Here's another traditional remedy for hiccups: Mix rice vinegar with cold water and drink slowly.
For difficult cases of hiccups (those lasting 3 or 4 days), the Chinese boil fresh ham in water with red pepper to make a soup. Skim off the excess fat and drink.
Hiccups are often the result of irritation of the
diaphragm muscle, so calming remedies such as ginger
should be effective. Chinese advice is to chew slices of fresh ginger slowly, swallowing the juice. You can also mix ginger juice with honey and drink slowly. Cloves, ginger, and ginseng all have beneficial effects on the digestive system and can be used in combination as a remedy for most cases of hiccups. A trraditional Chinese recipe mixes 2 grams cloves, 3 grams persimmon calyx (available in most Chinese herb shops), 3 grams ginseng, and 2 grams dried ginger. These are boiled together and used as a tea.
The mustard plant has long been used as a remedy for hiccups.
The Chinese will sometimes lick salt, letting it
dissolve in the mouth, and then swallow it slowly as a
Pour one package of regular white sugar on your tongue or 1 teaspoon. Swallow. The attempt to swallow that much sugar at one time actually stops the hiccups.
Using a glass (no plastic has to be a real glass), fill with water. Put a metal butter knife (all metal, no wood handles) in the glass. Without hoding the knife, pick the glass up and drink the whole thing at once. Do not touch the knife, let it slide to your face. Go slow so it wont hurt you but do not touch the knife. The concentration on the knife and not breathing during the drinking process stops the spasms in your diaphragm.
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Hiccup Cure
Put 1 drop of Sweet Fennel essential oil in a brown paper bag. Hold it over your nose and mouth and breathe deeply and slowly through your nose.
