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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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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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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.
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!
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.
You are a savior. You may have solved the mystery of a lifetime. As soon as i tried to hiccup on purpose and began to concentrate, they stopped immediately. You have to spread the word. The world must know. You don’t know how much I appreciate that tip. God bless you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
A teaspoon of vinegar works every time!
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.
OMJ Why did no one suggest peanut butter? 1 TSP of peanut butter works EVERY time. Eat the whole TSP at once.
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.
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!!!
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
Amazing,warm water actually worked. I was suffering from hiccups, tried holding my breath and drinking sips of water, the usual, but never worked, i then googled and found this article, after taking a few sips of warm water, i was gone. Im still amazed. I want hiccups again so that i can try this one more time, thanks
Peanut butter works awesome! A teaspoon of peanut butter and bye bye hiccups.
i find that it just requires concentration, hence all the eating, drinking or breath holding. if you take a mouthful of water and hold it in your mouth and hold your breath, it forces you to concentrate and hiccups are gone!!
Drink a half glass of water, then tilt the head up towards the ceiling (or towards the sky… if you’re outside) with your mouth open and stop breathing for about 10 seconds (with your mouth still open). This definitely works and will get rid of your hiccups (trust me, I’ve been using this technique since I was a child and it works everytime).
The best thing I have found is to ask the hiccup-ee what they had for dinner the night before, then the previous night, etc. Not sure why it works, but if you are somewhere where there is no water, peanut butter etc. to be found (think road trip)it is worth a try! Best thing is it’s free!