Simple Ways to Get Rid of Hiccups

Here’s how to get rid of hiccups fast.

Cover your Mouth

The next time you get a case of hiccups, try cupping your hands over your nose and mouth, but continue breathing habitually. In either case, the additional amount of carbon dioxide should help you get rid of hiccups.

Press the Palm with the Thumb

If covering your mouth doesn’t help you get free of hiccups, try pressing the palm of your hand with the thumb of your other hand—the harder, the better. Otherwise, you can squeeze the ball of your left thumb between the thumb and forefinger of the right. The uneasiness is a disturbance that affects your nervous system and may get rid of hiccups.

Hold your breath

The next time you’ve got hiccups, take a profound breath and hold it. When there’s a build-up of carbon dioxide in your lungs, your diaphragm eases, which should help get rid of hiccups.

Stick out your tongue

When no one’s looking, stick out your tongue. This workout is done by singers and actors because it inspires the opening between the vocal cords (the glottis). You breathe more well, defeating the shudders that cause hiccups.

Plug your ears and drink some water with a straw

The next time you get hiccups, stick your fingers in your ears for 20 to 30 seconds. Otherwise, you can press the soft areas behind your earlobes, just below the base of the skull. This conducts a “relax” signal through the vagus nerve, which attaches to the diaphragm.

If you can block your ears while you drink the water, all the well. Stick your fingers in your ears and sip though a straw. You’re pressing on the vagus nerve while also getting the benefits of stable swallowing—it’s one of the most effective home remedies for hiccups.

Swallow something sweet or something sour

A spoonful of sugar is a general hiccups remedy because its graininess could a little irritate the esophagus, causing the phrenic nerves to “reset” themselves, although there is no proof of this. Otherwise, take a teaspoonful of vinegar. Its sour taste could stop a hiccup in its paths.

Have some peanut butter

A big spoonful of peanut butter is a common cure if you’re thinking how to get rid of hiccups. In the process of chewing and getting it off your tongue and teeth, your swallowing and breathing arrangements are interrupted. And hence, the hiccups will be history.

Sip some hot sauce

This possibly works because the heat and burn are diverting enough to turn your body’s focus on the burn, instead of the hiccup process.

Take a little honey

Put 1 teaspoon of honey, stirred in warm water, on the back of your tongue, and sip it. Like dill, honey could potentially itch the vagus nerve to make the hiccups stop.

Chew up some dill

Here’s a simple, lovely-tasting trick on how to get rid of hiccups: Slowly chew a teaspoon of dill seeds. This traditional cure may work because taking the seeds into throat inspires the vagus nerve to make the hiccups stop.

Breathe into a paper bag

The next time you get hiccups, respire slowly and deeply into a small paper bag. (Stop if you feel light-headed.) This could rise the carbon dioxide level in the blood and make the diaphragm contract more deeply to bring in more oxygen. Although this remedy is ultimately unverified, it might provide help.

Massage your neck                          

This is one of the more odd techniques for how to get rid of hiccups. Try massaging or rubbing the carotid arteries on the right and left sides of your neck for possible hiccup cure.

Suck on a lemon

Biting or sucking on a lemon slice is another popular hiccup remedy. If you have time, suck on a lemon piece dipped in non-alcoholic bitters.

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