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Episode Summary:
Welcome to The No Cap Health Show, a weekly podcast where Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler uses his decades of experience in medicine and ability as an expert researcher to provide a light-hearted approach and share health trends popular on TikTok. In this episode, Dr. Brian provides his Cap/No Cap analysis on today’s topic: How to Cure Hiccups, Part 1.
What causes hiccups? Are there proven ways to cure the hiccups? What’s the Vagus Nerve and what does it do? Find out in today’s episode!
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Key Takeaways
01:17 – Dr. Brian introduces today’s topic, How to Cure Hiccups, Part 1
03:18 – The Vagus Nerve and what causes hiccups to develop
06:02 – Other ways for stimulating the Vagus Nerve
07:57 – The ultimate cure for the hiccups
10:21 – Dr. Brian teases Part Two of today’s episode
10:58 – Dr. Brian provides the No Cap Recap of today’s episode and encourages listeners to reach out and Rate and Review this podcast on RateThisPodcast.com/NoCap.
Tweetable Quotes
“If you stimulate that Vagus Nerve, no matter how you stimulate the nerve – it can actually help with resetting the diaphragm.” (04:41) (Dr. Brian)
“The World Record for the longest time somebody had hiccups – you’re not gonna believe this, this is true – one guy was weighing a pig back in 1922 and he had hiccups until 1990. That’s like 68 years of having hiccups. That is crazy!” (05:01) (Dr. Brian)
“Rubbing the eyes through closed eyelids – that pressure on the eye – stimulates the Vagus Nerve.” (06:28) (Dr. Brian)
“There was a study done at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine back in 1988. The title of the paper was ‘Termination of Intractable Hiccups Using Digital Rectal Massage.’ I’m not kidding. This paper was actually published.” (08:04) (Dr. Brian)
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