Thread: Hic-cups! What's your cure?

Most of us get them from time to time. Cures range all over the place. What's yours?

Swallow a Teaspoon of granulated sugar

A couple of hits of high grade pot used to work everytime.

Sounds crazy, but it works most every time.

Have someone cover your ears (the one with hic-cups) firmly with both hands, compressing the ears, and then the drink and an 8 oz glass of water in one go.

For some reason, it causes a decompression and usually works, might be a "wives tale" but those old tales sometimes have some wisdom...or not??

I usually take a big drink of 100% lemon juice and if that doesn't work I'll do it again. Even with the worst case of hic-cups have only had to take a total of 3 drinks. I think what works is the shivering you do when taking a drink shakes them out of you.

So far as I can tell, the majority of "remedies" have something to do with forced control of breathing. I'm guessing these tend to work because they cause you to focus on fighting the spasms of the muscles. Seems that it's the fighting the spasms that matters, not how you fight them.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Sounds crazy, but it works most every time.

Have someone cover your ears (the one with hic-cups) firmly with both hands, compressing the ears, and then the drink and an 8 oz glass of water in one

I learned a similar method as a kid except you put your fingers in your ears and have someone else hold the glass while pinching your nostrils shut.

Any distraction that helps you control the muscle involved will work. I have never hiccuped more than twice since I learned this.

I told my wife once ( just invented it) " put your thumb in your mouth and pretend you blowing up a balloon till your face turns red. Worked for several months. One day she was telling a friend to do it and I started laughing. Admitted I made it up and it never worked for her again.

Like a lot of things people have yet to discover, You can use your mind a lot more than you think. It just takes practice and the faith that you can do it.

Now excuse me , I have to go move some mountains

Originally Posted by lz6

A couple of hits of high grade pot used to work everytime.

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will they write a prescription for it,,,,,,,,

This sounds disgusting, but what actually helps me is to belch. Normally my hic-ups come from an air bubble stuck between my stomach and throat