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| Drank too much last night? Head aches, mouth | | | | oils containing Isobruphen. There are several |
| dry, you are nauseous? That's a hangover for | | | | names for this medicine, but do NOT take aspirin |
| sure. But why does that happen? Let's see | | | | or other similar medicines. Only Isobuphen appears |
| scientifically why hangovers occcur and how to | | | | to work, and other painkillers with acetaminophen |
| cure them. | | | | can damage your liver. |
| The hangover is caused by a combination of the | | | | General Rule: Often called "hair of the dog that |
| toxic by-product of alcohol metabolism | | | | bite you". a Bloody Mary cocktail seems to bring |
| (acetaldehyde), dehydration, and Vitamin A, B | | | | you back to normal. In conjunction with |
| (particularly B6) and C depletion brought about by | | | | Isobuphen, a Bloody Mary can work quite |
| the chemical action of alcohol on your system. | | | | dramatically. Here is my recipe, taken from a |
| Some drinks give you worse hangovers than | | | | famous Japanese restaurant in New York;o One |
| others due to the actions of impurities it contains. | | | | shotglass of vodka (use the best you can find)o |
| These impurities are called congeners. It's the | | | | Dash of lemon juiceo Worcestershire sauceo 2 or |
| ethyl alcohol (ethanol) that gets you drunk, but | | | | 3 drops Tabasco sauce or more if you can handle |
| the amyl, butyl, methyl, propyl, and isopropyl | | | | ito Pepper, salt and celery salto 5 oz tomato juice |
| alcohols that are also found in most drinks (more | | | | Over ice in a tall glass add spices, then vodka. |
| or less), and the concentration of these | | | | Fill with tomato juice and stir. |
| congeners determine how bad your hangover will | | | | Garnish with celery stick and lime wedge. |
| be. | | | | Special Rules: |
| The white (clear) spirits have less congeners than | | | | 1. Take a hot shower |
| the colored ones (vodka, gin, tequila as opposed | | | | 2. Do deep breathing exercises in front of an |
| to whisky and cognac) as they are filtered. | | | | open window |
| Another special "impurity" which really gives you a | | | | 3. Walk in place till your heartbeat is about 115 |
| sick feeling after drinking is acetaldehyde, a | | | | beats per minute then stop |
| by-product of the natural oxidation of ethanol. | | | | 4. As you feel better, drink lots of pure clean |
| This is usually contributing to the super headache | | | | water |
| one feels. | | | | 5. Eat bananas. Bananas contain high volumes of |
| What can be done about it? | | | | fructose, and and potassium, which is one of the |
| There are lots of cures from folklore and each | | | | things you lose lots of when you drink. Bananas |
| country and culture seems to have their own. | | | | are also a natural antacid to help with the nausea, |
| Below you can read the result of exhaustive | | | | and are high in magnesium which can help relax |
| research, and popularity of cures among the | | | | those pounding blood vessels causing that |
| published articles found worldwide. | | | | hangover headache. |