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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