Most of the hangover remedies circulating on WeChat are unreliable

Eat these things to sober up quickly

It feels great when you are drunk, but the various reactions after sobering up make people feel very uncomfortable. Eating these things can help you sober up as soon as possible.

Food: tofu, egg white, preserved egg, lotus root, jellyfish, mung bean, three beans, radish, sweet potato, celery, cabbage, honey, dessert.

Fruits: 1. Watermelon; 2. Banana; 3. Grapes; 4. Orange; 5. Tomato; 6. Pear; 7. Grapefruit; 8. Persimmon; 9. Starfruit; 10. Olive; 11. Jujube.

Drinks: 1. Milk; 2. Kudzu root soup; 3. Kudzu flower soup; 4. Sugar tea; 5. Rice soup; 6. Vinegar; 7. Sugarcane juice; 8. Fish soup.

1. Fruit milk is good, but don't eat too many persimmons and olives.

"The simplest way to sober up is to drink plenty of water and rest. As for the sobering things circulating on WeChat, some are useful, while others are not very reliable." Experts said that eating a little egg white before drinking can protect the gastric mucosa; drinking a little honey after drinking can relieve headache symptoms, but generally speaking, the "food" column on WeChat cannot sober up. "It can only be said that these things are beneficial to the human body, unlike some medicines that may cause problems if taken carelessly. But as for whether they can sober up, this effect has not been found yet."

Speaking of fruits, there are indeed quite a few that can help to sober up listed on WeChat, "such as watermelon, bananas, grapes, oranges, tomatoes, pears, and grapefruits, all of which have a certain sobering effect." Experts say that watermelon can quickly excrete alcohol in the urine, reducing the residence of alcohol in the body and thus sobering up; bananas can increase blood sugar concentration and reduce the proportion of alcohol in the blood, thereby achieving the purpose of sobering up; grapes are rich in tartaric acid, which can form esters with ethanol in wine, thereby sobering up; tomatoes contain special fructose, and drinking more than 300 ml of tomato juice can promote the decomposition of alcohol; oranges, tomatoes, pears, and grapefruits all have a good effect on eliminating drunkenness.

"However, I do not recommend eating persimmons and olives to sober up, and even if you do, you must not eat too much. This is because their properties are relatively special. For example, persimmons can cause indigestion and even form stomach stones if eaten too much. Olives should not be eaten in large quantities at one time, and patients with gastric ulcers should be especially careful when eating them. As for star fruit and sour jujube, I have never heard that they can sober up." The expert said that in addition to the fruits mentioned in the WeChat message, apples, lemons, and bayberries are all "weapons" for sobering up.

Speaking of drinks, rice soup is a very good thing. "Rice soup contains polysaccharides and B vitamins, which can help sober you up. Adding some sugar will make the effect better. Milk is also good. Drinking some milk before drinking can coagulate the protein, protect the gastric mucosa, and reduce the absorption of alcohol. If you drink milk after drinking, it can also dilute the alcohol concentration in the blood and help the alcohol to be excreted from the body with urine as soon as possible. There is also yogurt, which can protect the gastric mucosa and delay the absorption of alcohol. Since yogurt is rich in calcium, it is especially effective in relieving the symptoms of irritability after drinking." Experts say that after drinking, drinking some sugar tea can also dilute the alcohol concentration in the blood and accelerate excretion. "But one thing you have to pay attention to when drinking sugar tea is whether you have abnormal glucose tolerance. If so, you can't drink it." Experts say that people who love to drink are relatively prone to diabetes. Abnormal glucose tolerance is a precursor to diabetes. If you are not sure, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up.

"Drinking vinegar can also help to sober up, but it depends on the extent of drinking." Experts say that if you don't drink too much, using rice vinegar or aged vinegar, plus brown sugar and a few slices of ginger to boil and drink can reduce the damage of alcohol to the body. But if you drink a lot of alcohol, you can't rely on drinking vinegar to sober up. Because alcohol can irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa, it can cause congestion of the stomach and duodenum, increase gastric acid secretion, and promote the production of large amounts of pancreatic juice. Drinking vinegar at this time will not only aggravate the irritation to the gastrointestinal mucosa, but also easily induce diseases such as gastric, duodenal ulcers or acute pancreatitis.

As for fish soup, in fact, not only fish soup but also meat soup can help to sober up. At the same time, drinking some hot soup is also good for the stomach and intestines. Sugarcane juice can also help sober you up. "But I don't recommend that you take Chinese patent medicines such as Pueraria lobata decoction and Pueraria lobata flower decoction to sober up. Because everyone's physical constitution is different and the degree of drunkenness is different, it's best not to boil the medicine and drink it privately, but consult a Chinese medicine doctor instead," said the expert.

2. Strong tea can help sober you up, but light tea can help with urination and protect your liver

"Speaking of sobering up, there is a widely circulated misconception that strong tea can help sober up. In fact, whether tea can help sober up depends on the concentration and type of the tea. The idea that drinking strong tea can sober up has no scientific basis and is harmful to people." Experts say that various types of alcohol contain different amounts of alcohol, which can be absorbed into the blood within a few minutes of drinking. As the blood circulates throughout the body, it will cause certain stimulation and damage to various systems in the body, especially to the brain, heart, liver, kidneys, stomach and other organs. Under the influence of alcohol, during the excitement period of alcohol intoxication, the sympathetic nervous system is excited, the heart rate increases, and blood pressure rises. The main ingredients of strong tea, theanine and caffeine, can also excite the human sympathetic nervous system. At this time, the combination of tea and wine can make the sympathetic nervous system more excited. For people with hypertension and coronary heart disease, it may aggravate the condition and may even induce stroke or myocardial infarction.

Most of the alcohol that enters the blood is metabolized in the liver, first converted into acetaldehyde and then into carbon dioxide and water, which are excreted from the body by the kidneys . A small amount is also excreted directly through the kidneys in the form of acetaldehyde. "Acetaldehyde has a great toxic effect on the liver and kidneys. If you drink a lot of strong tea at this time, the strong diuretic effect of the tea alkaloids in it can cause more acetaldehyde that has not yet been decomposed to enter the kidneys prematurely, aggravating the damage. The tea alkaloids can also cause blood vessels to constrict, blood pressure to rise, and aggravate headaches." In addition to damage to the liver and kidneys, alcohol can also directly stimulate the gastric mucosa to cause erosion, even ulcers and bleeding, and the caffeine in strong tea can stimulate gastric acid secretion, aggravating damage to the gastric mucosa. "Therefore, it is not advisable to drink strong tea to sober up when you are drunk or have drunk too much. However, the tea polyphenols in tea have a certain liver-protecting effect, so you can drink some light tea after being drunk, which can protect the liver and act as a diuretic, accelerating the excretion of alcohol decomposition products from the body.

3. Most hangover remedies are unreliable and have a stronger psychological effect

How great it would be if there was a way to allow people to enjoy the fun of drinking or satisfy the needs of socializing without getting drunk or having a hangover! As a result, a variety of hangover health products came into being, some claiming to be secret recipes of traditional Chinese medicine, and some claiming to be the latest high-tech products. "But most of these so-called hangover remedies are unreliable. If you feel they are effective after taking them, it is mostly because of psychological effects or the effect of water. The effect of the drug can only be said to vary from person to person." Clinically, there are indeed "hangover remedies", but this so-called "hangover remedy" actually serves to avoid or reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver, rather than the awakening effect that everyone thinks.

"This hangover remedy is not a type of medicine, but a class of medicine. For example, the commonly used SimiTai, taken before or after drinking, can protect the liver and participate in the detoxification of alcohol. If we encounter a person who is drunk and unconscious, in order to protect the central nervous system, we will give him naloxone, which can wake him up, but it is not what people call a hangover remedy." Experts say that alcohol enters the human body mainly through metabolism in the liver. People with poor liver function will not be able to metabolize alcohol in time. Excess alcohol will accumulate in the liver and brain, and symptoms of alcohol poisoning will appear. Naloxone can only counteract the inhibition of alcohol on the brain and make people sober, but it cannot promote liver metabolism. “So the real hangover cure is to drink less.”

Avoid taking the following four types of medicines before and after drinking:

Cephalosporin drugs, furazolidone, chloramphenicol, nitrofurantoin, metronidazole, etc. will react chemically with alcohol, which can sometimes be severe and even life-threatening. Sedatives and hypnotics such as phenobarbital, chloral hydrate, diazepam, and chlordiazepoxide. These brain depressants will be absorbed faster by the human body under the action of ethanol, and in severe cases, coma, shock, respiratory failure, and death may occur. Aspirin, paracetamol and other antipyretic analgesics can irritate and damage the gastric mucosa. Drinking alcohol can lead to severe gastritis, gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding, etc. Drugs such as reserpine and anticancer agents, especially after drinking wine, will prevent the human body from successfully breaking down the tyramine in the wine. The large accumulation of tyramine can cause dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, arrhythmia, high blood pressure and even cerebral hemorrhage.

Don't take a shower after drinking. Because taking a hot bath after drinking can speed up blood circulation, increase energy consumption in the body, and easily cause hypoglycemia.