To spit with your tongue, you need to stimulate the salivary glands located under the tongue to get a concentrated splash of saliva. Usually, this happens when you yawn. It takes practice and concentration to master the technique and spit on command, but this article will teach you how to add this skill to your "tricks" as well.
Steps
Method 1 of 4: Learn the Basics
Step 1. Touch the area under the tongue
You can do this with the tip of the tongue itself or with a finger. You should feel a small swelling which is actually a salivary gland. In medicine its correct name is submandibular gland.
Step 2. Yawn or eat a sour candy to stimulate salivation
If you have decided to eat candy, choose a hard or chewy one like a lollipop. Mustard is also of great help. You can also increase the pressure in the salivary glands by rubbing the tip or side of the tongue against the chewing surface of the teeth.
Step 3. Stand in front of a mirror
If you want to spit with your tongue you need to be able to see the movements to understand which ones are correct.
Method 2 of 4: Hold the Tongue
Step 1. Gently rest your tongue on the roof of your mouth
Inhale and then push it up.
Step 2. Apply some pressure to the submandibular gland with the tip of your tongue
Push hard and then release.
Method 3 of 4: Contract the Tongue
Step 1. Repeat the previous two steps
Step 2. Contract the tongue
Try contracting another muscle, such as the biceps of your arm, to understand what sensation you should feel in your tongue when you harden it.
Step 3. As you proceed with this contraction, push your jaw outward
Now bring your tongue back and down, inhale slightly and press it back firmly against your roof of the mouth. At this point, a slight stream of saliva should come out of the gland.
Method 4 of 4: Suck in Air under the Tongue
Step 1. Suck the air under the tongue
Step 2. Open your jaw and bring it forward
Step 3. Push the tongue to the roof of the mouth
In practice, it must rest on the point where the teeth meet the gums.
Step 4. Finished
Advice
- When trying to spit, bring the tip of your tongue to the back of your throat. Then push the lower part of the tongue, which is now towards the palate, forward and up where the upper teeth meet the gums. If you perform this movement quickly, you should feel some tension in the fibrous ligaments under the tongue. This way you can understand that the movement you are doing is correct. Now you just have to keep practicing until you are able to spit hard!
- Eat something sweet or pungent, like sour, chewy candy. This type of food stimulates salivation.
- Check for a lot of saliva in your mouth, under the tongue near its base.
- Bring your tongue to the roof of your mouth, sucking it in, then slowly open your mouth as wide as you can. Hold the position for a second or two and then quickly close your mouth about a third.
- Curl your tongue back and up into your mouth. From this position, press the underside of the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. Tweak the movements slightly to get the effect you want.
- Remember to hydrate yourself properly before exercising.
- Unfortunately, these tips aren't always effective for all people.
Warnings
- In many countries this gesture is illegal, because spitting in public places is considered unhygienic.
- Don't spit in the direction of a person; not only is it an act of rudeness, but it spreads germs and disease.
