Cure for Hiccups........

[Rifleman]

OK , lets hear it.....I have heard a ton of these, and the only one I know of which works, is the one I use......guaranteed !, ...if you do it correctly....

I was taught mine by my Grade 7 Eng teacher in a flash of brilliance for a teacher.........most of them knew nothing at the time, or so we all thought.  ::)

[flyboy 28]

Drink even more so you don't relize you have 'em... Ha Ha Ha.

Rash  ;)

[Scottler]

From my wonderful girlfriend, Sarah.  This works like nothing I've ever tried...

A SPOON FULL OF PEANUT BUTTER!

Not sure why, but it works 100% of the time!

[Sock]

A sure way to cure hiccups is to jam your fist down the infected person's throat and quickly open and close your hand several times.  It relaxes the vega nerve.

Sock  

[Tequila Sunrise]

getting the bejesus scared out of me usually works

[Romulus111VADT]

An oriental method that works on 95% of people is this- standing, lower your chin down to touch your chest. Grit your teeth and breathe in until you can't take in anymore air. Hold it until you cannot hold it any longer and then exhale slowly through your teeth that are still clinched. All this should be done with your chin still on your chest.

Most people can cure them by doing this one time...some take 2 times. I've had this cure hiccups that people have had for days. I've only ever found one person it wouldn't work on.

[Hagar]

It's a long time since I've had hiccups. As I remember, holding my breath usually fixed it. I'm a good underwater swimmer & can hold my breath longer than most people. I do recall one occasion when I had an extremely painful & embarassing attack at a dance. Tried all the usual things with no effect. Luckily a friend who was with me used the Heimlich Manouvre he'd just learned. At this stage it was either kill or cure & I would have tried anything to stop the pain. That fixed it.

[Woodlouse2002]

Drinking from the other side of a glass always works for me.

[Fozzer]

The Heimlich Manouvre...?
That sounds a bit like Sock's method to me... ...!
LOL...!

Cheers all...!
Paul.
(England).

[Hagar]

The Heimlich Manouvre...?
That sounds a bit like Sock's method to me... ...!
LOL...!

Cheers all...!
Paul.
(England).

Sounds frightening doesn't it? LOL
Not quite so risky as Sock's method though. http://www.heimlichinstitute.org/maneuver.html

[Wing Nut]

I think most hiccup cures were invented for the amusement of the patient's friends...

[ozzy72]

I find a good hard blow to the abdomen normally does the trick, e.g. telling Mike Tyson he is soft and he can't hit you v.hard in the belly button hard!

Ozzy

[Hagar]

I find a good hard blow to the abdomen normally does the trick, e.g. telling Mike Tyson he is soft and he can't hit you v.hard in the belly button hard!

Ozzy

Isn't that how Houdini met his end? The guy who punched him wasn't Mike Tyson either.

[Rifleman]

Well, how about a scientific logical approach to a simple problem ?.....here is what I was told, although I don't remember the exact words, it goes like this........

The actual situation which is happening is a stutter in the synchonization of the semi-involuntary rib cage expansion and the inflation of the lungs.......basically they are out of synch.......its a simple matter to put them back on their timing by this method......

Most people, when they fill their lungs, suck in their stomach muscles but the reality is, is that this is backwards......what you need to do it push out your stomach as you breathe in deeply........slowly........then as you exhale, you need to pull in your stomach ......slowly.....

What this does is to re-align the involuntary timing of the entire process, by getting the diaphram ( lower rib cage cover ) to pull down when you breathe in and to rise when you breathe out........its these things (suck in/stomach out...slowly -- blow out/stomach in...slowly)which will, after two to three breaths, begin to go into their own involuntary sync .......

I very rarely hiccup 3 times and never 4 times unless I want to piss off Wendy with the noise. First thing out of her mouth is " Breathe

[Lethal.Ambition]

I hold my breath till i can't anymore. that always does the trick for me. Usually once but sometimes twice.