They just hit you anytime, anywhere and it may be embarrassing in certain situations. These spasms of your diaphragm muscle are not harmful, but until you find a hiccups cure, they can drive you nuts. If you have tried all your grandma’s tips and what not but are still desperate to know how to stop them, try these 8 tricks.
Swallow something sweet or something sour
A spoonful of sugar is a popular hiccups cure because its graininess could slightly irritate the oesophagus, causing the phrenic nerves to "reset" themselves, although there is no proof of this.You may also take a teaspoonful of vinegar as its sour taste could stop a hiccup in its tracks.
Have some peanut butter
Eating a big spoonful of peanut butter is another classic hiccups cure. In the process of chewing and getting it off your tongue and teeth, your swallowing and breathing patterns are interrupted. And hence, the hiccups will be history.
Sip some hot sauce
This probably works because the heat and burn are distracting enough to turn your body's focus on the burn, instead of the hiccup process.
Enjoy a little honey
Put 1 teaspoon of honey, stirred in warm water, on the back of your tongue, and swallow it. Honey could potentially tickle the vagus nerve to make the hiccups stop. Bonus: Honey is also a known infection fighter and cough soother.
Yummy chocolate remedy
Eat some powdered chocolate drink mix right off the spoon. Swallowing the spoonful is not easy and should cure the hiccups.
Brown bag them
Breathe slowly and deeply into a small paper bag. This increases the carbon dioxide level in the blood and makes the diaphragm contract more deeply to bring in more oxygen, which may stop the hiccup spasms.
Caution: Stop if you feel light-headed.
Chew up some dill
You can slowly chew a teaspoon of dill seeds. This traditional cure may work because swallowing the seeds stimulates the vagus nerve to make the hiccups stop.
Try the paper towel trick
Place a single layer of paper towel over the top of a glass, then drink through the towel. You'll have to "pull" harder with your diaphragm to suck up the water, and concentrated gulping counteracts spasmodic muscle movements of hiccups.
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