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Drink Water Without Breathing
Posted by Dion246 (Central, Sc) on 10/18/2011
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While holding your breath, take a drink of any beverage. Soda or sweet tea works great, but I don't think it matters about the beverage. Usually one sip is all it takes.
Bitters on a Lime
Posted by Oak_84 (Chicago, Illinois) on 08/13/2011
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Bitters on a lime!!!!
A very old "Bar" trick that works wonders every time!!! I've been plagued with hiccups for decades and it seems that this old fashioned remedy is just about the only thing that works for me!! Give it a try sometime... You will not be dissappointed!!
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Patricia (Miami, Fl) on 06/19/2011
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Yes! 1 tbsp ACV straight just got rid of my hiccups. Thank you!
Lemon
Posted by Francisca (Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France) on 05/19/2011
Someone was suggesting a way to stop hiccups here a while ago. Here is another remedy, not that I have tried it yet as I seldom get hiccups but maybe somone can try it and tell me whether it works (I will do the same if in the meanwhile I do get hiccups): Put 1 drop of lemon essential oil on the tongue, it even works for babies although they might not like the taste, my book says.....
Tilt Head Backwards and Breathe Deeply
Posted by Francisca (Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France) on 05/08/2011
Interesting... My husband drinks water from the wrong side of the glass, so in fact he is doing exactly the same thing, lowering his head as far as he can to be able to drink from the other side. Now I know, next time one of us has the hicups we will try without the glass, much easier.
Inhale While Arching Your Back
Posted by Wei (Spring Hill, Fl, Usa) on 05/07/2011
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Inhale Then Exhale: Inhale at a moderate and comfortable speed while arching your back and puffing out your chest until you cannot breathe in any more air, and then exhale also at a moderate and comfortable speed. Repeat if hiccupping continues.
Tilt Head Backwards and Breathe Deeply
Posted by Kevin (Varna, Bulgaria) on 05/07/2011
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Hi! I would like to share with you something very important about hiccups elemination. Everybody please rest assured. Hiccups are curable. 100%. In a matter of seconds. Sounds unbelievable, but is true. Everybody say good-bye to any hiccups sufferings, or mere annoyance from ordinary hiccuping. You will be free to do anything you want, the way you want, enjoy eating your food any way - too fast, or too much, or fat and spicy, enjoy anything in life, that might trigger hiccuping, and in case you are bothered by hiccups, you will just laugh at them. Because I got the UNHICCUPER, or the HICCUPS BUSTER, that gets you rid of hiccups in just 15 seconds, every time without fail. This dream cure is the only working one on the planet and will get the world rid of hiccups once and for all. There will be no more uncontrollable, or unstoppable hiccups. Them hiccups will become history. Everybody will know how to get rid of hiccups and will forget, that hiccuping ever was a problem. Many factors cause hiccups, but finally all of them result in spasms of the diaphragm. The main effect of the unhiccuper is in getting your diaphragm rid of spasms. You can do it everywhere in case you start hiccuping. It is very easy and 100% safe and effective.
Here is what to do:
Either standing or sitting in a chair, lean your head backwards as much as you can, to the maximum. Breathe normally. Count up to 15. Slowly bring your head back to normal position. The hiccups are gone (for a long time).
Apple Cider Vinegar and Sugar
Posted by Frances (Gcs, Fl ) on 05/06/2011
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1 Tbsp ACV saturated with sugar stopped the hiccups. Tried other remedies and nothing worked but this.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Melinda (Perth, Australia) on 03/28/2011
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An instant cure for hiccups - 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar :)
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Kaitlin Rose (Dillon, Co) on 01/03/2011
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I have to say, Apple Cider vinegar works really well for hiccups. Filled a shot glass half full with raw Apple Cider Vinegar and shot it down. Worked instantly
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Sandy (Eastern Shore, Virginia) on 08/14/2010
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Right before my very eyes this stopped my husband's torturous hiccups instantly! (2+1 breathe and hold) This is his second round of cisplatin. First time he had a few hiccups everyday and they went away. Last night he had them for well over an hour to no avail. Thank you so very much.
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Aria (Port Huron, Mi, Us) on 07/14/2010
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I too have been drinking water upside down for hiccups since I was 14. It works every time. . . Just remember not to breathe through your nose while bent over with water in your mouth! I have learned that from experience :).
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Isabelle (Garden Grove, Ca Usa) on 07/14/2010
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Yea! Hello everybody from our wonderful earth clinic community! It seem to be that the action of swallowing while the diaphragm is compressed and not moving with our breathing stop hiccup after 2 to 5 swallows. Even when I don't have water handy , I just take a deep breath block it , bend and swallow a bit of saliva a few time without breathing and the diaphragm go back to behave normally: no more hiccup! Peace!
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Louise (Kansas City, Missouri Usa) on 07/13/2010
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I learned this trick when I was 14. I suffer from very frequent and VERY painful hiccups. I just fill my mouth with as much water as it will hold, bend completely over at the waist, and then swallow. Usually I have to do this 3 or 4 times right in a row but it always works! ! !
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Kj (Virginia, USA) on 06/14/2010
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I had to respond and agree with this post! I tried this, and after having the hiccups 5 times today, they were gone instantly - if only I knew this trick earlier haha! Thanks so much!!
Drink Water Without Breathing
Posted by Javagenie (Central, Vermont) on 05/08/2010
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This is by far the most affective way to get rid of hiccups. I tell my friends to do this all the time. It has never failed. They are always amazed at how well it works. However, I tell them to take individual sips for as long as they can hold their breath... but at least a minimum of 10 sips of water. Swallow each time.... don't guzzle it. I've been able to stop my own hiccups without water by just holding my breath and swallowing.
Another good thing to add into the remedy is staring. I tell them to concentrate on a single spot in front of them and don't take their eyes off of it. You have to try it... all of the other remedies work sometimes. This one works everytime!
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Bryan (Port Vue, Pa) on 05/08/2010
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it doesnt matter how you get the liquid in your mouth.
just get a mouthfull of any drink. look down almost like your trying to turn your head upside down.
it will feel like the liquid is gooing to flow into the nasal pasage.
then.....swallow!!!
hiccups are gone!!! everytime!!!
Sugar
Posted by Arleen (Sackville, Ns, Canada) on 03/17/2010
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I just came on to post this remedy. altho mine is slightly different. when i had bad hiccups in my young teens, for some reason, i grabbed the brown sugar and a glass of boiling water. i musta added 2 good heaping tablespoons. after a few sips, the hiccups were gone. i did this alot in my younger years, but as i got older, either i had no access to brown sugar, or didn't bother as they did go away on their own. but today was wicked. they were bad. so i tried the brown sugar/boiling water again, and it wasn't as effective. the only thing i could figure was, i only used a small amt of sugar. i developed an intolerance to sugar, and very wary of it. it did subside and eventually go away, but not as quick as in my younger days.
years ago i also tried it with white sugar, and it worked, just not as well as brown.
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Jopa (Paradise, California) on 01/14/2010
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My girlfriends son has had chronic hiccups since before birth. He gets them at least once a week. Often a bout of laughter triggering an episode. This helped immediately.
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Nina (Sofia, Bulgaria) on 12/27/2009
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hiccups
holding breath, pinching the nose and swallowing and breathing in more and swallowing again a few times.
Worked 1st time.
Peanut Butter
Posted by Amanda (Davenport, Iowa, United States) on 12/16/2009
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Yes peanut butter works great to get rid of hiccups just eat a big spoon of peanut butter and ur hiccups will be 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!
