How To Stop Hiccups
Today’s feature is from Growing Happiness with The Best Cure for Hiccups, there’s a twist to this you may not know:
When I was younger my mother told me that the only way to cure hiccups (hiccoughs) is to drink water. I’ve tried this many, many times with inconsistent results.
I’ve also tried many other methods like holding my breath, pulling my ears, pinching my nose, drinking honey and getting tickled (made me feel worse). That was until B told me that the cure does indeed lie in drinking water but not just any water, it has to be warm.
Aha! Warm water is the trick…visit the page for details why it works. I was taught to drink water or hold my breath and both had inconsistent results. Thankfully, I rarely get hiccups ;).
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21 Apr 2008 at 8:37 pm
We always drink water AND hold our breath. Sometimes, one alone is enough, but both together works every time. (Take a deep breath, then take lots of tiny sips of the water, as many as you can before running out of air; it never fails us.)
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22 Apr 2008 at 6:26 am
Growing up, my mother always gave us a spoonful of sugar when we had hiccups that wouldn’t go away. (Mary Poppins references come to mind) You let the sugar dissolve on your tongue before swallowing it, and I’ve never had it fail me.
22 Apr 2008 at 8:18 am
I have gotten hiccups frequently my whole life. They’re usually extremely strong and no matter how tightly I clench my teeth, they usually blast my mouth open. I’ve tried everything - water, paper bags, people scaring me, deep breathing while doing a head stand, etc. For the past couple years the only thing that has worked is if someone calls and I start talking on the phone, or if I phone someone. It must have something to do with breathing differently. However, one time it didn’t work and my husband [at work] put me on the speaker phone!
22 Apr 2008 at 9:33 am
When I was a kid, riding in the old station wagon with my three siblings and parents, I would sometimes get the hiccups which would be so entertaining to the kids and annoying to the folks. To keep the kids giggling, I would TRY to hiccup and the minute I would try to hiccup (for more laughs), I would just stop. Now if someone has the hiccups, I just tell them to try to hiccup and they stop. Really.
22 Apr 2008 at 5:29 pm
I think this is great. But what I try is I take a gulp of water, go into a headstand and hold my breath while drinking upside-down. This is great for someone whos a gymnast like me, but the tip here is obviously a lot better.
25 Apr 2008 at 8:01 pm
The goal is to stimulate nerves of the throat. That is why drinking water or eating sugar works sometimes. Try massaging earlobes, as the nerves supplying sensation there are related to those of the throat.
27 Apr 2008 at 10:43 am
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28 Apr 2008 at 1:40 pm
Holding your breath while drinking water has always worked for me when I have really bad hiccups. How do I know when I’ve had enough water? I either can’t hold my breath any longer or I’ve chugged down seven big gulps… whichever comes first.
There’s an old Cuban wives tale for babies with hiccups. Put blob of wet thread on the baby’s forehead and the hiccups go away. I’ve had a fifty percent success rate with that one… but then babies usually stop without intervention.
02 May 2008 at 12:14 am
The only thing that has ever worked for me is drinking water upside down. Meaning, put your mouth on the wrong side of the glass and lean forward and drink. Sometimes I have to do it two or three times, but it always works.
05 May 2008 at 7:51 am
This was taught to me by a six-year-old, and has never failed me, or anyone else I’ve ever shown.
Take a deep breath and bend over sharply, while continuing to hold your breath. Hold it as long as you can, let it out, and take another deep breath. By the time you let that one out, the hiccups are gone. The only drawback is that when attempted in public, people nearby tend to think that you’re about to faint or throw-up!
10 May 2008 at 6:21 am
I use a hiccup cure that someone gave me several years ago. Just get a teaspoon and dig it into the peanut better jar. Now eat it off the spoon and let it linger in your mouth a few seconds then swallow. Works for me.
14 May 2008 at 10:38 pm
A teaspoon of vinegar works every time!
15 May 2008 at 2:06 pm
I can’t cure my own hiccups but I have had great success for 30 years “buying” other people’s hiccups. I offer them a quarter or something and remind them that, if they agree to sell their hiccups to me, they can’t take them back. Usually, by the time I place the coin in their hand, the hiccups have gone. It even works when I take the coin back a minute later. I’ve had it fail once in 30 years.
29 May 2008 at 12:10 am
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29 May 2008 at 8:33 am
OMJ Why did no one suggest peanut butter? 1 TSP of peanut butter works EVERY time. Eat the whole TSP at once.
29 May 2008 at 6:15 pm
Peanut butter is the best remedy for hiccups. My husband and I both have them and it does work for us. Just take a teaspoon of peanut butter and eat it and it will help. I have also heard sugar or candy with sugar does the trick as well.
19 Jun 2008 at 12:45 pm
I must say that the warm water bit works like a charm! My best friend, K complained that he was having hiccups that just wouldn’t go away. He even added that the constant hiccups were causing his chest to hurt. Initially, I was making fun of him and thought of suggesting the warm water but I didn’t. I then decided to check for some home remedies via Google. Eureka! I found the warm water solution. I was so amazed, so I quickly told him about it. Believe it or not, he said that his hiccups had completely gone - within seconds - after drinking the warm water. Once again, water has proven to be a life-saver. Thank you TipNut!!!
06 Jul 2008 at 11:56 am
When my family gets hiccups we get a glass of water and put a napkin over it and drink all of the water in the cup through the napkin. It works everytime for us