Hiccups and belching are easy to cure with simple home remedies.
Try these home remedies -
- Eat slowly, chew a piece of plain bread and swallow.
- Sip water, preferably filled in a glass. Bend a little and try to drink it from the opposite side. This is a very effective way to cure hiccups immediately.
- Sweet way to cure hiccups is by swallowing a teaspoon of dry sugar. A teaspoon of sugar can also be dissolved in a glass of water and drank at once without any gap.
- After each meal chew a tsp of roasted fennel seeds or carom seeds to avoid belching.
- Sit, read a book or go for a mild walk after meals, but do not sleep immediately after meals.
- Cut small pieces of ginger and soak them in lemon juice. Suck these to prevent belching after a meal.
- Avoid chewing gums, stress, swallowing air, fried or oily foods, inactivity and reclining.
answered by Dr S