you always knew your body was capable of a lot but did you know that your body can heal itself from heartburn and even cure tummy troubleas much as doctors would have you believe that you need medicines to cure even these minor ailments the truth is that sometimes it is your body that can fight its own battles read on and tap into the amazing feats that you can perform silence hiccupshiccups just before a big presentation dont fret plug your ears with your fingers and silence them you get hiccups when the vagus nerve which stretches from the head right down to the abdominal organs is irritated branches of the nerve also reach the auditory system therefore by stimulating the nerve endings there by means of touch you could stop the hiccups beat heartburn heartburn is most likely to occur at night because when you lie horizontal for several hours at a stretch your stomach acids collect around the oesophagus but theres a way around this just use a thicker pillow when your head is elevated acids are less able to pool tummy tinglesspicy food eating after a gap of several hours and of course street food make stomach aches all too common if you suffer from tummy aches immediately after a meal chances are the food youve eaten has caused an imbalance in your stomach acids sip on some soda to get almost instant pain relief carbonated water and drinks help strike that natural balance again dont break down who hasnt been in a situation where you are on the verge of tears but dont want to break down in public all you need to do is gently tickle the roof of your mouth with your tongue with this simple action you end up confusing the signals in the pharynx that play an important role in crying the result you save yourself some embarrassmentneedles pricksnobody likes needles but what if we told you could reduce the pain from a jab by simply coughing dont believe us weve got science to back us up coughing vigorously increases your blood pressure for that short span of time and studies have shown that hypertension reduces your ability to feel pain so next time you walk into the doctors office to get your flu shot cough out loud reduce bleeding shaving nicks and cuts are pretty common and often tend to bleed for quite a while next time you cut yourself head the freezer and using some pressure rub an icecube over the affected area the ice causes the capillaries under the skin to constrict and this in turn reduces blood flow to the region