ways to clear hiccups!

Guys, i find the following infos are quite essential for the each of us to know -

A Cure for Hiccups (A Cure for Hiccoughs)

There are many ways to cure hiccups. yeap, MANY.

Some of you might find it as a joke, but i can tell you that it works, depends on individual.

Cures involving your breath (or respiratory tract) -

• Take three to five of the deepest breaths you can. [ tested by chohuiyin, it works :) ]
• Relax and breathe from your diaphragm.
• Breathe in through your mouth as deeply as you can, as if you you're going to sigh. Count to ten, then let your breath out with a sigh.
  
  

p/s : the test that have failed at least once is marked with (X)

There are some moves that i doubt their effectiveness -

• Laugh (X)
• Say "pineapple." (X)
• Make yourself vomit.
• Talk non-stop for ten seconds. (X)
• Stimulate your clitoris. For women only.
• Scream for as long as you can.
• Run; keep running for at least 10 minutes after the hiccups have subsided. @_@ (X)
• Drink three big gulps of cold water (X)
• Take a big sip of water, bend over and swallow it.
• Quickly drink a cup of room temperature Coca-Cola.
• Slowly eat a mandarin orange, sucking it against the soft palate.
• Being scared by someone (by ming)
  
  

And of cause, as a future pharmacist of university of strathclyde, you need to aware that these drugs/herbs can actually help to cure hiccups -

• Magnesia phosphoricum.
• Smelling salts.
• Take anything that would make you sneeze.
• Lidocaine drops in the ears combined with sleep-inducing cough medicine
• Take repeated small sips of a full beer with a short pause between sips (a second or less).
• According to bnf --> antipsychotic can be used to cure hiccups too eg. chlorpromazine and haloperidol. (is worth remembering - thks ming)
  

So that is all about it. Do remember some useful ways to help yourself or your loved ones. And drop me a note if i have missed out anything.

cheers