Hi everyone! After a long time, I am here again! Now, I am in the USA as
a boarding sophomore. I love my new school and during the time period that I
couldn't write on my blog, I was trying to adapt myself to a new environment
and everything is going wonderful so far!
Today's topic is "14 spectacular tricks for your body". I
found some tricks on the social media, and they are pretty interesting! I
edited the information that I found and added some of my comments which are
written in RED. I tried some of the tricks
and they are very simple but also work well. You can use them in your daily
life. So, there we go!
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.
--This trick also gives us a hint about how our left and
right brain work differently.
3.) 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.
--I want to add something to here, don’t move your arm
while you are coughing, or don’t cough so hard. The needle shouldn’t be
broken.)
4.) 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.
--I do it all the time, it really works!
5.) 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.
--If you remember, one of my previous posts was about the
reflux disease, and I told you that this trick was very beneficial!
6.) 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.
7.) 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.
--If you are reading my blog, you certainly know that you
should NEVER drink too much alcohol that causes the room spinning around you!!!
You don’t want to kill your brain cells, do you?
8.) 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.
9.) 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.
10.) Need to breathe underwater for a while? Instead of
taking a huge breath, HYPERVENTILATE (the state of breathing faster or deeper
than normal) 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.
11.) 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.
12.) 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.
13.) Got the hiccups? Press thumb and second finger over
your eyebrows until the hiccups are over - usually, in a short while.
--Now, for the hiccups, you should take a huge breath and
hold it for 5 seconds. Because hiccups are caused by the sudden cramps in
diaphragm, and taking an deep breath and holding it for a moment helps it to
make the diaphragm move regularly. I always do it and it works so well! A few days ago, my English teacher was talking about this technique and he was totally right!
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.
