Almost everyone has experienced hiccups at some point. Not only do adults get hiccups, children get hiccups, and even fetuses in their mothers’ wombs get hiccups. Even more interestingly, puppies and cats can hiccup. Hiccups are a small thing, but if they go on and on, I’m afraid no one can stand them. The lighter ones affect sleep, meals, and work, while the heavier ones may aggravate existing heart and lung diseases and cause gastrointestinal bleeding due to tearing of the esophageal mucosa …… What is hiccups? The medical term for hiccups is “hiccups”. Temporary hiccups can occur after cold stimulation, a full meal, eating too fast, or eating dry, hard food. Why do we have hiccups? Between our thoracic and abdominal cavities, there is a thick, hat-like muscle membrane called the diaphragm that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities. Like other organs in the body, the diaphragm has a nerve distribution and blood supply. When the trigger stimulus that causes hiccups is transmitted to the brain, the brain sends instructions to cause paroxysmal and spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm, and hiccups occur. Continuous or intractable hiccups are often caused by emergencies such as encephalopathy, uremia, and diabetes complicated by ketosis. There are also many serious illnesses that can cause intractable hiccups, and it is especially noteworthy that if an individual in critical condition develops intractable hiccups, it often suggests a poor prognosis. To treat hiccups, it is important to first treat the primary disease causing the hiccups and then treat the symptoms. The following are some easy and practical ways to block the nerve reflexes that cause hiccups to stop. 1. distract attention and eliminate tension and bad stimuli. The first thing you can do is to take a deep breath and hold it for as long as you can, then exhale and repeat the process several times; or bend over and take a sip of water and swallow it immediately when the eruption will occur, which can also stop the eruption. 3. Drink boiling water, especially slightly hot boiling water, take a big sip and swallow it in parts. 4. Wash your hands, insert your index finger into your mouth and gently stimulate the pharynx, or use a Stimulate the junction of the hard and soft parts of the palate with a cotton swab.5. Inhale the gas mixture in a plastic bag, which contains 90% oxygen and 10% carbon dioxide.6. Chew ginger slices, dry eat a spoonful of sugar, chew and swallow dry bread, suck on crushed ice cubes.7. Wash raw leeks, squeeze out the vegetable juice and take orally.8. Decoct water into 100 ml of persimmon tips (meaning the tips of fresh persimmons or persimmon cakes), 20 pieces at a time. Take orally in two doses, 50 ml at a time. If you have hiccups, pick up the baby and gently tickle it with your fingertips around the baby’s mouth or ears, usually until the baby laughs and the hiccups stop. 12. “Shaoshang” point. The “Shaoshang” point is located on the radial side of the root of the thumb nail, about 0.6 cm from the nail edge, at the junction of the black and white flesh. Compression should be applied with a certain amount of force, so that the patient has a significant soreness. If the hiccups are difficult to stop, if there is no special discomfort, you can listen to nature and it will usually stop after a while. If you have continuous hiccups for a long time, you should consult a doctor. Sudden continuous hiccups in middle-aged and elderly people or those who are sick may indicate a disease or deterioration in their condition and require attention.