[YEA]  09/10/2012: Lisa from Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa: "My 13 yr old daughter was having trouble with hiccups all day long. Finally, we went on EC and found peanut butter. We only had almond butter so used that instead and within minutes the hiccups stopped! And she was relieved- amazing!"

[YEA]  06/19/2011: Patricia from Miami, Fl: "Yes! 1 tbsp ACV straight just got rid of my hiccups. Thank you!"

08/13/2011: Oak_84 from Chicago, Illinois replies: "Bitters on a lime!!!!

A very old "Bar" trick that works wonders every time!!! I've been plagued with hiccups for decades and it seems that this old fashioned remedy is just about the only thing that works for me!! Give it a try sometime... You will not be dissappointed!!"

05/13/2012: Esmith from Washington, Dc replies: "To stop my hiccups, I took Baclofen 10mg and they stopped immediately. Last Tuesday, after lunch, I started hiccuping about every 5 seconds. It stopped for about an hour, then got going again. This lasted until Thursday around 6pm when my doctor prescribed Baclofen 10mg and, after taking only one pill, the hiccups immediately stopped. I realize this might not work for everyone, but I am very grateful it stopped mine. Hope this helps someone else."

[YEA]  05/06/2011: Frances from Gcs, Fl : "1 Tbsp ACV saturated with sugar stopped the hiccups. Tried other remedies and nothing worked but this."

[YEA]  10/18/2006: Chris from St. Louis, MO: "Just force a burp or two. This worked every time for me."

[YEA]  02/14/2013: Jasmyn from Honolulu, Hawaii, U.s. replies: "Been doing this all my life! I learnt it in the schoolyard from a classmate! If you can't force a burp, try drinking lots of fizzy drinks."

Drink Upside Down

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Drink Upside Down to Cure Hiccups

Instructions:

Get a bit of water in your mouth, bend over so that the top of your head is pointed at the ground, and then swallow while still upside down.

[YEA]  05/08/2010: Bryan from Port Vue, Pa replies: "it doesnt matter how you get the liquid in your mouth.
just get a mouthfull of any drink. look down almost like your trying to turn your head upside down.
it will feel like the liquid is gooing to flow into the nasal pasage.
then.....swallow!!!
hiccups are gone!!! everytime!!!"

[YEA]  07/13/2010: Louise from Kansas City, Missouri Usa replies: "I learned this trick when I was 14. I suffer from very frequent and VERY painful hiccups. I just fill my mouth with as much water as it will hold, bend completely over at the waist, and then swallow. Usually I have to do this 3 or 4 times right in a row but it always works! ! !"

[YEA]  07/14/2010: Isabelle from Garden Grove, Ca Usa replies: "Yea! Hello everybody from our wonderful earth clinic community! It seem to be that the action of swallowing while the diaphragm is compressed and not moving with our breathing stop hiccup after 2 to 5 swallows. Even when I don't have water handy , I just take a deep breath block it , bend and swallow a bit of saliva a few time without breathing and the diaphragm go back to behave normally: no more hiccup! Peace! "

[YEA]  07/14/2010: Aria from Port Huron, Mi, Us replies: "I too have been drinking water upside down for hiccups since I was 14. It works every time. . . Just remember not to breathe through your nose while bent over with water in your mouth! I have learned that from experience :)."

[YEA]  02/16/2012: Joanvirginia from South Riding, Va replies: "Wow, that was soooo easy! I had just a tiny sip of water in my mouth (I actually had a large sip before I swallowed half of it), I leaned over, while sitting, with my head between my knees and swallowed. Gone. So cool!"

[YEA]  10/05/2012: Selmalami from Newton, Ma, Usa replies: "My family have all been using a method I found here for as long as I can remember. It's a variant on the water drinking one. My sister found it after she had hiccups for almost two days!!! I've always been distrustful of hiccup cures but amazingly this one seems to work. Luckily, I've never had it as bad as my sister!! ^_^"

[YEA]  10/17/2012: Machelle from Tucson, Az replies: "I have been miserable with the hiccups for the last hour. Just tried drinking water upside down and I can't believe it worked! Thank God, I thought my chest was going to explode!"

[YEA]  06/07/2009: Theo from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada replies: "This simple remedy really worked: I put some water in my mouth, bent over forward with my head pointed to my toes, and then swallowed. After that, my hiccups were instantly gone!"

[YEA]  01/20/2012: Ajeeth from Toronto, Canada replies: "This was a great help from earthlink comunity. Swallowing mouthfull of water by bending down immediately stopped my hiccups. Worked like a charm!"

[YEA]  05/18/2012: Zuely from Batavia, Ny replies: "I can't believe this actually just worked for me!"

01/03/2013: Tiffany from Asheville, Nc: "To get rid of hiccups: Place water in glass and cover lid of glass with a paper towel. Drink water in glass through the paper towel. No more hiccups."

02/13/2013: Saba from Mentor, Oh replies: "Wouldn't you be ingesting all the chemicals that the paper towel is made of? Be safe. Try raising both arms up and hold it there for a minute next time."

[YEA]  10/15/2012: Grace from London, Uk: "I have had hiccups all day and tried holding my breath, which stopped the hiccups for a while but then they came back. I also tried drinking water upside down which I found hard to do and it did not work.

Thank goodness for your website! I looked up remedies and was sceptical about the one describing drinking water with a spoon in it but I tried it, making sure to use a big tablespoon and keeping the handle next to my cheek the whole time as I chugged down a big glass of water and now my hiccups have completely disappeared!

Thanks again earthclinic community. This site is the best site for finding great home remedies."

[YEA]  11/22/2009: Rachel from Baytown, Tx replies: "Worked like a charm! My 6yr old had hiccups so we first tried holding his breath, nothing, then tried rubbing his right ear lobe, nope, next we tried the glass with spoon and hiccups stopped immediately!! We were both pretty amazed!"

[YEA]  04/29/2013: Peter from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff replies: "Hiccup Remedy:

Hold your breath for as long as you can whilst pinching your right ear hard all the time.

I laughed when I was told this but I tried it and wow, same reaction from everyone I tell but they try it and it's never failed yet. I recall the pinching of the ear releases chemicals, sounds nuts, try it."