Cure for hiccups

I can’t remember where I first got this idea, or whether I adapted it from another cure. There are many “cures” for hiccups, everyone has their favourite! But this works every time (but not for me when I have hiccups. I have to hold my breath). I look earnestly at the person and in a solemn voice explain that doctors say that hiccups are caused by the diaphragm jumping upwards. I tell them to imagine their diaphragm like a raw pizza base, heavy and floppy. I lower my voice and say, “Imagine it is getting heavier and heavier and heavier”, dropping my voice melodramatically. I know that you will say that maybe it is coincidence, but it has happened so many times now, that the hiccups cease. What is strange is that sometimes, they stop even before I have started my “doctor” routine, when I am looking intently at the person. But, on a serious note, I believe healing works, both by touch and remotely. That is covered elsewhere.