when on a tour in a cave. The hiccups echoed!)
Anyway, she has tried many things. Honey often works. Recently we were in the car when she got them. We didn't have water or honey. We did have some groceries, including Tabasco sauce. Seeing how cayenne pepper is good for lots of things, I reasoned that maybe this would help, since it is a hot pepper sauce, though not cayenne. I spoke confidently when I suggested it because there can be a mental aspect to something working! She put a few drops in her mouth and her hiccups stopped.
Tabasco or placebo, I don't know. But she was glad to have them over with.
~Mama to Many~
