What are the hangover remedies

Because drinking is required in many occasions, and not drinking is an option, I just go ahead and get treated. It is indeed uncomfortable after drinking too much. You will feel dizzy, your stomach will be churning and you will vomit everywhere. You will not be able to fall asleep when you go back home, and you will feel hot all over. These are the same feelings of many people who drink too much. Therefore, in order to sober up in time, many people have thought that drinking some hangover medicine might be better.

Well, there are many hangover remedies on the market, but most people don’t know what ingredients they have, nor do they know what the effects of some of these drugs are. Hangover medicine cannot be taken casually, so everyone should have a certain understanding of it and then use the correct way to take it.

1. Chinese medicine for hangover

Chrysanthemum: "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "chrysanthemum specifically enters the yang part. It can treat dizziness caused by various winds, detoxify alcohol and treat swelling." "Yaojian" records that chrysanthemum "... can relieve drunkards' coma, and it is easy to resolve the problem. It can be boiled into a decoction with dried kudzu." "Ben Cao Zheng Yi" records that "chrysanthemum can absorb and descend, calm liver fire, extinguish internal wind, and suppress the rebelliousness of wood wind." It can calm the liver, clear away heat and detoxify to reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver, and lower blood pressure to prevent the increase in blood pressure caused by drinking.

Cassia seed: Cassia seed has the functions of protecting the liver, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements, and lowering blood lipids and losing weight. It can promote metabolism, accelerate alcohol metabolism, reduce gastrointestinal irritation, and also has a good effect on decomposing excess fat in the body. However, Cassia seed is cold in nature, so it is recommended to use Cassia seed, black oolong, Poria cocos, etc. to make Juewu Decoction. Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen and stomach and protect the liver at the same time. It does not affect diet and physical health, and can also achieve the purpose of sobering up and protecting the liver.

Pueraria root: According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", Pueraria root has the effects of clearing away heat and removing fire, promoting fluid and quenching thirst, and relieving alcohol and invigorating the spleen. "Qian Jin Fang" says "it can cure drunkenness and unconsciousness". Pueraria root is one of the most representative hangover remedies in traditional Chinese medicine. Modern scientific research has shown that Pueraria root is rich in protein, amino acids, puerarin, and trace elements such as iron, calcium, selenium, etc. required by the human body. Pueraria root can improve metabolic abnormalities caused by alcohol. Pueraria root has obvious anti-cancer effects. Drinking Pueraria products regularly can regulate human functions, enhance and improve the body's disease resistance, resist aging and prolong life, and maintain youthful vitality.

Hawthorn: Modern scientific research has shown that it contains a variety of organic acids such as hawthorn acid, tastes sour and sweet, and contains lipase. After entering the stomach, it can enhance the action of enzymes, promote meat digestion, and help the conversion of cholesterol.

2. Trilogy

The sobering effect of kudzu flower was recorded in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Kuzu root, raw and mashed into juice to drink, can quench thirst, relieve restlessness and heat, disperse depressed fire, and detoxify alcohol. It is especially effective when made into powder", "Kuzu flower is the best for sobering up, because it has the function of dispelling exterior pathogens and facilitating bowel movements".

It can be seen that using kudzu flowers and kudzu roots to sober up comes from ancient recipes. Pharmacist Guo Xueshen introduced that Pueraria root is mild in nature and enters the stomach meridian. It can clear away heat and inflammation, promote fluid production and quench thirst, resist bacteria and detoxify, induce rashes, sober up and warm the stomach, and lower blood sugar. It is often used in modern medicine in prescriptions for the treatment of cardiovascular and circulatory system diseases. Compared with Pueraria root powder, Pueraria root flower has a more prominent effect in sobering up. After getting drunk, you can brew 10 to 20 grams of Pueraria root flower as tea, which has a more obvious sobering effect.

However, Pueraria root is a medicinal herb after all, and all medicines are toxic. It is best to follow the doctor's advice before taking it.

After reading the above detailed introduction, everyone must have a more comprehensive understanding of hangover medicine. Many people may have a misunderstanding about drinking, thinking that drinking tea after drinking can help sober up. In fact, this is wrong common sense. On the contrary, drinking tea after drinking alcohol not only fails to sober you up, but also increases the burden on your kidneys. If this continues for a long time, you will develop kidney diseases.