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| How to Cure Hiccups |
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| By peter hutch |
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A hiccup is a muscle spasm of the diaphram muscle, which seperates the lungs from your stomach. The muscle goes into a spasm and forces the air out of the lungs, creating a hiccup. The best way to stop the spasm is to totally relax your body. Take a deep inhale, hold it for a few seconds and blow out slowly. Ideally, if you can have someone stand behind you, placing their hands on your midsection and hold down the muscle while you do this, it works a lot faster. If the first time it doesn't work, try again.
The beauty of this method is that it requires no gadgets, cups of water, or anything other than breathing correctly. Nor does it require heavy breathing. On the contrary. It works by removing the irritating gap between the inspiration and the expiration, thus creating a continuous flow of slow-moving breath. Imagine breathing in a figure eight. As the out-breath reaches the end, slow the breath and twist it around so that it becomes the in-breath. Then simply create a figure eight of continuous breath. The hiccups will subside almost immediately. It usually works within 10 cycles. Most of the time less.
Curing minor cases of hiccups is generally about getting your diaphragm to relax and stop spasming, so try this method first. Take a deep breath, as deep as you possibly can, even deeper, and then take in a few more sips of air and slowly exhale. Blow out all of the air you possibly can, being very diligent about this. Keep blowing out until you simply have no more air to exhale, then slowly inhale once again. Repeat this procedure for five full breaths, and don't let any hiccups that hit you throw off your breathing.
Drink only in moderation. Like spices, alcoholic beverages can cause a simultaneous irritation of the esophagus and the stomach. And over time, excessive drinking can damage the lining of the food pipe. Parties, like the kind some college students attend, where people are sometimes dared to consume a lot of alcohol as quickly as possible, can lead to acute ingestion. The digestive system not only becomes irritated by the alcohol, but big gulps of it cause the esophagus to expand rapidly, resulting in hiccups.
Play "hear no evil." Some doctors recommend that you put your fingers in your ears to stop hiccups. The branches of the vagus nerve also reach into the auditory system, and by stimulating the nerve endings there, the vagus nerve goes into action. But be gentle, and don't stick your fingers too far into your ears.
Using your thumb, apply gentle pressure to the space between your teeth and upper lip. Using the index finger of the same hand, apply pressure just below the right nostril on the outside of the lip.
Have someone scare you. This may increase the levels of carbon dioxide in the bloodstream. Blow into a paper bag. Same reasoning as in number 1. Swallowing a teaspoon of sugar or honey. Yank forcefully on the tongue. |
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