See How To Stop Hiccups Below…

• Hold your breath

Techniques that stimulate the nasopharynx and the vagus nerve, which runs from the brain to the stomach, and can decrease hiccuping:

• Drink a glass of water quickly
• Have someone frighten you
• Pull hard on your tongue
• Bite on a lemon
• Gargle with water
• Drink from the far side of a glass
• Use smelling salts
• Place one-half teaspoon of dry sugar on the back of your tongue. (This process can be repeated three times at two-minute intervals. Use corn syrup, not sugar, for young children.)