how do you get rid of hiccups?

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Place a tablespoon of sugar in mouth and suck slowly. In most cases, it is a sure remedy. For the authors of this web site, it works in more than 90% times.
Block both ears aand drink 6 ounces water without stopping to breathe. It works in more than 90% times
Hold your breath as long as possible, and let it go out. The lungs expand and push down on the diaphragm, stopping hiccups immediately.
Take a deep breathe through your mouth, lean forward and push down your stomach. Hold in that position as long as you can and then slowly exhale the air through your mouth.
Mix 2 tsp common salt in a cup of plain yogurt (curd, yoghurt) and eat. In most cases, it is a good remedy.
Boil 1/2 tsp of cardamom fresh powder in 2 cup water till about 1 cup water remains, Sieve it and drink a glassful of this warm water.
For recurring hiccups, suck small pieces of fresh ginger.
Plug your ears with your fingers and drink something with a straw.
Lay on your back.
Put a paper bag over your mouth and nose and breathe several times.
For some eating a spoonful of peanut butter stops hiccups immediately. It can work for children also.
Pull your tongue out of your mouth as far as you can and hold it for a couple of seconds.
Plug your ears and nose and drink water.
Sing or laugh as loud as you can.
Tickle your uvula (the piece of skin that hangs down deep inside in your mouth) with a wrapped straw.
Enage yourself in talking with somebody and do not care about hiccups. The hiccups will stop in five minutes.

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Everyone can't get rid of hiccups. Hiccups are air pockets traped inside your body trying to escape. They will disappear by myself in time. I hope this helps you.
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Hold your nose and your breath for five sec and then let go.

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Massage your diaphram area.right below your ribs. You can also try holding your breath, swallowing air (instead of breathing it you force some down your throat), or being scared (I believe your gasping because of being scared has the desired effect).

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these dont always work but what does?Home remedies
The following are some commonly suggested home remedies, though none have medical backing.
Distraction from one's hiccup, e.g. being startled or asked a perplexing question.
Breathing into a paper bag.
Eating peanut butter.
Concentration on one's hiccup.
Inserting one's thumbs in one's ears, closing one's nose with one's index fingers, and drinking a glass of water.
Drinking a glass of water in several small sips.
Drinking a glass of water upside-down.
Drinking a glass of water with another's palms against one's ears.
Drinking a glass of a carbonated beverage (with salt).
Eating a tablespoon of sugar or honey.
Eating a teaspoon of Lingonberry jam.
Eating a large dose of Wasabi
Eating generally.
Gulping down a glass of water while holding one's breath (ever tried breathing and drinking simultaneously?).
Holding one's breath while optionally squeezing one's stomach.
Tilting one's head back, extending one's right arm out, and flexing it at the elbow repeatedly.
Urinating while drinking a glass of water.
Drinking a glass of water several times successively.
Breathing deeply through the nose, then exhaling slowly through the mouth.
Drinking vinegar.
Swallowing sugar while keeping it as dry as possible
Squeezing the tip of the right pinky finger
Hanging upside down while holding your breath. The combination of gravity pulling on your diaphram and not breathing seems to have a unique effect on the ailment.
Exhaling all the air from one's lungs and and holding one's breath while swallowing water or saliva.
Ability to stop hiccupping at will
A few people have the ability to stop hiccupping by simply choosing to do so. This brings up intriguing relationships regarding voluntary control of various body functions -- for example ear wiggling. does?

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