Cure for hiccups with a match

Submitted by Jennifer

Light a match, dip the lit match in a cup of water, then drink a few sips of the water. It works every time!

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whuh? Comments By: nunya...

a lighter in a cup of water?!! oooooooooooh kai..... r u on crack?

TipKing says: I think that the sulphur from the match is what the tip is saying. Nothing about a lighter...

I THINK IT WORKED!!! Comments By: kingpin skinny pimp

i tried it n nuthing happened so i while i was reding another way to cure hicups it went away!!! i guess it just takes a lil bit to kick in

Good Comments By: -Liñc

I had the hippcups all night, it was so bad, the wife kicked me out to the couch. I fell asleep but they were back in the morning. A match in some water, hell at this point i'll try anything. My case was bad so i tried two matches in the one cup. IT WORKED!! I could not believe it. I used the Strike Anywhere Matches. It left some scum on the top of the water but to my suprise it didn't taste bad at all.
Now...does anyone know a good cure for whiplash?

Wow! I will remember this one. Comments By: Paul C

After 2 days of on and off again hic ups I was getting desparate. The drrinking water and breathing into a bag doesn't work for me. So I tried this match and water thing and it actually worked. How does anyone figure this stuff out. I will definately remember this one. Thank you, thank you and thank you.

follow-up from Jen( I am the one who submitted this tip) Comments By: jennifer

For those of you who are wondering how this works, here's the secret....SULFUR!! Drink any EDIBLE liquid with sulfur in it(I have no clue what, though) and it will work. The match in the water thing is a VERY old military trick.. a "quick fix" during combat!! (my great-uncle taught my mom this trick)... but be smart, do this in moderation.. thanks

Who Knew Comments By: Trish

The match worked within about a minute for me after 1/2 hour of hic ups. Thanks

hicups Comments By: abbey awosika

i have been down for 2days with malaria,i lieve in Nigeria,in lagos.i was dead worried as i had not heard hicups in yanks so i decided to check on the netand tried the match teraphy,it worked.this is a miracle!

this is good Comments By: amor malo

my dad saide it was assome thanik you

Amazing! Comments By: Kyle K.

I had chronic hip ups...tried everything.
They usually last about 2 hours.
Tried this tonightwhen all else failed and it worked instantly!
Thanks so much.

so simple! Comments By: nicola

the water tastes pretty good too with the smell of burnt out matches

Just Great - I got to go to sleep. Comments By: Bob

After having hickups on an off most of the day, they were constant during the night and i could not ger rid of them. 1 match, 1cup of water, and 15 minutes later - Gone. I just woke up and I am grateful. No hiccups now. Thank you!

Ergh it tastes disgusting but worked Comments By: Leanee

i used a twig and lit it up with my lighter then put it in the glass, tasted awful.
probably isnt the same but it worked!!

This works, but... Comments By: Sal

This does work. I think it's the sulfur. BUT you have to drink it down at one time. You cannot sip it or try to do it in several sips. You need to get a glass of water (around 4-6oz will do), light the match, put it out in the water, and then gulp it down. After that, they're gone.

another success story Comments By: melly

My daughters boyfriend has had the hicups none stop for about 3 hours. I had him eating sugar and drinking water.... was about to have him start breathing in a paper bag... and then I found this. THANK YOU! It worked immediately

Heck Yea Comments By: snipes

My sweetheart of a girlfriend was hiccupping sp. for an hour, tried holding her breath, scaring her, and drinking water to no avail. Google rocks and so does your tip with the 'match in the water'. It worked instantly, though I couldn't trick her into chewing on the match after, jk.