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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
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 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! ! !
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!
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!
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Theo (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) on 11/20/2009
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I've discovered this also works for hiccups:
1. Sit down on ground.
2. Put your head between your knees.
3. Hold breath for as long as you can.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Dawna (Trevor, Wi) on 08/27/2009
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A small spoonful of ACV cures hiccups instantly every time!
Vinegar
Posted by Lucky (Winnipeg, Manitoba) on 06/29/2009
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growing up my parents would always give us sugar and vinegar (the vinegar gets rid of the hiccups, and the sugar makes it taste better). all you have to do is get a teaspoon of sugar, pour enough vinegar on top to make the sugar wet, and as soon as you get it down the hiccups are gone
Orange
Posted by Ken (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) on 05/15/2009
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This remedy worked for me all i did was eat an orange it surely took care of my excessive hiccups
Drink Water With Spoon in It
Posted by Jerry (Albany, New York) on 10/23/2008
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Hi, Jerry from Albany Ny again..I just wrote to you about my hemorrhoids problem and hopefully you'll email me back with your suggestions. However, I just remembered a cure for Hiccups that an old time waitress gave my friend and I after we were out drinking and stopped for breakfast.
She told my friend (who was hicupping for about half-hr. that she would be right back..She came back with a "Glass" not plastic of water with a spoon in it..She told him to drink the water but you must let the spoon constantly touch your cheek..
Believe it or not, when he finished drinking the glass of water his hiccups stopped and never came back..
I thoght it was just luck, but several wks later at my sister's house she got the hiccups and I told her to do the same and she did and yep, they went away again...Fate, luck or whatever...
I would pass it on...
thanks...
Jerry..
Tums
Posted by Joan (Clifton, NJ USA) on 10/22/2008
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I had a bad case of hiccups and a co-worker recommended I take a TUMS. Within 5 minutes the hiccups were gone!
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.
Acupressure
Posted by Ginger (Youngstown, Ohio) on 09/25/2008
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Rub your right earlobe between your thumb and forefinger as soon as hiccups begin. This has worked for myself, my son, and a variety of others I have told.
