Tehran University of Medical Sciences Traditional and Integrative Medicine 2476-5104 1 2 2016 03 16 66 68 EN Qadir Mohammadi Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mohammad Bagher Minae Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Somi Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Mahmoud Mosaddegh Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Kamalinejad Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences,Tabriz AND Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran 2016 03 16 Although hiccups may be a temporary action which need no treatment, sometimes a refractory hiccup would be disturbing to a normal life. In such cases, an underlying etiology is often present, and may be overlooked. One the important etiology claimed in Iranian traditional medicine for intractable hiccups is liver diseases. In this study, management of intractable hiccups by chicory in two cases with the liver obstruction has been presented. https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/25 https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/download/25/38