Hiccup - The Pathology of East Asian Medicine

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Hiccup, everybody knows it but nobody think it deeply. It is my
work to introduce thrifle symptoms for an alert to health.

1. The causes of hiccup in the view of western medicine
They say that hiccups (singultus) can be caused by many central
and peripheral nervous system disorders, all from injury or
irritation to the phrenic and vagus nerves, as well as toxic or
metabolic disorders affecting the aforementioned systems. Hiccups
often occur after drinking carbonated beverages or alcohol.
Persistent or intractable hiccups may be caused by any condition
which irritates or damages the relevant nerves. (This is qouted
from yahoo.com.Wikipedia for my convenience)

However this is rather the explanation of the process than the
cause. The explanation should be easy for common people to
understand what the basic cause would be.

2. The treatment of western medicine
They explain the hiccup with nerve. So the treatment should be
a nerve treatment. But how can  they treat nerve system. As a
result there are no ways to treat it but to stop breathing or to
inflate balloon, which is the most unscientific just like a hitting
radio to hope working accidentally.Of course, I do not say
this kinds of unscientific way are not invalid at all. But what
I want to say is that we can treat the body with stopping
hiccup reasonably for the hiccup sends a signal to us that
abdomen is to be cool to normally work.

3. The pathology in the view of east asian medicine
We call the hiccup as a congestion of Ki in the central. This
means at first the symptom is light because it belong to Ki
disease. If so, we have to think why the Ki in the central should
be congested. The organs in the central are diaphragm, stomach,
duodenal intestine, liver, gall bladder and a part of large intestine.

Why the Ki in the central should be congested?
You can understand this easily to compare it with a cramp on legs.
When do you think the cramp will happen? It will be after too
much of working or exposing to cold. The same goes on hiccup.

Overwork : Overeating, overdrinking, undigestive food or fatigue
Cold : Exposing cold weather, food of cold KIMI such as melon,
kiwi, strawberry, watrermelon or cucumber, or chronic diseases
on other parts.

The relation between Ki in the central and hiccup
Human body is living being. So if there are any troubles in the flow
of Ki, the body will get rid of the troubles to push the Chongki(
the most vital ki intrinsic) into trouble area to avoid the cease of
Ki flow, that is the end of living. The malfunction of the central
due to the congestion of the central Ki will make the lung and
the heart damaged. To protect the major organs from
would-be damages, alternative Ki flow should work. That is
just a hiccup.

The hiccup impacts all of the muscles of trunk so to produce
the fever for the mayor organs to be normal Ki flow. All of methods
to stop hiccuping scientific or unscientific are focused on this
respect.

What is the rapidist way to stop hiccuping?
The answer is already in the above. To make the Ki in the
central through. To the overwork of digestive organs is to release
liver and to activate stomach and intestines. To the cold of
abdomen is to supply with heat. The former is for the herbs of
Ki flow, the latter for the herbs of warming.

4. Treatment case of herbal tea
This cases are too much usual. So I record my experience.

Recently I got a dental treament for a coupke months. So, I didn't
want to chew hard foods and liked to take the fresh of fruits.

One night, I stopped taking strawberries after feeling bloated.
Next morning, I should take something for breakfirst but didn't
find suitable foods for my taste. So, I finally choose a cup of
orange juice but stopped on the way of drinking due to bloating.
As soon as I put the juice cup on the table, I began to hiccup.

I investigated the box for household medicine of herbs and choose
the one that is to get rid of humidity and get warm the inside
organs.

After a little of time, I could be in peace.

Which one will you choose between stopping breath and herbs?
Scientific way is the most natural and leaves nothing to take
care.