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Hiccup presents with qi rebelling upward from the Stomach, producing frequent short involuntary sounds in the throat. The pathomechanism is Stomach qi rebelliously rising to agitate the diaphragm.
Key differentiation: Cold hiccup has low dull sound improved by warmth; heat hiccup has loud strong sound with halitosis and restlessness; vacuity hiccup has weak feeble sound with discontinuous breath. Intractable hiccup in severe chronic illness is a critical sign.
@misc{bencaodian-nie-zheng,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {E Ni 呃逆 (Hiccup)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/conditions/nie-zheng},
urldate = {2026-04-17},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}© Bencaodian Editorial · Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0