This cure is | |
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Non-intrusive |
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Self-administered |
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Physiologically explicable |
Limitations to use | |
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Not applicable to infants, young children or anyone who cannot count. :-) |
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Not suitable if the cause of the hiccups is pathological in nature |
Disclaimer | |
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Trial at user's own risk at all times |
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Consult your GP or physician before trial and if the condition persists |
Method | |
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Count the approx. number of seconds between each hiccup, i.e. normal interval between hiccups could be several seconds apart |
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With this information as a guide, now anticipate each hiccup and mimic the hiccups both in frequency, sound, and even body language, so that you are deliberately hiccupping 'in sync' with it, even better if you can exaggerate the mimicking activity, like acting on stage ? |
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The hiccups should disappear after 5 to 6 deliberations, between 20 seconds to half a minute usually. |
Physiology | |
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Assuming the brain functions for voluntary actions (VA) and involuntary actions (IA) are in separate but inter-connected compartments, |
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once the voluntary actions (deliberate hiccups) take hold, the involuntary spasms (natural hiccups) will be over-ridden or made redundant, either due to the nerve impulses for VA being greater in intensity than those for IA, or as a result of the realisation by the brain that the VA department has taken over the task in hand, or both. |
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With the involuntary hiccups shut down and only the voluntary hiccups remain, you may stop the hiccups at will. Bob's your uncle ! |
Any feed-back on successful trials welcomed. This method is called the Peter-Pierre method :-) You may hyperlink or copy this page without prior permission as long as authorship/name of method is acknowledged.
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