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Q. The best hiccup remedy I have found is dill pickle juice. One to two ounces does the trick.A. You are not the first reader to sing the praises of pickle juice for hiccups. Perhaps the salt or the vinegar is responsible.
Some people also maintain that this unconventional approach helps their leg cramps. One reader shared this: “I have tried nearly everything for cramps in my legs and feet, (including Ivory soap under the bottom sheet), all to no avail. I was speaking with my aunt and expressed my dilemma with this crippling pain. She told me that she had solved the same ailment with dill pickle juice!
“At the next inkling of a cramp, I hobbled to the kitchen, swallowed a hearty shot glass full of pickle juice and the pain almost instantly went away. I was not troubled again that night and slept soundly.”
Pickle juice is high in sodium, so people with high blood pressure or heart failure should stay away from this remedy.
I have used pickle juice for leg cramps many times, but my rheumatologist told me to use mustard under the tongue--this is the stuff you put on sandwiches. It works. Let it sit under the tongue for a few minutes. Remember, it works!
My nephew plays high school football. The concession stand saves the giant jars of pickle juice for the team to drink on game day. Several of the boys have problems with leg cramps and they drink the pickle juice to help. My nephew says it works great!