Have you decided to learn how to burp on command to clear gas from the digestive tract or just to have a laugh with friends? Whatever the reason, be aware that this is a simple trick that relies on rapid muscle contraction: Practice swallowing air and then burping it out with a single continuous motion. Consider consuming fizzy drinks to increase the gas pressure in your stomach.
Steps
Part 1 of 2: Swallowing the Air
Step 1. Keep your back straight
You can remain seated or standing, but remember that your back must be straight to ensure maximum lung relaxation. This, in turn, allows you to inhale more air thus increasing the chances of burping as you exhale. Try to inflate your chest as you exhale, so you dilate your lungs and the burp will feel more natural.
Step 2. Drink a fizzy drink to increase the pressure in your stomach
Among the carbonated liquids, soft drinks, kombucha, ginger ale and sparkling water are for you. Carbonation is an indispensable element, because it means that the drink is full of small bubbles; for this reason, drinking soft drinks is in some way equivalent to swallowing air. A short time after drinking a carbonated drink the air will build up in your stomach and will need to be expelled in the form of a burp. You will have to wait a few minutes to see the effects of carbonation.
- Thanks to this property, carbonated drinks help you to relieve stomach pain and nausea. The bubbles will rise upwards and churn against the stomach walls, causing an annoying dilation that will make you feel the need to erupt. When you burp, you expel the excess gas that is in the digestive tract.
- Try drinking straight from the can or bottle instead of using a straw, for example, to increase the amount of air you force into your stomach as you drink.
Step 3. Swallow the air
When you swallow air, your stomach then needs to get rid of the gas; if you proceed with the right technique, you can learn to channel this gas into a mighty burp. You should be able to feel some pressure in the lower part of the throat.
If you can't swallow air, try closing your mouth and pinching your nose. This should help you forcefully swallow the air in your mouth
Part 2 of 2: Burp to Clear the Air
Step 1. Erupts
Once enough gas pressure has built up in your stomach, you should be able to release it with a burp. When you feel the air moving up the esophagus towards the throat, open your mouth and let the gases escape from the back of the throat. Try to move your jaw up and down to create some vacuum. You may need to move your head and mouth slightly to find the correct jaw position.
The more air you swallow, the more powerful the belching will be. Make a couple of attempts to hold as much air as possible
Step 2. Learn to burp in one smooth motion
Try swallowing the air and then forcing the burp in one gesture. Over time, you will learn how to intentionally contract your throat muscles to swallow air and burp it in one motion.
Step 3. Try to swallow a lot of air at first until you are able to erupt on command
Keep practicing with the swallowing movement: you must feel the gastric pressure increasing as the air builds up; eventually you should feel an urgent need to erupt. Indulge this need and let the throat muscles contract to force the burp - this is what it feels like when you burp on command.
As you improve, the process will become simpler and less painful; you no longer need to swallow too much air to get a powerful burp. Keep training and you will see that you will succeed
Advice
- If you have difficulty "swallowing" the air, try inhaling and then closing the windpipe or throat; it is important to do this vigorously so that some of the air will flow down the esophagus. Imagine drinking a lot of water and taking a breath of air to swallow it.
- If you don't like carbonated drinks, drink what you prefer; but try to swallow a lot of air too.
- Sometimes inflating or contracting the belly as you exhale may help to emit a burp.
- It takes practice to burp on command. Keep practicing and you will be able to do it in no time.
- Take a sip of water and swallow it with your mouth open twice, then always gargle with your mouth open and swallow.
Warnings
- If you intentionally burp too many times on one occasion, you may experience a little stomach pain.
- You may not be able to eliminate all the excess air by burping - know that your body will expel it as flatulence.
