How does water cure hiccups?
I know of only one cure that has worked on everyone I’ve tried it on: it’s drinking water from the wrong side of a glass (the side away from your mouth). Not a joke, you have to bend way forward like you’re going to touch your toes until you can bend over the back of the glass and take a few swallows. Hiccups always stop for me and anyone else who I can get to actually try it. A lot of people refuse to try it, though. My wife said for years that it was “all in my mind” until I finally convinced her to try it during a very recalcitrant spell of hiccups. It was the only thing that worked for her, and continues to work for her. She finally admitted that I was right and maybe it wasn’t just “all in my head.” Drinking water normal or pluggig my nose while drinking or holding my breath doesn’t work, or only works sporadically. Certainly there is some truth to the idea of regulating our breathing, but there’s got to be more. If it were just about regulating our breath, you could just pick the
