Cure for hiccups

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:20 pm

Serious one's, my daughter telling me she's pregnant does not work :rolleyes:

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:27 pm

Wow.

congratulations? ! ?

best cure for hiccups is to hold your two forefingers apart and slowly move them together. Concentrate on moving slowly and getting them as close together as possible without touching. Really focus on avoiding the moment when the two fingertips touch whilst maintaining motion.

By the time they touch, the hiccups will likely be gone.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:47 pm

Ok what if that doesent work?

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:48 pm

A spoonful of sugar works for me. Real sugar..not the fake. Really.

koan · Post by **koan** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:49 pm

bend over with the cup of water and drink it upside down between your legs.

at worst, you'll be so annoyed with water running out your nose that you'll forget about the hiccups.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:15 pm

Pinky;488705 wrote: BOO!!

Did that do it?

Damn no, grrrrrrr its actually getting sore, i best take level two in witchy courses, hugs,:p :-6

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:34 pm

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:D

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:38 pm

valerie;488735 wrote: http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showp ... ostcount=1

:D

Val i have to admit, this works, however i now am burping instead of hiccuping, is this a side effect?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:36 am

koan;488666 wrote: bend over with the cup of water and drink it upside down between your legs.

at worst, you'll be so annoyed with water running out your nose that you'll forget about the hiccups.

This is just absurd !

Scot girl, dont listen to her.

The cure is in the pudding.

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:25 am

koan;488648 wrote: Wow.

congratulations? ! ?

best cure for hiccups is to hold your two forefingers apart and slowly move them together. Concentrate on moving slowly and getting them as close together as possible without touching. Really focus on avoiding the moment when the two fingertips touch whilst maintaining motion.

By the time they touch, the hiccups will likely be gone.

Oh dear & oops - No Koan she's not pregnant, i meant that the fright if she was would stop them :wah:

Im not ready to be a granny yet - eek !!

Majenta · Post by **Majenta** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:13 am

Hiccups result from your lungs becoming out of sync with your diaphragm - (the bit that helps your lungs expand properly) so you have to get it back in sync. Best way I've found is to get your fore-and middle-fingers and press quite hard for a couple of minutes into the gap underneath your breastbone... sounds weird but works every time for me!

...but I'm no physiologist, this is just what I was told so if there's a doctor in the house and I'm wrong, don't shout at me!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:37 am

I'm very lucky I have never had hiccups, not that I am rubbing it in or anything!

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:40 am

chrisb84uk;489858 wrote: I'm very lucky I have never had hiccups, not that I am rubbing it in or anything!

Never !!! ever ever ever, you must have!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:43 am

Betty Boop;489859 wrote: Never !!! ever ever ever, you must have!

Nope never. I sometimes get this cough that I can't get rid of, but that's about it, no hiccups to date.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:49 am

chrisb84uk;489860 wrote: Nope never. I sometimes get this cough that I can't get rid of, but that's about it, no hiccups to date.

Bet you've had hiccups at some point! Especialy when you were a baby! :wah:

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:52 am

Well ok, maybe when I was very young, but at least not in the last 15 or so years. My brother gets it a lot though, and I'll be honest I am pretty mean, because I just giggle away whilst he has them. I suppose that will come back to haunt me one day though! :wah:

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:22 am

When I get hiccups I get them so hard that they actually hurt, especially if I don't let them out.

Imagine me sat at work, in the public area of a bank, with the loudest hiccups known to man and either letting them out and having all the customers look at me or holding them in and going 'ouch' every few seconds and having all the customers look at me!! No competition really - let them out, be loud , be proud!!

(The bank was so pleased when I left!!)

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:03 pm

lime juice always works for me! :-6

I learned that from a bartender a long time ago!

911 · Post by **911** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:07 pm

Swallow a tablespoon of peanut butter. It stretches your esophocus and stops the hiccups.

I swear it works. I tried everything but when I tried this it was amazing.

But, I don't suggest you do this after drinking. It's really gross and sweets and alcohol don't mix. But throwing up is also a good way to get rid of them! :wah: