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A whole day of hiccups
Chinese New Year brings with it lots of yummy food. Due to commercialisation, you can actually get these food any time of the year, not just during the festive period, but there is just this little bit more temptation during the festive season to try out the food. As I hop from one house to another (it’s tradition to visit relatives and friends, especially those you haven’t met for ages!), I just “had to” sample the different food on offer at each place. I think I over ate…
Sore throat, fever, the usual suspects came to visit me instead. That I can deal with, since it’s quite common. What I haven’t tried is a whole day of hiccups. I’ve tried some home remedies such as rhythmic drinking, scare tactic, not breathing (!) etc, nothing helped. I end up trying silence, which worked for some brief periods. Better than nothing i guess, so it was a whole day of silence. A day of silence during festive season.
Silence to usher in the new Pig year. Maybe this is a sign. To listen to the music of life, rather than being just the source of noise. 
Happy Chinese New Year!
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Try massaging Ren- 12 ( http://acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=CV12&meridian=Conception%20Vessel
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it does help sometimes. hiccups apparently are considered rebellious qi (lung qi not descending, kidneys not grasping lung qi, diaphragm not behaving smoothly). i cant remember what the official treatment is for it…
here in florida there was a story about a girl who had rapid fire hiccups for somethign like a month and couldnt stop. the assorted newscasters were freaking out: “EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TRIED!!! NOTHING WORKS! DOCTORS ARE HELPLESS! NO HOPE REMAINS!!” She’d been to just about every single ‘-ologist’ imaginable.
of course i just glared at the tv and grumbled “she obviously hasnt been to a chinese doctor, or else she wouldnt still have the damn hiccups…”
Thanks for interesting insight into TCM!