What should I do if I have hiccups? Drink cold water to stop hiccups

 8:02am, 5 June 2025
What should I do if I have hiccups that last? What should I do if I drink cold water to stop hiccups?

I believe everyone will encounter hiccups. Hiccups are caused by eating too much, too fast, and being stimulated by cold. Although hiccups are not a serious illness, they can't stop hiccups, which is really not very good. Why do you hiccup? How to stop hiccups?

First let us understand the causes of hiccups: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hiccups are mainly due to improper diet and deficiency of positive energy, which leads to upward reversal of stomach qi, causing diaphragm spasms and stomach cramps, resulting in hiccups. Therefore, to relieve the symptoms, we must unblock the stomach qi and let the stomach qi go down.

Small ways to stop hiccups by drinking cold water

Drinking cold water to cure hiccups? The best way is to try it, which mainly depends on the air conditioner.

The small method to press the Tiantu acupoint to stop hiccups

Cold water is not easy to obtain, so you might as well try the hiccups of the body —— Tiantu acupoint. This acupoint is located in the middle of the sternum fossa, which is the bottom of our throat, the depression between the two collarbones, and you can touch it with one touch. Tiantu point is equivalent to the channel where the lungs and nature are connected. Clear energy enters the lungs from here, and turbid energy exhales from here. Therefore, pressing the Tiantu point can guide the air, thereby alleviating and suppressing hiccups.

So, how to massage this acupoint? Press the acupoints with your fingers and keep them still, and hold on for 2— for 3 minutes. During massage, the acupuncture points will feel sore and swelling, and this is enough.

The small way to press the eyeball to stop hiccups

In addition to massaging the acupoints, you can press the eyeball. If you hiccup only because of diet or cold stimulation, and you are worried about not finding the acupoints, you can close your eyes and press the eyeballs with two fingers of your hands, hold them down and hold them for about 1 minute.