Measures to check the bouts of hiccup

To settle the hiccup and stop its bouts, the physician uses breath control, threatening the patient, striking, or startling with water and the like.

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Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Water (jala)जल (पानी)	जल	Not stated

How it is used

Breath control, threatening, striking or startling with water.

प्राणायामैस्र्तनैस्ताडनैर्वा। मत्यँ शीघं्र त्रासयेद्वा जलाद्यै:॥

Indicated for, as the text says

इसके लिए प्राणायाम कराना, तर्जन (डराना) ताडन करना अैर जल आदि से कष्ट देना हितकर है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 16 · p. 340 · v. 82.

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