The most powerful Chinese medicine for hangover

Alcohol products contain alcohol, which can paralyze the human nerves. So drinking moderately can help relax the mind, but drinking too much can make people drunk. Severe excessive drinking can cause alcohol poisoning, and people feel very uncomfortable after being drunk, so they need to sober up quickly to achieve the purpose of sobriety. But what are some powerful hangover-relief herbs in traditional Chinese medicine?

6 Chinese Herbs That Can Help You Sober Up

chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum can dispel wind-heat, soothe the liver and improve eyesight, clear away heat and detoxify. "Yaojian" records that it "…can cure drunkards' coma and wake them up easily by decocting them with dried kudzu (kudzu flower)." Therefore, Chinese medicine is very effective in sobering up. There are 8 best Chinese medicines for sobering up. If you are drunk, you may want to try Chinese medicine to sober up.

Pueraria flower

Pueraria flower is good at detoxifying alcohol, invigorating the spleen and stomach, and quenching thirst. It is mainly used to treat excessive drinking, headaches and dizziness, thirst and vomiting, chest fullness, etc. "Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach" has Kudzu Flower Decoction for Relieving Drunkenness (drunkenness: being unconscious after being drunk) and "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan" has Kudzu Flower Pills for Clearing Heat, etc., all of which are used to treat drunkenness. In addition, Pueraria root and Pueraria seeds also have the effect of sobering up.

Sophora flavescens

Sophora flavescens has the functions of clearing away heat and dampness, killing insects and promoting diuresis. The "Ming Yi Bie Lu" records that it "eliminates latent heat and intestinal distress, quenches thirst, and sobers up." The "Ben Cao Jing Shu" also records that Sophora flavescens "eliminates alcohol, quenches thirst, improves eyesight, and is very effective in stopping pure bloody dysentery and malnutrition dysentery."

Galangal

Alpinia officinalis has the functions of dispelling cold, relieving pain, warming the middle and stopping vomiting. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that it "warms the stomach and dispels cold, helps digestion and sobers up, and treats cold pain in the stomach."

nutmeg

Nutmeg has the functions of warming the middle, promoting qi circulation, strengthening the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and helping food. The Rihuazi Materia Medica states that it “regulates the middle, relieves Qi, stops diarrhea, stimulates appetite, and helps digestion. It can penetrate the skin, relieve Qi, detoxify alcohol, and treat cholera.” The Depei Materia Medica also states that it “helps digest stagnation and detoxify alcohol.”

Amomum villosum

Tsaoko has the functions of drying dampness and dispersing cold, removing phlegm and stopping malaria. Because of its aromatic smell, it has the property of dispelling turbidity. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" quotes Li Gao as saying: "It warms the spleen and stomach, stops vomiting, treats spleen cold and dampness, cold phlegm, eliminates food stagnation, eliminates alcohol poisoning and fruit accumulation, and also dispels malaria and plague."

How to drink without getting drunk

Sit on the left side of the guest

Sit on the left side of the guest. Because of the conversation, the body should turn right when toasting. The liver is located on the inner side of the lowest right rib, so this can stimulate the liver's metabolism. However, due to individual differences, the effects vary.

A sip of wine and a sip of water

Drinking alternately in this way can dilute the alcohol concentration in the blood, but be careful not to add water to the wine. When drinking white wine, you should drink more boiled water to help the alcohol be excreted from the body with urine as soon as possible; when drinking beer, you should go to the toilet frequently; it is best to add ice cubes when drinking spirits.

Sip

The liver has a limited capacity to break down alcohol per hour. If it exceeds the capacity, the acetaldehyde concentration in the blood will increase, causing drunkenness. Therefore, when drinking, try to drink slowly and in small sips to give the liver time to break down the alcohol, while also avoiding overdrinking.

Heat the wine before drinking

Drinking cold wine will slow down the decomposition process of alcohol and make it easy to overdrink. It is recommended to heat the wine before drinking. If you expect to drink a lot, take vitamin B6 supplements in advance and protect your liver until social activities decrease. You can also consciously eat more animal liver, pork, beef, mutton, egg yolks, vegetables, oats and other coarse grains rich in Vb group to increase the Vb group content in the body.

Drink light-colored wine

Brewed alcohol is more likely to cause a hangover than distilled alcohol. There are different shades of distilled liquor. For example, white wine is less likely to cause a hangover than red wine, and vodka is less likely to cause a hangover than whiskey. Do not drink carbonated beverages such as cola, soda, etc. when drinking, so as not to speed up the body's absorption of alcohol.