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What are some good ways to alleviate hiccups? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by over_clox to c/asklemmy

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I've tried many things before, but in the past couple days I've found that eating a packet or two of mustard tends to get rid of hiccups.

What sort of tricks do you folks have?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The weirdest one I've tried that works is take your pinky finger and just barely, almost imperceptivly, rub your ear lobe with it. The only reason I can think of why it works is because you focus on not touching your ear too hard or too soft and just... Forget to hiccup? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] over_clox 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Update: I went and smoked a bowl of weed. My hiccups turned into a spell of about a dozen sneezes. Now I'm good, no more hiccups or sneezes haha!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Smoking (green or otherwise) is also supposedly a way to stop hiccups. It can, however, also cause them in the first place. I usually find the latter more true than the former, personally. 😅

[–] over_clox 1 points 5 months ago

All seem to be temporary solutions, now the hiccups are back ☹️

[–] over_clox 2 points 5 months ago

Have an upvote for the advice, but that ain't working for me right now. Sometimes the mustard trick seems to work for a couple hours or so, but that's hit and miss as well.

I dunno, guess I'm gonna pack a bowl of green and see if that helps.. 🤷‍♂️