If you practice the only tried and true cure for the hangover - abstinence - read on only for your own personal amusement -
If you're not so pure - the "cure" is - water - Water - WATER - before - Before - BEFORE - rolling over in bed - calling it a night - at least one 12 oz glass - the more you drink - the less the hangover -
If you refuse to believe in the simplicity of H20 - read - choose - "enjoy" this modest collection of hangover "cures" from around the world -
- Raw fruits or having a fresh "and" crunchy fruit salad...
- Honey....
- Ginger tea plus juice of one orange, 1/2 lemon and 1/2 cup honey....
- Spicy beef-blood soup via Korea -
- Yogurt & Garlic via Turkey -
- Pickle Juice via Poland -
- Pickled herring via Germany -
- Vegemite via Australia -
- Tripe soup via Mexico -
- Suffocate eels in wine or substitute green frogs via Elizabethan England -
- Raw owl's eggs via Pliny the Elder (Rome) -
- Warm milk with dash of soot via 19th Century England -
- Place sock containing two tennis balls in hollows on either side of neck at base of hairline....
- Cognac plus white wine plus cinnamon sticks plus tonic water -
- Sauerkraut (chunks) or sauerkraut juice mixed with tomato juice or sauerkraut hangover soup (see recipe)
Local Cures
- IV drip administered by famous transplant surgeon -
- Death via Robert Benchley -
No scientific evidence...supports any cure or effective prevention for alcohol hangovers. A systematic review of randomized trials evaluating medical interventions for preventing or treating hangoves found no effective interventions in either traditional or complementary medicine. While a few small studies using unvalidated system scores showed minor improvements, the conclusion of the exhaustive review as that propranolol, tropisetron, tolfenamic acid, fructose or glucose, and dietary supplements including borage, artichoke, prickly pear, ad Vegemite all failed to effectively "cure hangovers," While more recent studies in rats show some potential for new products to alter mechanisms associated with hangovers, humans also face risks when using certain "hangover cures." A hangover is caused by excess alcohol consumption. Thus, the most effective way to avoid a hangover is to consume alcohol only in moderation or not at all.
Past Hangover Cures from Red Is Life -
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