18 How to "hacking" Body of Our Own

1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear!
"When the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause muscle spasm, " says Scott Schaffer, president of the ENT specialist centers in New Jersey. "This spasm relieves the tickle in the throat."


2. Loosen the clogged nose!
The easiest, fastest, cheapest way to relieve a blocked nose is to press your tongue to the roof of the mouth, then tap with one finger between your eyebrows. This could cause the vomer bone (thin bone that separates the nostrils), which connects the nasal passages to the mouth back and forth, says Lisa DeStefano, an assistant professor at Michigan State University college of osteopathic medicine. After 20 seconds, the movement will loosen the clogged nose.


3. Stopping a nosebleed
Pinch your nose and leaning back is the best way to stop a nosebleed. The other way is more comfortable and Put the cotton on the upper gums (tissue that covers the lower jawbone and teeth) behind the bottom of the nose and press with a vengeance. "Most of the bleeding coming from the septum, the cartilage wall that separates the nose" says Peter Desmarais, ENT specialist at Entabeni Hospital, in Durban, South Africa. "Pressing here helps stop the bleeding."


4. Eliminate burning
When you touch the hot stove by accident, clean the skin and give a light massage with the finger is not injured. And the ice will relieve pain, said Dr. DeStefano, because the burned skin back to normal temperature, the skin is less likely to blister.

5. Preventing gastric acid
Research shows patients who sleep on their left sides are less likely to suffer from stomach acid. Esophagus and stomach associated with the position. When you sleep on your right, the stomach is higher than the esophagus, allowing food and stomach acid flows into the esophagus. If you tilt to the left, the stomach is lower than the esophagus so stomach acid does not flow into the esophagus.

6. Cure your toothache without opening your mouth!
Rub ice on the back of your hand, a V-shaped section between the thumb and forefinger. A Canadian study found this technique reduces toothache pain by as much as 50 percent compared with using no ice. The nerve pathways at the base of that V stimulate an area of ​​the brain and prevents pain signals from the face and hands.

7. Eliminate the pain!
German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, the author studied the phenomenon ', this trick cause shock, while increasing the pressure in the chest and spinal canal, retaining structures regulating pain in the center of the spine.

8. Thaw your brain!
Too much ice cream will freeze the brain, meaning that there is a sensation of dizziness. Press tongue to palate, cover the ceiling as much as you can "Since the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is freezing, too, the result raises ice cream headache, "says Abo. The more pressure you do, the sooner the headache tablets reduced.

9. Overcome the desire of the most urgent!
Want to pee? No bathroom nearby? you guys?
Thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, the result you would not feel uncomfortable, says Larry Lipshultz, MD, chief of male reproductive medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

10. Makes the heart back to normal
Trying to overcome excited? Blow your thumb. Vagus nerve, in charge of controlling the heart rate, can be controlled through breathing, says Ben Abo, an emergency medical services specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. This can make the heartbeat return to normal.   

11. Eliminating stomach cramps
If you're like most people, when run, you exhale as your left foot touches the ground. This causes downward pressure on the liver (which is located on the right), and will pull the diaphragm and cause abdominal cramps, according to Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Men. The fix: Exhale as your left foot strikes the ground.

12. Creating a stable body after drinking a lot
Too many drinks left you dizzy? Put in place a stable hand. The ear that regulates balance, the cupula, a fluid of the same density as blood. "As alcohol dilutes blood in the cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises, "says Dr. Schaffer. This makes the brain confused. The touch of a stable object gives a second opinion, and you can feel more balanced. Because of very sensitive nerves in the hand.


13. Eliminating tingling or numbness     
If your hand falls asleep while driving or sitting position, rock your head (odd shaking his head). Can remove less than a minute, he said. DeStefano. Numbness caused by pressure of a collection of nerves in the neck, loosen the neck muscles relieve the pressure.

14. Extend hold your breath
 If you have trouble reaching one-fourth from the bottom of the pool, take short breaths first-essentially, hyperventilate (breathe fast and deep). When in the water, not a lack of oxygen that makes you want to breathe, but the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals to the brain there was something wrong, "When you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity," says Jonathan Armbruster , Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Auburn University. "This tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen."At least up to 10 seconds.

15. Feel the supersonic hearing!
If you're stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. Right ear is better than the left ear in terms of following the rapid rhythms of conversation, according to researchers from UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. Conversely, if and to identify that song playing softly in the elevator, use the left ear is better at picking up music tones.

16. Impress your friends!
Next time you're at a party try this trick: Have your friend stand up, stretch the hand and palm down position, remain in this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down, your friend must fight. Now make him put one foot on the higher ground a few inches (the stack of books or magazines) and repeat the above, By creating an uneven waist position, the brain that the spine is vulnerable, so stop the body's ability to dodge, Rachel Cosgrove, CSCS , owner of Results Fitness, in Santa Clarita, California.

17. Prevent nearsightedness
The distance vision is rarely caused by genetics, says Anne Barber, OD, an optometrist in Tacoma, Washington. "This is usually caused by near-point stress." In other words, staring at your computer screen for too long. Try this trick, close your eyes, tense your body, take a deep breath, after a few seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as biceps muscle can make other unrelated muscles like the eyes into relaxing as well.

18. Mind Reading!
Your own! "If you're giving a speech tomorrow, repeat before going to sleep," says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read before bed is more likely read as a long-term memory.