Tip #1. While bending over, have the hiccuper drink water from the far side of the glass.
Tip #2. You may ask the hiccuper to hold his/her breath for as long as he/she can.
Tip #3. Have the victim to take ten sips of water all in one breath.
If these three tips are difficult to attempt or none of it works, you may try to change your strategy and try some sweetness.
Tip #4. This tip is especially helpful for children. Remember Mary Poppins singing “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”. Simply following her advice, administer one teaspoon of sugar or peanut butter and have the victim swallow it fast. Usually, the hiccups will go away on the first try. If not, you may try it for several times once every two minutes.
Note: If the hiccuper is a young child, you may use one teaspoon of corn syrup instead of sugar or peanut butter. After administering, lay the child down for a few minutes.
Tip #5. If the hiccuper is a baby, let them be. For most part, leave a hiccupping baby alone. Give him/her a bottle of if it makes you feel better. This is because some doctors think that baby hiccups may be due to overstimulation. That is if you notice that the baby hiccups during a particularly stimulating activity, you should decrease or eliminate that activity instantly.
Tip #6. Even history had some tips on how to cure a hiccup. Plato quotes an exchange between the playwright Aristophanes and the physician Eryximachus that took place sometime in 400 BC. The playwright asked the physician to heal his hiccups. The physician exclaimed “Let me recommend that you should hold your breath and if this fails, gargle with a little water; and if the hiccup still continues, tickle you nose with something and sneeze, and if you sneeze once or twice, even the most violent hiccup is sure to go”.
Tip #2. You may ask the hiccuper to hold his/her breath for as long as he/she can.
Tip #3. Have the victim to take ten sips of water all in one breath.
If these three tips are difficult to attempt or none of it works, you may try to change your strategy and try some sweetness.
Tip #4. This tip is especially helpful for children. Remember Mary Poppins singing “Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”. Simply following her advice, administer one teaspoon of sugar or peanut butter and have the victim swallow it fast. Usually, the hiccups will go away on the first try. If not, you may try it for several times once every two minutes.
Note: If the hiccuper is a young child, you may use one teaspoon of corn syrup instead of sugar or peanut butter. After administering, lay the child down for a few minutes.
Tip #5. If the hiccuper is a baby, let them be. For most part, leave a hiccupping baby alone. Give him/her a bottle of if it makes you feel better. This is because some doctors think that baby hiccups may be due to overstimulation. That is if you notice that the baby hiccups during a particularly stimulating activity, you should decrease or eliminate that activity instantly.
Tip #6. Even history had some tips on how to cure a hiccup. Plato quotes an exchange between the playwright Aristophanes and the physician Eryximachus that took place sometime in 400 BC. The playwright asked the physician to heal his hiccups. The physician exclaimed “Let me recommend that you should hold your breath and if this fails, gargle with a little water; and if the hiccup still continues, tickle you nose with something and sneeze, and if you sneeze once or twice, even the most violent hiccup is sure to go”.
