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Drink Upside Down
Posted by Aria (Port Huron, Mi, Us) on 07/14/2010
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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 :).
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Louise (Kansas City, Missouri Usa) on 07/13/2010
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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! ! !
Drink Water Without Breathing
Posted by Javagenie (Central, Vermont) on 05/08/2010
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This is by far the most affective way to get rid of hiccups. I tell my friends to do this all the time. It has never failed. They are always amazed at how well it works. However, I tell them to take individual sips for as long as they can hold their breath... but at least a minimum of 10 sips of water. Swallow each time.... don't guzzle it. I've been able to stop my own hiccups without water by just holding my breath and swallowing.
Another good thing to add into the remedy is staring. I tell them to concentrate on a single spot in front of them and don't take their eyes off of it. You have to try it... all of the other remedies work sometimes. This one works everytime!
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Nina (Sofia, Bulgaria) on 12/27/2009
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hiccups
holding breath, pinching the nose and swallowing and breathing in more and swallowing again a few times.
Worked 1st time.
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Theo (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) on 11/20/2009
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I've discovered this also works for hiccups:
1. Sit down on ground.
2. Put your head between your knees.
3. Hold breath for as long as you can.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Dawna (Trevor, Wi) on 08/27/2009
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A small spoonful of ACV cures hiccups instantly every time!
Vinegar
Posted by Lucky (Winnipeg, Manitoba) on 06/29/2009
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growing up my parents would always give us sugar and vinegar (the vinegar gets rid of the hiccups, and the sugar makes it taste better). all you have to do is get a teaspoon of sugar, pour enough vinegar on top to make the sugar wet, and as soon as you get it down the hiccups are gone
Orange
Posted by Ken (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) on 05/15/2009
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This remedy worked for me all i did was eat an orange it surely took care of my excessive hiccups
Sugar
Posted by Bob (Memphis, TN) on 04/25/2009
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Let me give you my cure for hiccups. I have been using this method for years and have never had it fail to work. Before I found this cure I would sometimes get the hiccups and it would last for hours. I use regular white sugar. Use 1 heaping teaspoon but the key is how you do it. You have to hold your breath and then dump the sugar down your throat all at one time and swallow it and keep on holding your breath for as long as possible. It will not work if you don't hold your breath. It really does work. I know this is a problem for a lot of people so, good luck!
Sugar
Posted by Nonni (Cleveland, OH) on 04/25/2009
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Yes, this is a great remedy for hiccups and my mom used to give this to us kids growing up. One teaspoon always did the trick. I never heard before that there was a special way to take this, but I do know that eating that whole teaspoon of white sugar never failed. Honey would be more nutritious than white sugar, but I don't know if honey would work for hiccups.
Drink Water With Spoon in It
Posted by Jerry (Albany, New York) on 10/23/2008
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Hi, Jerry from Albany Ny again..I just wrote to you about my hemorrhoids problem and hopefully you'll email me back with your suggestions. However, I just remembered a cure for Hiccups that an old time waitress gave my friend and I after we were out drinking and stopped for breakfast.
She told my friend (who was hicupping for about half-hr. that she would be right back..She came back with a "Glass" not plastic of water with a spoon in it..She told him to drink the water but you must let the spoon constantly touch your cheek..
Believe it or not, when he finished drinking the glass of water his hiccups stopped and never came back..
I thoght it was just luck, but several wks later at my sister's house she got the hiccups and I told her to do the same and she did and yep, they went away again...Fate, luck or whatever...
I would pass it on...
thanks...
Jerry..
Tums
Posted by Joan (Clifton, NJ USA) on 10/22/2008
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I had a bad case of hiccups and a co-worker recommended I take a TUMS. Within 5 minutes the hiccups were gone!
Vinegar
Posted by EL (Chicago, IL) on 07/11/2008
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I had hiccups for two days with my only relief coming when I was asleep. I found the remedy on this site and decided to give it a try, especially since the remedy for tonsilitis worked so well. I took a tbsp of ACV and the effect was immediate relief! The hiccups were gone upon ingestion! Amazing!
Holding the Breath Technique
Posted by Chelsie (Nashville, TN) on 05/08/2008
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I hate the hiccups and upon getting them this afternoon, I quickly looked up this technique on EC.com --I am quite relieved to say, yes, it worked!!
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Penny (Columbus, Ohio, USA) on 12/20/2007
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I am 56 years old and my grandmother taught me to drink water upside down. It works 100% of the time. As previous posts mentioned you must drink with your upper lip on the rim and drink while bending over and sucking air at the same time. It's weird sounding until you finally figure out that it works every time.
Drink Upside Down
Posted by Bryan (Port Vue, Pa) on 05/08/2010
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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!!!
Honey
Posted by David (Hastings, New Zealand) on 12/15/2007
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after one week of hiccups the cure has been a level teaspoon of honey which stops the undesirable effect after two to three minutes, overall condition improving. Tried most of the above cures but to no good effect.
