End Hiccups Forever: A Fast and Easy Hiccup Cure
I don’t get hiccups very often, but when I do, I’m happy to get rid of them as soon as possible. Fortunately, when I was about 8 years old, I discovered, through my own experimentation, how to quickly and easily cure my own hiccups. I’ve taught this little method to a number of people and it has worked for them too. So, chances are, it very well could work for you.
Next time you have hiccups, follow these 5 easy steps:
1. Take a deep breath
2. Hold your breath with your mouth open somewhat
3. Next, watch and concentrate on very slowly bringing the index finger and thumb on one of your hands together—like you are going to pinch something in very slow motion. It should take about 30 seconds (maybe more) before your fingers come all the way together.
4. Once your thumb and index fingers meet up, squeeze them together a bit and then start breathing again.
5. If you really concentrated on bringing your fingers very slowly together and held your breath, your hiccups (hiccoughs) should be gone.
(Note: if you are driving at the time–like home from dinner–do all the same things, but as you slowly bring your index finger and thumb together, don’t look at your fingers, instead concentrate on arriving at an object about 30 seconds ahead on the road.)
Since this method works so well for me, I had always assumed that this remedy was common knowledge. However, over the years, I’ve never come across anyone who has ever quite heard of this exact method. Perhaps other people use it, but I haven’t met any of them yet. I recently checked out the hiccup remedies touted online and found no explicit use of this exact method, only pieces.
If you don’t get it the first try, try again. If it still doesn’t work, maybe you just don’t have the right concentration or the right genes. Nonetheless, if you can just master this simple method, hiccups will never again have to be an issue for you.
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This article was part of the Doing it Differently Blog Carnival, 12th Edition 10/1/07