Hangover and a Cure or Two.
Both waking up at the same time, slowly lifting their heads off the booze-soaked table were sitting Harold and Dr. Wetbrain. Looking at each other cross-eyed, Wetbrain decides to tell Harold all about hangovers, again.
A hangover is basically a form of alcohol poisoning and has been around since alcohol was stumbled upon for stumbling purposes. Recently in Tbilisi, Russia 8000-year-old jars with wine traces were found.
What happens after a good drunk is your body tries to get rid of alcohol through peeing and sweating taking much of your needed H2O with it. So now your body can’t get enough water from its regular source, so your system must steal the water from other parts. Like your brain cells, thus creating a lovely headache. Dehydration also causes muscle cramps, thirst, dizziness and fatigue. Thus, the hangover.
The myth of coffee sobering you up does not work. That just keeps you as a wide awake drunk when you probably should be passed out.
Side note: Females easily suffer more than men. Apparently, they do not have enough enzymes to break down the alcohol as men do.
More Hangover Help Tips:
Time is the real remedy of a hangover and having some sort of substance in the belly to absorb the stale alcohol helps also. May I recommend ‘hangover soup’, which consists of browned greasy hamburger, canned tomatoes, macaroni, lots of garlic powder and water.
My favorite thing to do on a dreadful Sunday morning is to make a big bed on the living room floor. Lots of pillows, a whole bunch of movies lined-up so I can sleep watch them all day. Have gallons of real juice and tons of snacks just waiting for you at arm’s length.
Hangover Remedies:
As was mentioned, alcohol has been around for about 8000 years. Hangover remedies most likely have been around for about 7999 years, whether they worked or not. It seems like mind over matter on most remedies.
Here are some hangover remedies from around the world and throughout time.
* Romans (600 BC) ate cabbage leaves; they also ate fried canaries.
* Egyptians (3100 BC) drank cabbage juice and took medical papyri.
* Haitians (1500 BC) stuck 13 pins into the cork of the bottle of rum they drank night before.
* In Puerto Rico some rub lemons under their drinking arm.
* Russians use to swear by sliced cucumbers, also sauerkraut. I say have a toasted cucumber and mayo sandwich.
* In the middle-ages (500 AD) folks would have a plate of bitter almonds and dried eel.
* In the outskirts of Mongolia, they drank pickled sheep’s eyes in tomato juice for a cure. Appetizing!
* The old wild west cowboys (1865 – 1895) made tea from dried rabbit droppings. Yeah, they drank too much cheap whisky the night before.
* Green tea on the other hand cleans the system and urinary track. Ginger root tea settles the upset stomach.
* Try greasy, take-out foods to help absorb the alcohol that is still in you.
* Bananas or peaches – the liver loves the iron filled bananas and everyone loves the vitamin C filled juicy peaches.
* If you dare, try a blended raw egg and orange juice drink. Yuk! Where’s the vodka?
* Popping a few multivitamins or vitamin C always helps.
Final note:
Just to show what an epidemic, hangovers are, a journal reported that in the U.S. absenteeism and poor job performance cost the economy 3.3 billion dollars (us). In Canada the value is at 1.8 billion dollars (us). All from hangovers!
“Harold wake up!” Dr. Wetbrain yells. “You of all people should listen to this.” Again.