1.) If you've got an itch in your throat, scratch
your ear. When the
nerves in the ear get stimulated, they create a
reflex in the throat
that causes a muscle spasm, which cures the itch.
2.) Having trouble hearing someone at a party or on
the phone?
Use your right ear it's better at picking up rapid
speech. But, the left is better at picking up music
tones.
3.) If you need to relieve yourself BADLY, but
you're not anywhere
near a bathroom, fantasize about RELATIONS. That
preoccupies your brain and distracts it.
4.) Next time the doctor's going to give you an
injection, COUGH as
the needle is going in. The cough raises the level of
pressure in your
spinal canal, which limits the pain sensation as it
tries to travel to
your brain.
5.) Clear a stuffed nose or relieve sinus pressure by
pushing your
tongue against the roof of your mouth then
pressing a finger between
your eyebrows. Repeat that for 20 seconds it
causes the vomer bone
to rock, which loosens your congestion and clears
you up.
6.) If you ate a big meal and you're feeling full as
you go to sleep,
lay on your left side. That'll keep you from
suffering from acid reflux it keeps your stomach
lower than your esophagus, which will helps
keep stomach acid from sliding up your throat.
7.) You can stop a toothache by rubbing ice on the
back of your
hand, on the webbed area between your thumb and
index finger.
The nerve pathways there stimulate a part of the
brain that blocks
pain signals from your mouth.
8.) If you get all messed up on liquor, and the room
starts spinning, put your hand on something stable.
The reason: Alcohol dilutes the blood in the part of
your ear called the cupula, which regulates balance.
Putting your hand on something stable gives your
brain another reference point, which will help make
the world stop spinning.
9.) Stop a nose bleed by putting some cotton on your
upper gums right behind the small dent below your
nose and press against it hard. Most of the bleeding
comes from the cartilage wall that divides the nose,
so pressing there helps get it to stop.
10.) Nervous? Slow your heart rate down by blowing
on your thumb. The vagus nerve controls your heart
rate, and you can calm it down by breathing.
11.) Need to breathe underwater for a while?
Instead of taking a huge breath, HYPERVENTILATE
before you go under, by taking a bunch of short
breaths. That'll trick your brain into thinking it has
more oxygen, and buy you about 10 extra seconds.
12.) You can prevent BRAIN FREEZE by pressing
your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth,
covering as much surface area as possible. Brain
freeze happens because the nerves in the roof of
your mouth get extremely cold, so your brain thinks
your whole body is cold. It compensates by
overheating which causes your head to hurt. By
warming up the roof of your mouth, you'll chill your
brain and feel better.
13.) If your hand falls asleep, rock your head from
side to side. That'll wake your hand or arm up in
less than a minute. Your hand falls asleep because
of the nerves in your neck compressing so loosening
your neck is the cure. If your foot falls asleep,
that's governed by nerves lower in the body, so you
need to stand up and walk around.
14.) Finally, this one's totally USELESS, but a nice
trick. Have someone stick their arm out to the side,
straight, palm down. Press down on his wrist with
two fingers. He'll resist, and his arm will stay
horizontal. Then, have him put his foot on a
surface that's half an inch off the ground, like a
stack of magazines, and do the trick again. Because
his spine position is thrown off, his arm will fall
right to his side, no matter how much he tries to
resist.
15.) Got the hiccups? Press thumb and second
finger over your
eyebrows until the hiccups are over - usually, in a
short while.
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