Is it normal to have hiccups after taking Chinese medicine?

Many people will go to see a Chinese medicine doctor when they develop a health condition. The effect of traditional Chinese medicine treatment is relatively good, and the harm to the human body is relatively small. However, many people experience burping after eating important meals, which is most likely caused by functional indigestion. If this happens, timely adjustment is required. Next, we will share with you some relevant knowledge about taking Chinese medicine to relieve hiccups!

1. Is it normal to have hiccups after taking Chinese medicine?

It is considered that it may be caused by functional dyspepsia. Some ingredients contained in some traditional Chinese medicines are actually quite irritating to the gastrointestinal tract, so long-term drinking may cause symptoms of indigestion. Recently, you should pay more attention to your diet, avoid eating spicy, irritating, and cold foods, get more rest, and if your condition permits, don't drink this kind of Chinese medicine.

2. Causes of hiccups

1. Diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer, hiatal hernia, gastritis, etc.

2. Mental stress and depression can also affect the sympathetic nerves, making them overly tense, inhibiting the gastric motility and emptying function, causing stored food to remain in the stomach for too long, resulting in the production of fermented gas.

3. Bad diet and living habits, such as eating too much radish, potato, sweet potato, chestnut and other foods, or staying in bed for a long time, working at a desk for a long time, and lack of physical activity can also affect gastric emptying.

3. What to do if you keep hiccuping

1. Bend over to drink water

Drink a few sips of warm water, swallow it slowly, and bend over 90 degrees 10 to 15 times. Because the stomach is closer to the diaphragm, it can warm the diaphragm from the inside. When you bend over, the internal organs will also massage the diaphragm, relieving diaphragm spasms and achieving the purpose of stopping hiccups.

2. Tongue stretching

When the hiccups continue, place a piece of clean gauze on your tongue and pinch your tongue with your fingers to stretch it outwards. At this time, you will feel gas rising in your abdomen and the hiccups will naturally disappear.

3. Sublingual sugar method

Take a spoonful of sugar and swallow it dry (without water), it can stop hiccups after a few minutes. Sugar in the mouth may change the original nerve impulses to prevent the diaphragm muscles from contracting intermittently.

4. Paper bag breathing method

Cover your mouth and nose with a small plastic bag and take 3 to 5 deep breaths. Re-inhale the exhaled carbon dioxide to increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood to regulate and suppress hiccups.

5. Use deep breathing

For example, if you have hiccups while eating, you can stop eating and take a few deep breaths, which will usually stop the hiccups in a short time.

When hiccups occur frequently, you can press the "Shao Shang" points on both sides with your fingers or ask someone else to do so. The "Shao Shang" point is located on the radial side of the root of the thumb nail, about 0.6 cm away from the edge of the nail, at the junction of the black and white flesh. When pressing, a certain amount of force should be used so that the patient feels obvious pain. The patient can perform compression by alternating hands.