Medication for treating belching

Belching is what people often call hiccups, also known as belching. It is a disease that can cause great pain to people. Of course, occasional, physiological belching can be treated with certain methods, but if the hiccups occur frequently, you need to go to the hospital for treatment. So, what are the treatments for belching? This will be introduced below!

1. Non-drug therapy

1. Simple methods: such as distracting conversation, holding your breath after taking a deep breath, covering your mouth and nose with a paper bag and breathing repeatedly, drinking cold water quickly, placing an ice pack on your neck, etc. Distracting the patient's attention or interrupting the hiccup reflex loop may sometimes be effective.

2. Catheter method: Insert a soft catheter from the nasal cavity into the pharynx, and move the catheter back and forth to repeatedly stimulate the pharynx. The pharyngeal plexus is distributed in the middle part of the pharynx. This plexus mainly comes from the vagus nerve and the glossopharyngeal nerve. Stimulating this plexus can inhibit the excitement transmitted through the vagus nerve, and thus hiccups can often stop.

3. Drink water and bend over: drink a few sips of warm water, swallow it slowly, and bend over 90 degrees 10-15 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.

4. Others include finger pressure on the phrenic nerve, finger pressure on the supraorbital nerve, pinching the diaphragm point on the ear, tongue traction, eyeball kneading, smoke swallowing, external diaphragm pacing, acupoint injection therapy, etc.

2. Drug therapy

1. Calcium antagonists: nimodipine, carbamazepine, etc.

2. Anti-epileptic drugs: phenytoin sodium, anti-epileptic spirit, sodium valproate, etc.

3. Antipsychotics: Ritalin, Amitriptyline, etc.

4. Other antidepressants include: imipramine hydrochloride, doxepin, etc.

3. Chinese medicine massage method

In addition, there are several methods recommended by traditional Chinese medicine that can effectively cure hiccups: lie flat on the bed, press the Zanzhu point (located on the inner side of the eyebrows, at the inner corner of the eye) with the thumbs of both hands for 2-3 minutes; take 50-100 grams of white sugar, put it in the mouth for 2-4 times to dissolve, and do not consume other food or water within half an hour, but people with diabetes and abnormal glucose tolerance should use it with caution; wash 20-30 grams of ginger, put it in the mouth to chew, and swallow it after 10 minutes. It is suitable for hiccups caused by cold.