What to do if I have a hangover. Severe hangover: what to do at home
Almost everyone who drinks alcohol is familiar with the condition of a hangover. It varies for everyone: depending on age, period of alcohol consumption, quantity and quality of alcohol consumed. The only way to avoid it is not to drink. But if you are not yet ready to quit, then these hangover tips may come in handy.
The most typical symptoms of a hangover:
headache- caused by the death of brain cells and dehydration of the body as a whole.
dehydration- due to the fact that alcohol is a good diuretic, perhaps the best of all existing ones.
nausea– caused by poisoning of your body with alcohol breakdown products – your body instinctively tries to get rid of the contents of the stomach, as with any food poisoning.
exhaustion- its reason is the increased work of internal organs, and the accumulation of the same alcohol breakdown products in the muscles.
muscle cramps- usually occur only in experienced alcoholics, on the 2-3rd day of their prolonged hangover, caused by toxic damage to the nervous system, lack of certain microelements, and as a result -
improper distribution of nerve impulses in the muscles.
feeling of fear and anxiety- inexplicable anxiety caused by stress resulting from poisoning of the nervous system.
1. Never drink on an empty stomach. In addition to the fact that you will develop an ulcer over time, your body will be left completely without nutrition in the morning, alone with toxins. which will remain after consumption
alcohol.
2. Drink plenty of fluids. alcohol will expel water from your body, do not forget to replenish its reserves in the body.
You woke up after a feast, then here are some tips for a hangover:
What not to do:
1. Important advice for hangovers - don’t get a hangover if you can stand it. A careless hangover is a short-lived relief, and you will return to the hangover state tomorrow, but the symptoms will be even more severe. Remember, no matter how much you hangover, you are only prolonging the hour of reckoning, and it will come. In very severe conditions (convulsions and panic attacks), you can dilute 50 grams of vodka in a glass of water and drink it over 3-4 hours, or drink a bottle of light beer in small sips over 6-8 hours.
2. Load your brain with all kinds of bad thoughts (from the category “what if I die”, “what did I do yesterday”, “what should I tell the neighbors”, etc.), and also walk around and fuss about every occasion. Leave everything and
thoughts for later, don’t let unfulfilled tasks hang over you. Tell yourself: I will get better and I will do everything on time, period. You've earned your vacation. This way you will save yourself from some of the moral suffering. TV can also save you from bad and obsessive thoughts - minimum stress on the muscles, only interesting programs. Remember the main advice for a hangover is to lie down and endure it, everything will come to an end.
The hangover will also go away.
3. Go to important meetings, dates, shooters and other events. At the right moment, your tongue will be taken away and you will stand with trembling hands and open mouth.
4. Swim. It happens that in the summer, your acquaintances and friends “drag” you to the river or lake to cool off from a hangover. Decide for yourself whether to refuse or not, but: firstly, you still need to get there (which is already a feat with a hangover),
secondly, being in the sun will make you so crazy that no amount of water will help. But if you do go, then you shouldn’t swim with a hangover and swim far from the shore. Hangover cramps and so every now and then
circling above you.
5. Do not drink analgin. aspirin and other painkillers are not suitable for your condition. Of all the medications, we can only recommend “Phosphalugel” to calm the stomach and relieve nausea, and
also various kinds of heart drops (if your heart is also naughty).
6. Don't even try to smoke. If you want to smoke, then a hangover is ahead. Although sometimes it happens that you want it: it’s as if your head is lead without a drop of nicotine for the whole day. No need, be patient. Have a smoke and
double the length of your hangover.
7. Never go anywhere or for anything (unless of course you are at home). No matter how much they try to persuade you, you should avoid transport, especially public transport. The trip will turn out to be a nightmare for you, and maybe also for
those around you. If you urgently need to go, you will have to have a hangover, otherwise there’s no way.
What to do:
1. Drink plenty of fluids.
2. The classic is cucumber pickle, although some believe that cabbage pickle works better. It is not advisable to drink brine from pickled cucumbers.
3. You need B vitamins and vitamin C. You can recommend a fruit salad, which consists of sliced oranges, apples and bananas. For those who do not have stomach problems, you can eat a whole
lemon. After it, you will feel much better, thanks to the vitamin C it contains in abundance. In general, vitamin C literally feeds on the breakdown products of alcohol.
4. If you suffer from cramps due to hungover, then an intramuscular injection of Magnesia will help you.
5. If possible, eat all day long, at least one piece at a time. It will be nice if you drink a raw egg.
6. Another tip for a hangover regarding nutrition: it would be good to drink kefir. to normalize the functioning of the digestive system.
7. If you have the strength, take a bath. Temperature doesn’t matter – whatever is more comfortable for you. You can go to the bathhouse if you are in the village. A great way, but only in the final stages of a hangover.
8. You need a massage in order to quickly remove the ethanol decomposition products that have accumulated in your muscles and adipose tissue. It’s good if your spouse understands you, if you didn’t do anything bad yesterday and they are happy to see you.
9. If you have been on a binge, then after “recovery”, take a course of treatment with “Essentiale”, after consulting with your doctor.
10. And finally stop drinking, and you won’t need any kind of hangover advice. You lose a lot of useful time on it.
Briefly:
SCIENTIFICALLY. 6 steps in the article by our expert toxicologist on how to quickly relieve a hangover at home.
Please note: this article tells you how to get rid of a hangover after a day of drinking. The tactics for treating withdrawal symptoms after a long binge are different in many ways. Read about how to quit binge drinking at home without fear of delirium tremens in a separate article.
Six best recipes to get rid of a hangover:
1. Remove alcohol and its breakdown products from the body
- enema
- gastric lavage
- sorbents
(1 tablet of activated carbon per 10 kg of weight)
The fact that a person still has alcohol (ethyl alcohol) and its processed products in the body the next morning is the main, although not the only, reason for feeling unwell: one cannot hope to get rid of a hangover until the remnants of undigested alcohol have not yet been eliminated from the body, toxic products of its breakdown, associated substances that were in the drink, and other poisons.
By the way, until you remove all this from your body, your fumes will not go away, even if you brush your teeth five times: the fumes come from the lungs, not from the stomach. And volatile alcohol processing products enter the lungs from the blood. The only solution is detoxification.
This becomes especially true if you ate foods rich in protein (meat, beans). Alcohol interferes with the processing of protein, and underdigested protein poisons the body.
Sorbents also cope with this task: activated carbon or other modern sorbents. For activated carbon to work, you need a lot of it: one tablet for every 10 kilograms of your weight; crush in water or drink with plenty of water.
Modern sorbents are more powerful, which is why they are more convenient to take than coal. To relieve alcohol intoxication, take one of the remedies to choose from: Enterosgel, Smecta, lignin-based sorbents, and so on.
Already two hours after taking sorbents, it is highly advisable to go big, otherwise the opposite effect will appear: more toxins will flow from the sorbent into the intestines than from the intestines into the sorbent.
When treating a severe hangover in the morning with various medications, it makes no sense to take them simultaneously with sorbents: the medications will be absorbed by them and lose their effect. It is necessary to space out their reception over time. So what to do if you have alcohol poisoning? The optimal order is this: first it is better to empty the stomach (of course, if there is still something in it), then take sorbents. After bowel movements (from 20 to 40 minutes to an hour and a half), you can take medications.
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2. Apply biochemical detoxification
- succinic acid
dissolve a tablet (100 mg) every 50 minutes, but not more than 6 times) - tincture of eleutherococcus
(drink 20-40 drops before meals for a hangover) - citric acid
(juice of 2-3 lemons diluted twice with boiled water) - honey
(take half a glass of honey a little at a time throughout the day) - lactic acid drinks
(no more than 600 ml per day) - kvass
- anti-hangover drugs
- glutargin
(1 gram every hour. Up to 4 times)
Our body can fight poisons on its own, but in order for it to cope faster, we can speed up metabolic processes (to be precise, the Krebs cycle). In other words, you can perform biochemical detoxification. Succinic acid best speeds up the process of processing poisons and also protects cells: dissolve one tablet (100 mg) every 50 minutes, but no more than 6 times.
Do not take succinic acid more than one tablet every 50 minutes, or if you have an ulcer or gastritis. Also, succinic acid is contraindicated for high blood pressure.
Stimulates detoxification of the body:
- tincture of eleutherococcus (drink 20-40 drops before meals for a hangover);
- honey (take half a glass of honey a little at a time throughout the day);
- citric acid (dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons with boiled water twice and drink for a hangover). It is citric acid that helps, not ascorbic acid: ascorbic acid does not have much significance for a hangover.
Lactic acid has the same effect. It is found in unpasteurized kvass and lactic acid drinks (most of all in kumiss). Doctors recommend drinking no more than 600 ml of fermented milk on a hangover day.
Many complex anti-hangover products also work to eliminate toxins. Most often, hangover pills are a combination of the substances described above (“Limontar”, “DrinkOFF”), but they may also contain drugs from the arsenal of professional toxicologists (“Zorex”).
The anti-hangover remedy “Medichronal” can only be taken if the morning condition is truly severe. This drug contains sodium formate, which quickly neutralizes the toxic breakdown products of alcohol. However, if there are too few alcohol breakdown products, then Medichronal itself may turn out to be toxic. Leave it as a last resort.
If the libations were not accompanied by a large snack, then glutargin will help well in the early stages of detoxification. You need to take 1 gram of glutargin (usually 4 tablets of 0.25 grams each) with an interval of at least 1 hour. Optimal - 4 grams per day.
3. Slow down the spread of harmful substances throughout the body
- rowan infusion
- tonic
The permeability of biological barriers, including intestinal ones, depends on the state of the cell membrane. Transport of substances across a membrane can be active or passive. Stabilization of the membrane leads to a decrease in passive transport - which means that fewer toxic substances penetrate into the brain from the blood, into the blood from the intestines, and into the intercellular spaces from the vessels. Accordingly, tissue edema (“swelling” from a severe hangover, which also causes headaches) and intoxication are reduced. This will allow you to get rid of toxic substances faster and easier.
Rowan infusion, quinine (found in classic tonics, such as Schweppes) and tannins contained in cognac have a membrane-stabilizing effect. Therefore, cognac is less dangerous for allergy sufferers in terms of exacerbation of the disease than, for example, beer.
How else can you make you feel better the next morning?
- "Antipohmelin"
4-6 tablets 1 time per day - "Korrda"
2 tablets 3 times a day - sauna, contrast shower, bath
start showering with hot water, then alternating it with cold
Another clever move is not to reduce the amount of poison, but to slow down its production, so that the liver has time to decompose acetaldehyde into acetic acid. The drug “Antipohmelin”, known in the West as RU-21, as well as the anti-hangover drug “Corrda” can do this.
Anti-hangmelin is taken once a day: 4-6 tablets should be washed down with water or apple juice. Corrda is taken in a course over one to two days: 2 tablets 3 times a day.
A bath, contrast shower or bath have an antitoxic and restorative effect. If you have a hangover, it is not a steam bath that is more beneficial, but a sauna: three sessions of 5, 10 and 20 minutes each. A contrast shower should be started with hot water, then alternating it with cold. For the best effect, dissolve 300 grams of sea salt or turpentine from the pharmacy in a warm bath.
4. Correct fluid balance
- bath, contrast shower
- brine
1 glass before drinking water - mineral water
- diuretics (veroshpiron)
take 200 mg once - oatmeal broth
2 times half a liter with a break of 40 minutes - aspirin
500 mg for every 35 kg of weight
It is possible to restore the normal distribution of fluid in the body, disturbed by drinking, by transferring fluid from the intercellular spaces into the blood (at the same time removing swelling and the headache caused by it). This can be achieved at home, for example, by going to the bathhouse (sauna) or taking a contrast shower.
Another way, available at home: take liquid and a diuretic at the same time: for example, natural coffee or non-alcoholic beer. Also, oatmeal decoction, watermelon, zucchini, garden strawberries and strawberries, bearberry, dandelion, green tea, and the drug veroshpiron (spironolactone) will have a diuretic effect. Veroshpiron should be taken once, in the amount of 200 mg.
It is not recommended to take furosemide for these purposes. You can just drink water: but not beforehand, but after a hangover. True, there is a subtlety here: if you simply inflate with water, then the osmotic pressure in the blood plasma will decrease (that is, the concentration of substances and salts dissolved in the blood), and you will want to go to the toilet. This means that it will not be possible to instantly replenish the water shortage, and the process will drag on for quite a long time. Before drinking water, it would be wise to replenish your reserves of electrolyte salts: for example, drink one glass of cabbage or cucumber pickle.
Mineral water and oatmeal broth also restore blood volume faster than ordinary water. To prepare the decoction, you need to take a glass of oat grains, cereals, or at least flakes, add 4-5 glasses of water, boil for 15-20 minutes, and then take half a liter twice every 40 minutes.
Taking aspirin also helps relieve swelling. Alcoholic drinks cause the formation of capillary erythrocyte microclots: lumps of red blood cells. They break down under the influence of acetylsalicylate (aspirin). These lumps contribute to the formation of edema. Aspirin also has a general analgesic effect. You should take 500 mg of aspirin for every 35 kg of your weight. Instant aspirin in the form of an effervescent tablet acts faster and more gently.
Do not take aspirin at the same time as alcohol. Aspirin can be taken at least 2 hours before the start of the feast and 6 hours after the last drink taken.
5. Restore acid-base balance
- mineral water
- soda
1-2 teaspoons per 1-1.5 liters of water - succinic acid
- citric acid
(dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons with boiled water twice and drink for a hangover) - fermented milk products
Doctors call an imbalance in the acid-base balance in the body acidosis. Alkaline (bicarbonate) mineral water or a small amount of soda can cope with this consequence of drinking: dissolve 1-2 teaspoons in 1-1.5 liters of water and drink. Please note that baking soda may be more trouble than it's worth. Mineral water acts not only due to hydrocarbonates and is more balanced in its effect on the acid-base balance.
An important clarification: we recommend taking not soda or mineral water, but rather something sour. It is better to relieve acidosis not chemically, but metabolically: speed up metabolism (more precisely, only the Krebs cycle) and wait for its work to shift the balance from the acidic side to the alkaline one. To do this, you need to take acidic foods (according to Le Chatelier's principle, this will speed up the reaction). The best choice for treating a hangover at home would be succinic acid (in tablets), citric acid and lactic acid (in fermented milk products). All this should also be taken with caution: carefully read the recommendations in the relevant articles.
6. Raise your mood and performance
- glycine
2 tablets every hour, up to 5 times - picamilon
150-200 mg spread throughout the day - pantogam
2 grams spread throughout the day - Mexidol
1-2 tablets up to three times a day - non-alcoholic beer
- novo-passit
1 tablet every 6-7 hours during the day - Negrustin
maximum per day: 6 tablets, 6 capsules or 2 tablets - person
- panangin (asparkam)
1-2 tablets before meals - Magnesol
dissolve 2-3 tablets in water - magnesia
take the solution every 40-50 minutes, but no more than three times
The nervous system will be helped by glycine (dissolve 2 tablets every hour, up to 5 times), nootropic tablets Picamilon (take several tablets at the rate of 150-200 mg for the whole day), Pantogam (2 grams of the drug spread throughout the day) and Mexidol (by 1-2 tablets up to three times a day). Natural soothing agents include milk, hop tincture and beer (preferably non-alcoholic and in no case fortified). Just don’t go too heavy on milk after drinking, because it’s hard to digest and can, on the contrary, worsen your well-being.
Antidepressants are also found in abundance in cocoa. Also read a separate article on how to deal with hangover depression. Do not neglect these tips, because a bad mood threatens to break into binge drinking.
Do not take phenazepam if you have a hangover. It will, of course, help you fall asleep, but it is also dangerous: you can choke to death from vomiting in your sleep, this often happens. The likelihood of resting an arm or leg and losing it (crash syndrome) also greatly increases. In addition, phenazepam after alcohol can cause hallucinations, disorientation and other dangerous effects, that is, “to demolish the tower,” which is dangerous for you and for others.
Finally, caffeine (found in coffee and tea), as well as other tonics and stimulants (taurine, guarana, ginseng) found in energy drinks and anti-hangover remedies, will help restore performance.
If you have time and energy, go for a walk in the fresh air. A leisurely walk reduces anxiety, and fresh air speeds up metabolism.
St. John's wort infusion has a calming, anxiety-relieving effect. If you are too lazy to brew and infuse the herb yourself, you can take more expensive products based on St. John’s wort and other plants: Persen, Novo-passit (1 tablet every 6-7 hours during the day) or Negrustin (maximum daily dose: 6 tablets , 6 capsules or 2 tablets).
The following herbal preparations also calm nerves and fight hangover insomnia:
- products with valerian;
- products with motherwort;
- soothing herbal mixtures from the pharmacy.
Doctors also sometimes prescribe these herbs for alcoholism, to relieve cravings for alcohol. This means that they will not only help you recover from a hangover, but will also reduce the likelihood of going on a binge.
Do not take Corvalol, Valocordin and Valoserdin if you have a hangover. They contain phenobarbital, which is incompatible with alcohol, and in itself is unsafe (it can cause delirium that is more severe than alcohol, even to the point of coma).
The drugs Panangin (aka Asparkam), Magnesol and Magnesia will help compensate for the lack of magnesium, which negatively affects the state of the nervous system and the heart. 1-2 tablets of Panangin should be taken before meals. If you bought Magnesol, then dissolve 2-3 effervescent tablets in water. You will have to tinker with magnesia a little more: one ampoule of magnesia needs to be dissolved in half a glass of water or you need to prepare such a solution yourself from magnesia powder (), and then take this dose every 40-50 minutes, but no more than three times.
Researchers from South Korea also note that red ginseng can quickly relieve hangover symptoms and restore memory and concentration. The hangover cure industry is booming in South Korea, due to the fact that in this country it is common to work a lot and drink with colleagues. Ginseng has been used there historically, so it is natural that this plant was adopted. It should be remembered that ginseng is a stimulant and is not suitable for frequent use. Our expert also claims that in theory this remedy only works on Asians.
All home remedies in one table:
How to get rid of guilt
If you feel guilty about what you did yesterday, don't worry. Most likely, everyone is too busy with themselves to think about you. Everyone wakes up and thinks: “It’s terrible what I said yesterday.” Nobody wakes up thinking, “It’s terrible what he said yesterday!” Don't try to distract yourself or suppress this emotion. Instead, examine thoughts and sensations until they subside. Or write your anxious thoughts on a piece of paper or on your computer.
Inappropriate feelings of guilt and shame will go away on their own as the normal functioning of the nervous system is restored. This will happen on its own over time. The remedies and medications described above will help speed up the process.
So, what is the best drink for a hangover?
How to get rid of alcohol poisoning? Treatment is best carried out on all fronts described: remove toxins, restore fluid balance, treat nerves. Please note that the effective set of remedies will depend on your current condition, the amount you drink, how long ago you last drank alcohol and ate food. To select hangover cures, you can use our specially developed methodology.
Convenient tables for those who regularly treat hangovers
If you're in doubt about what to do, keep two tips handy: What to do when you have a hangover and What not to do when you have a hangover.
How to survive a hangover?
To recover after drinking, it is better to try to cleanse your body as much as possible and go to bed. However, if you are still very drunk, then ask someone to look after you. You need to make sure that you don’t roll over on your back and choke on vomit if you start to feel sick (this happens).
If you can’t sleep and you need to go to work, then first of all, don’t drive. Secondly, drink strong tea or coffee. Before this, you must induce vomiting, especially if the last time you ate or drank less than 6 hours ago. Energy drinks are also fine, but check your pulse. If your heart beats twice as fast as usual (160 versus 80 beats per minute), then avoid energy drinks and coffee.
Take succinic acid with you to work and take no more than one tablet every 60 minutes. The smell of fumes will go away as the body breaks down the alcohol. Until everything is processed, all that remains is to mask it with chewing gum.
Folk remedies for hangover
Not all folk remedies for hangover are as safe and time-tested as the now popular healers and healers claim. But you shouldn’t give up all folk remedies at once because they are too outdated and ineffective against the backdrop of a powerful pill. The effectiveness of some folk remedies is also confirmed by modern medicine. In this article, an expert from the website Pokhmelye.rf, toxicologist Stanislav Radchenko, will figure out which of the remedies actually work and which are useless and even harmful.
Effective folk methods
| means | why does it work | notes |
|---|---|---|
| (drink and vomit) | all harmful substances are very quickly eliminated from the body | if severe and senseless vomiting continues for more than a day, take Cerucal |
| During sleep, the body recovers faster | Someone should keep an eye on a drunk person's sleep | |
| speed up metabolism, including alcohol processing | prohibited when recovering from heavy drinking and in case of heart problems, as they strain the heart | |
| relieve swelling, speed up metabolism | not recommended for heart problems and high blood pressure | |
| Water relieves swelling and headaches and removes harmful substances faster. Mineral water is especially effective | Before drinking water, drink a glass of brine | |
| replenishes the supply of salts, helps the beneficial effects of water | drink no more than a glass - and it’s the brine, not the marinade | |
| contains vitamin B1, enzymes, beneficial microorganisms and organic acids that help quickly remove harmful substances from the body | kvass must be natural, not canned. And not too “intoxicating”, otherwise you’ll get a new dose of alcohol | |
| : yogurt, tan, ayran, kefir, kumiss is especially useful | provide the body with proteins, vitamins and minerals, improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, restore strength, remove toxins and protect the liver | It is better to drink on an empty stomach, in small sips and in an amount of no more than 600 ml |
| contains vitamin B1, which is used to process alcohol. Invigorating, but much softer than coffee | drink at the end of all detoxification procedures and not too much, because loads the heart | |
| contains a number of anti-depressants, replenishes hangover deficiency of magnesium, invigorates, reduces headaches and anxiety | It is better to prepare cocoa with water, because... milk reduces its bio-availability. Optimal dose: 3/4 cup | |
| improves metabolism, accelerates alcohol processing | juice of 2-3 lemons diluted with twice as much boiled water so as not to irritate the gastric mucosa | |
| improves metabolism, has a calming and detoxifying effect. Fructose helps process alcohol faster | take in small portions: spread half a glass of honey over the whole day | |
| improve metabolism, help get rid of harmful substances, calm the nerves, provide us with potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus | after drinking they cause discomfort instead of pleasure. As a result, the person stops drinking | |
| Oranges and lemons contain citric acid, which helps get rid of harmful substances. Bananas replenish hangover potassium deficiency | these fruits are ideal for refreshment in the morning: they do not cause nausea and do not overload the gastrointestinal tract |
Links in the table lead to specific hangover treatments on the same page. Now let’s take a closer look at why the above folk remedies really work, and how they should be taken correctly.
Stomach cleansing
Attention! We recommend physical activity as a way to quickly recover from a hangover only to young and healthy people who do not have heart problems. You also need to check your pulse: there is no need to exercise if your pulse is already twice as high as your normal (somewhere more than 160 when the normal is 80 beats per minute).
Sex, like any other physical activity, speeds up metabolism, including the processing of alcohol. The release of endorphins during sex makes you feel better and helps get rid of headaches. Be careful: like other physical exercises, sex while hungover puts additional strain on the heart.
Bath, bath, shower
In the bathhouse, blood circulation and metabolism are activated, which contributes to the rapid processing of toxic breakdown products of alcohol. A visit to the bath increases skin respiration and improves blood circulation. High temperature kills bacteria on the human body. Profuse sweating eliminates dehydration and relieves swelling. In the bathhouse, a person’s mood improves and fresh strength appears.
The bath can be replaced with a salt bath: stir 300 grams of sea salt in warm water and lie there for half an hour. Remember: a bath, salt bath and contrast shower are not recommended for problems with the heart and blood pressure.
A contrast shower quickly puts you in the right state: invigorates, relieves swelling, and increases brain performance. The main rule of a contrast shower is to start with hot water: make the water quite warm from the very beginning, stand under it for 30 seconds, then turn on cold water and stand under it for 15-20 seconds. Then hot again, and so on. For the expected effect, three cycles of water changes must be performed.
Water, mineral water
One of the main reasons for feeling unwell in the morning is improper redistribution of fluid, when excess fluid accumulates in the tissues, creating edema, and the volume of circulating blood is not enough, and the person suffers from dryness. The rapid entry of water into the bloodstream normalizes the volume of circulating blood, stimulates urination and thereby eliminates tissue swelling. Relieving swelling relieves headaches and reduces the load on the heart.
Mineral water is three times more effective than regular water. It enters the blood faster, so it is much more effective in helping to get rid of swelling, headaches, and also remove toxic breakdown products of alcohol from the body. “Hydrocarbonate” mineral waters (Borjomi, Essentuki) are especially useful for treating hangovers, shifting the acid-base balance in the body to the alkaline side, because it is usually acidic in a state of alcohol intoxication.
Brine
Before drinking water, it is advisable to replenish the supply of salts: for example, drink a glass of brine (cabbage or cucumber) - and this will replenish the loss of electrolyte salts. By the way, in fact, the folk remedy for a hangover was cabbage brine, not cucumber brine: unlike cucumber brine, cabbage brine contains succinic acid. You should not drink more than one glass so as not to strain your heart. And make sure that you drink the brine and not the marinade.
Kvass
Natural, non-canned kvass contains large quantities of vitamin B1, enzymes, beneficial microorganisms and organic acids, which help to quickly remove toxic breakdown products of alcohol from the body. Not recommended for those suffering from gastritis or peptic ulcer in the acute stage. Be careful and do not drink excessively “intoxicated” kvass: this way you can accidentally get a hangover. And getting a hangover in the morning is not useful, but harmful - read about this dubious folk remedy below, in the same article.
Fermented milk drinks
Honey
Honey contains microelements, redox enzymes, and organic acids of the Krebs cycle - the most important part of metabolism. Honey has a calming and detoxifying effect. Fructose contained in honey helps to cope with the processing of alcohol faster.
The picture shows the Krebs cycle and alcohol in the general scheme of human metabolism. .
Our expert notes that at home, a hangover can be relieved by cleansing the intestines and taking honey in fractions: 100 ml (half a glass) of honey should be spread out throughout the day, taking a little at a time.
Seafood
Seafood increases appetite and improves metabolism, helps to quickly get rid of toxic alcohol breakdown products, and also acts as a sedative. Seafood saturates the body with potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus, which are necessary for electrolyte imbalances that occur due to alcohol abuse.
However, the ability to absorb beneficial substances from a hangover is greatly reduced, so you should improve your health with seafood after carrying out basic detoxification measures (that is, after removing the toxic breakdown products of alcohol from the body).
Citrus fruits and bananas
Oranges and lemons contain large quantities of citric acid, which helps quickly remove toxic breakdown products of alcohol from the body.
Useless folk ways to relieve a hangover:
- get over your hangover
- force yourself to eat
- drink tomato juice
- eat garlic
- eat ginger
- drink coffee
Let's find out why you shouldn't use these folk remedies.
Get over your hangover
A hangover will only go away when you cleanse your body of alcohol and its derivatives. Therefore, it is necessary to engage in proper detoxification.
A new dose of alcohol in the morning is a short-term symptomatic remedy: drinking can have a slight anesthetic and sedative effect - however, you can alleviate the suffering from a hangover using much safer methods, and you will have to pay for such an “additive” later. This is a direct path to binge drinking and the development of alcoholism: doctors say that a morning hangover really alleviates the hangover for those who have already developed an addiction; Non-alcoholics are usually sickened by the sight of alcohol when they have a hangover.
Force yourself to eat
If you don’t want to eat in the morning, it means that the poisoning has not yet passed. The food you eat will not be absorbed, will not “give you strength,” but will only worsen the poisoning. You can often hear advice to eat through a fatty soup, and then the nausea will subside. This is not true. To return to normal, it would be wiser not to interfere with the body getting rid of alcohol breakdown products and not to load it with new food until it is cleansed.
Tomato juice
Tomato juice is often mentioned among folk remedies for hangovers along with brine. Tomato juice contains some vitamins, pectin, and organic acids of the Krebs cycle, including malic and succinic. But it also contains oxalic acid (oxalate), which simultaneously reduces the effects of both malic and succinic acid. Therefore, tomato juice does not provide any special advantages compared to ordinary liquids.
Garlic
Garlic and dishes containing garlic contain substances that, when oxidized, produce the same metabolites as alcohol. Therefore, on the one hand, in accordance with Le Chatelier’s principle, garlic slows down the oxidation of alcohol, prolonging its effect on the body, and on the other hand, in large doses it itself causes a condition very similar to a hangover. The vast majority of cases of heavy consumption of garlic (as well as onions, peppers, horseradish, mustard, spices) while drinking is accompanied by a worsening hangover.
Ginger
Like any stimulant, ginger can give you a short-term boost. There is not much point in this, because it is better to go to bed, this will relieve the hangover faster. In addition, ginger will additionally irritate the stomach, and this is a direct path to an ulcer. Ginger will not help you cleanse your body (there is no scientific evidence for this), and therefore is generally useless.
Coffee
Coffee awakens the brain, but increases the load on the heart. The same caffeine (but in smaller quantities) is found in tea and in some special anti-hangover drugs - and in this form it acts more mildly. Caffeine is also found in non-alcoholic energy drinks, but it is not the main anti-hangover component there. An effective and useful analogue of caffeine (theobromine) is found in cocoa, which was already written about in this article. Coffee can be drunk at the very end of detoxification measures, as a means of enhancing performance.
Artichoke extract
A popular hangover cure in the West. Recently, it has been gaining popularity among us, including as a remedy for alcoholism. Artichoke does not cure a hangover: this was established by scientists from the University of Exeter in the UK back in 2003.
Probably, a hangover is familiar to many in our country. This is a certain condition that occurs some time after alcoholic beverages have been consumed, and in considerable quantities.
A hangover has the main symptoms - fever or chills, nausea, headaches, variability in blood pressure, extreme thirst.
What to do if you have a hangover? How to deal with it? These questions plague many people who suffer from a hangover. The fight against hangover is especially important when you can’t stay at home.
It is noted that a hangover can only occur when a person consumes a significant amount of alcoholic beverages. But this opinion is not entirely correct. For some people, a hangover can occur even after a small dose of alcohol, because everything will depend on the specifics of the body and the digestive system.
What to do about a headache with a hangover?
If the next morning after drinking alcohol your head starts to hurt badly, the simplest remedies will help you cope with the pain: Citramon(the one with the prefix “forte” is better) or Aspirin. But if you have gastritis or a stomach ulcer, then it is not recommended to use these drugs.
Of course, you can find special “anti-hangover” products on sale, which, as a rule, consist of succinic, ascorbic or acetylsalicylic acids, to which caffeine is necessarily added. That is why there is no point in overpaying for them, because this is the same Citramon.
What to do with nausea during a hangover?
If the hangover is very severe, nausea may occur. Medicines that help cope with it can be found in any home medicine cabinet:
1
Activated carbon. Take in the following proportion: 1 tablet per 10 kg of weight. You need to take the tablets with plenty of water. The drug cleanses the body well;
2
Enterosgel. The same effective sorbent. It is recommended to take it before a hangover to minimize its manifestations;
3 Liferan. Also an effective sorbent;
4
Glutargin. A fairly effective remedy that helps cleanse and restore liver function. Contains glutamic acid, arginine salt. During a hangover syndrome, ethanol breakdown products are localized in the liver, so at such moments it is very important to support it. Taking glutarine some time after drinking alcoholic beverages prevents most hangover symptoms.
What to do if you have a hangover?
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Symptoms of a hangover begin to appear due to the fact that toxins are formed in the body, which must be eliminated. This can be effectively treated with an enema or gastric lavage. The simplest option is to take sorbents (Liferan, Polyphepan, Lignosorb, activated carbon). They should be taken twice daily according to the directions on the package. In addition, lemon juice diluted with honey has a good effect.
2
Kvass and some fermented milk products also help overcome the symptoms of a hangover. Using cabbage or cucumber pickle, you can normalize the water-salt balance in the body. And through a contrast shower, bath or sauna, you can speed up the removal of toxins from the body.
3 It is very important to restore the acid-base and water balance of the body. Taking a large amount of alkaline mineral water (Borjomi, Essentuki-17, Narzan, etc.) gives an excellent effect. You should also pay attention to the traditional brine and baking soda solution.
4
When you have a hangover, you will often experience nausea. What to do? It can be removed using folk remedies: sweet black lemon tea, fruit juice, fermented milk products (kefir, fermented baked milk, kumiss, etc.), chicken broth (not too concentrated). Effective medicines include various drugs based on ondansetron, metoclopramide, domperidone (Zofran, Cerucal, Motilium, etc.).
5
If you are hungry during a hangover, its manifestations will be stronger. To get rid of an unpleasant condition, you need to have a good breakfast in the morning, even if it’s through force. If you feel nauseous, eating is somewhat difficult, so you will have to force yourself to eat. If food really makes you sick, you can try eating some sauerkraut, which will help activate digestion and remove some toxins.
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It is recommended to drink as much fluid as possible. It is best to drink mineral water with lemon juice. With the help of brine, fluid will be retained in the body, which will have a beneficial effect. Fermented milk products also help, helping to remove toxins. An excellent recipe is a cocktail made from tomato juice and raw eggs.
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If you feel more or less normal, then you can treat a hangover at home. When it really gets bad, it is recommended to consult a doctor. In the hospital, you can be given a special IV to cleanse your body of all harmful substances.
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If the body is suffering from a hangover, then, oddly enough, all kinds of physical procedures have a beneficial effect. Massage, sauna, steam bath, contrast shower helps.
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After you wake up and feel bad from a hangover, you need to immediately go out onto the balcony or at least open the window. Ideally, take a walk through the forest. Ventilating your lungs with fresh air helps improve metabolic processes in the body and also eliminates bad breath. If you feel sleepy, it’s better to stay at home.
10 In addition, normalization of the nervous system is mandatory. Once toxins have been eliminated from the body through various means, the nervous system can begin to recover. Glycine copes well with hangover syndrome. The drug is taken 1 tablet 4-5 times a day (needs to be dissolved). Glycine is contained in gelatin, so when drinking alcohol it is best to eat jellied fish, jellied meat, jelly, etc.
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It is recommended to support the nervous system and heart with the following drugs: Picamilon, Mexidol, Panangin, Pantogam. In addition, fermented milk products and kvass have a positive effect on the functioning of the nervous system. Enterosgel helps well, which should be taken immediately after drinking alcohol and in the morning, 2-3 tablespoons. You can drink it with regular mineral water without gas.
12 To prevent a hangover from making itself felt, all the procedures mentioned above are best carried out at home. Prolonged sleep can overcome even the worst hangover. If you can’t sit at home and need to go to work, then you can drink hot strong tea, coffee or a modern energy drink right at your workplace. What to do if a hangover occurs after drinking beer in large quantities? - it is removed in the same way as after drinking wine or vodka.
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Large doses of vitamins B and C help cope with hangover syndrome. Vitamins can be consumed in synthetic form (capsules, tablets) or in natural form (vegetable or fruit salads from cabbage, citrus fruits, apples).
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It is very useful to take hepaprotectors that protect the liver (Essentiale, Heptral). They are widely used in our country, but are banned in some European countries due to the lack of knowledge of their full effect.
All of the above methods will stimulate the normal functioning of the body, but none of them will be able to relieve you of a hangover instantly. The body needs some time to cope with a bad condition using the remedies you suggest.
What to do with a hangover using folk remedies?
1 Ammonia
In this case, the “wedge by wedge” principle comes into play. Treating a hangover with ammonia: dilute 5 drops of alcohol in a glass of cold water, then drink it in one go.
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Peppermint tea
It is best to drink mint tea before you are supposed to drink drinks, as well as in the morning before breakfast. This is an excellent solution for all those who are afraid of quickly getting drunk during the holiday and then suffering from headaches.
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Coffee with lemon
If you feel disgusting the morning after drinking alcohol, you should immediately make yourself some coffee and throw a slice of lemon into the glass. Just a few sips will noticeably calm the symptoms of a hangover.
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Milk
Using milk, of course, will not get rid of all hangover problems, but it will be possible to improve the condition to some extent. In the morning, be sure to drink a glass of milk at room temperature before breakfast.
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Anti-nausea lozenges
Lollipops are a long-known anti-nausea remedy used during long trips. But they also help well with hangovers. You shouldn’t suck on candy too often, but consuming 4-5 pieces is a must.
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Honey
Honey helps to cope not only with the manifestations of colds, but also with a hangover - which makes it even more beneficial. You need to eat a few spoons of bee honey and hope that the fructose will have a beneficial effect on the body.
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Lingonberry tea
Pour a couple of tablespoons of lingonberries into 300 ml of cold water, boil for 10-15 minutes, leave for the same amount, and strain thoroughly. The decoction should be consumed at one time.
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Barberry decoction
Pour a tablespoon of barberry berries into 150 ml of water, boil for 10-20 minutes, leave and strain. The decoction should be consumed cold.
How to prevent a hangover?
If you know that you will drink a fair amount of alcohol in the evening, then to get rid of a hangover in the morning you need to follow some rules:
- You should not drink alcohol on an empty stomach. It is best to take activated charcoal and eat a hearty meal;
- It is recommended to eat protein and carbohydrate foods, because excess fat will overload the liver;
- Sweets are also not recommended because they will enhance the absorption of alcohol;
- When drinking alcohol, it is best to take short breaks;
- Mixing alcoholic drinks is prohibited! Vodka causes a much smaller hangover than wine or champagne.
Always follow the culture of drinking alcoholic beverages, then you will never experience a hangover. And you will never have the question: “What to do with a hangover?”
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It’s very bad with a hangover, what to do?
“I usually feel very bad with a hangover, what should I do if this happens?” Desperate people who have no experience in preventing a hangover in advance or curing a hangover based on a specific system of measures often turn to specialists with a similar question. However, the very desire to get an answer already inspires hope: it means that a person is still at the initial stage of a precarious path leading to the abyss of alcoholism, although associated with the concept of a “hangover”.
Let us immediately note that in response to the complaint “I feel bad with a hangover,” we can give the only comprehensive recommendation that allows you to completely get rid of the problem that has arisen: while you still have the courage not to ask in a panic: “I feel bad with a hangover, what to do!”, stop drink alcohol even in small doses! A hangover is a painful condition, both in the physical and spiritual sense, because the lowly companion of depressed well-being and leaving much to be desired in appearance is always moral suffering, prompting you to gloomily admit, if not to your loved ones, then to yourself: “I always feel very bad with a hangover.” ..."
Those (and, alas, there are many of them) who are unable or simply do not want to immediately become an absolute abstainer, so that the sacramental question “I feel very bad from a hangover, what should I do?” has completely lost its relevance, they will certainly find themselves face to face with a situation where a hangover after a drunken feast makes itself felt in its most unpleasant forms. In this case, it is absolutely impossible to answer the question “I feel very bad from a hangover, what should I do…” with a single comprehensive phrase: a systemic set of special measures is needed to prevent a hangover, or to consistently, step by step, treat the hangover that has occurred.
What to do if you have a very bad hangover
The general method of getting rid of a hangover is implemented in two main ways. The first of them is preventive, which is to minimize the possibility of a hangover even before drinking alcohol, during a feast or immediately after it. The second way is to treat the symptoms of an already existing condition, known as a morning hangover, which, depending on the dose of strong drinks taken the day before, can last all day or even longer, gradually losing intensity.
Minimizing hangovers
The most important measures to limit hangovers are:
- alcoholic “hardening” several hours before the feast;
- blocking alcohol entering the LCD with sorbents;
- drinking only one type of alcohol, preferably good vodka;
- if this principle is not observed, drink drinks of increasing strength;
- eating fatty foods during a feast;
- stimulation of the gag reflex immediately upon returning home;
- drinking as many alcohol-free drinks as possible during and after the feast;
- taking the Morning care herbal drink.
A detailed description of hangover prevention measures is presented in the article How to rid yourself of a hangover.
Treatment of hangover symptoms
The most unpleasant symptoms of a hangover are:
- a state of general weakness, characterized by the complaint: “I feel very bad from a hangover, what should I do?”;
- headache due to a hangover;
- vomiting and diarrhea caused by the phrase “very bad with a hangover”;
- severe manifestations of thirst during a hangover;
- tremor of the upper extremities with a hangover;
- muscle cramps when you have a very bad hangover;
- mental depression from a hangover.
The hangover therapy package includes:
- removal of poisons of alcohol origin;
- getting rid of somatic manifestations of a hangover;
- final rehabilitation after the hangover has largely been overcome.
A detailed description of home therapy methods for hangovers is presented in the articles How to relieve a hangover and How to treat a hangover.
If you have a severe hangover, what should you do?
A hangover is a state of the body that occurs after heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. The main symptoms of this condition are headache, nausea, chills or fever, extreme thirst, and surges in blood pressure. If you have a hangover, what to do with it and how to treat it? This question worries many people, since this condition causes great trouble for the patient, especially when it is not possible to stay at home and receive treatment.
Some people believe that a hangover only occurs when a large amount of alcohol has been consumed, but this is not entirely true.
Many people have a severe hangover even from small doses of alcohol, it all depends on the body and its properties.
Factors that cause a hangover
Poisoning of the human body
Once in the body, alcohol begins to break down, resulting in the formation of poisons and toxins. Whiskey, tequila, vermouth, and rum are especially harmful in this regard, since they force the liver to process not only alcohol, but also the impurities that make up their composition.
Brain dysfunction
This negative effect is due to the action of acetaldehyde, which is formed during the breakdown of alcohol. After drinking large quantities of alcohol in the morning, the patient’s nervous system becomes very sensitive, even quiet sounds and lights irritate him. Often there is an unreasonable feeling of guilt and shame, which is called “adrenaline melancholy”, all these are signs of a severe hangover.
Dehydration
After drinking alcohol, dehydration occurs not because there is not enough fluid, but because it is not distributed correctly. It's all due to alcohol.
A swollen face and bags under the eyes indicate that there is enough fluid in the body.
With a severe hangover, the body spends a lot of macro- and microelements, vitamins, it tries to restore sleep and balance the acid-base balance.
Hangover treatment
In order to effectively provide assistance and treat a hangover, it is necessary to understand how alcohol affects the human body.
Remove toxins
The main cause of a hangover is the formation of toxins in the body, so they need to be removed from it. Gastric lavage or an enema helps to cope effectively with this. A simpler option is to use sorbents, for example, activated carbon, Polyphepan, Liferan, Lignosorb. They should be taken 2 times a day at intervals of 2 hours, 3 tbsp. l and wash down with 1.5 tbsp. water. Lemon juice diluted half with honey also helps.
Kvass and fermented milk products effectively help overcome hangovers. Cucumber or cabbage brine helps bring the water-salt balance back to normal. A sauna, steam bath, and contrast shower will help speed up the detoxification of the body.
Restoring water balance
In order to properly redistribute fluid in the body after a hangover, you need to resort to a little trick: drink water, tea or coffee and a diuretic at the same time. The peculiarity is that before starting to use the method, you need to drink mineral water, cabbage or cucumber pickle to replenish the reserves of electrolyte salts.
Normalize the nervous system
After removing toxins, you can move on to restoring the functioning of the nervous system. Glycine is the best remedy for hangovers. You should take one tablet up to 5 times a day, they should be dissolved slowly. This substance is part of gelatin, so it is clear why jellied meat, jelly or jellied fish are recommended to be consumed together with alcoholic beverages.
You can support the heart and nervous system with the help of tablets: Mexidol, Pantogam, Panangin, Picamilon. Natural products such as natural kvass and milk also help restore the functioning of the nervous system. “Enetrosgel” helps effectively; it should be taken immediately after the feast and 3 tbsp in the morning. l., should be washed down with mineral, but not carbonated water.
To make the hangover go away easier, it is better to carry out all these procedures at home and get more sleep. Getting plenty of sleep will help you overcome even the worst hangover.
If you can’t wait it out at home and you have to go to work, you can drink strong tea or coffee, an energy drink, or a hangover medicine. If this syndrome occurs after drinking a large amount of beer, it is relieved in the same ways as after drinking vodka or wine.
Ways to quickly get rid of a hangover
Water procedures
Take a cold shower to help restore your strength and invigorate yourself. You should not overdo it when fighting a hangover, otherwise you may become very cold and get sick. Cold compresses to the head also help, this narrows the blood vessels and relieves the headache.
If you take a hot bath with essential oils, the water temperature in which is 35-37°C, the rate of removal of toxins increases almost 25 times. Thus, the kidneys remove salts faster and the body gets rid of poisons. The procedure should not take longer than 20 minutes.
The sauna also provides effective assistance; just go into the steam room twice for 5 minutes and you will feel much lighter. A contrast shower also helps with a hangover; you need to start taking it with warm water, then make it hot and end with a cold shower, changing the water temperature every 3-5 seconds.
Exercising when you have a hangover
Simple physical exercises will help you cope with this problem. This is explained by the fact that during physical activity the body is saturated with oxygen and its vitality increases.
Breathing exercises help; they should be performed after water procedures. Inhale, then hold your breath and exhale slowly.
A hearty breakfast and plenty of drinking as methods to combat a hangover
To get rid of a hangover, you must have breakfast in the morning. For many people this is not difficult, but even if you feel sick, you need to overcome yourself and eat. If everything makes you sick, try sauerkraut, it activates digestion and helps remove toxins from the body.
You need to drink plenty of fluids; it is better to use mineral water with the addition of lemon juice. Taking brine helps retain fluid in the body. Dairy and fermented milk products help well; they also remove toxins. A cocktail of raw eggs and tomato juice works well.
Treatment can be carried out at home if alcohol poisoning was not severe, but in other cases you should consult a doctor. A dropper helps with a hangover, with the help of which they cleanse the body of poisons.
How to prevent a hangover
If you can’t lead a completely sober lifestyle, then to avoid a hangover you need to: 
- do not start drinking on an empty stomach, before this you need to take 5-7 tablets of activated carbon and have a snack;
- You need to eat a lot of carbohydrates and protein. Fatty foods are undesirable, as they further overload the liver;
- You should not eat sweets, as they enhance the absorption of alcohol;
- it is necessary to take breaks while drinking alcohol;
- Do not mix alcoholic drinks. The hangover from vodka is much less than from champagne or wine.
It is necessary to observe the culture of drinking alcoholic beverages, and then you will not know what a hangover is, and you will only get positive emotions from drinking them.
Treatment for a severe hangover
A severe hangover is a common result of drinking too much. A hangover refers to a special state of the body. A hangover occurs when you drink too much alcohol. It is important to understand that increased consumption refers to an individual norm for each person.
What is a hangover
The basis for a hangover is intoxication with alcoholic products, which is divided according to degrees into three options:
A mild degree of intoxication refers to a person’s euphoric state. Most often, this degree of intoxication is expressed by some changes in the skin in terms of color, dilated pupils, and excessive sweating. The person constantly wants to urinate. There is no more than two percent alcohol in the blood at these moments.
Mild intoxication does not cause a severe hangover. Within its framework, a person begins to behave louder than usual, and speech becomes incoherent. The duration of this state is short. Mild intoxication passes quickly, so you won’t face a severe hangover after it.
If the degree of intoxication has reached an average level, then the percentage of alcohol already exceeds two units. In this state, a person cannot walk smoothly, coordination becomes impaired, as does speech. The mind in most cases interprets surrounding events and actions in its own way. At this stage, a person who stops drinking alcohol usually falls asleep.
Despite falling asleep quickly and deep sleep, a hangover will darken the second day. This will be expressed by weakness, severe thirst, reluctance to put a piece of food in the mouth, nausea, and possibly vomiting. This can already be considered hangover symptoms.
The degree of intoxication that poses a real danger is considered to be the third, at which alcohol intoxication reaches a serious situation. The blood at this time contains more than three units of alcohol percent. You are guaranteed a terrible hangover the next morning. In this case, the greatest danger is the immediate current state.
In severe cases of intoxication, breathing problems occur, which can cause cardiac arrest. A number of cases are characterized by a kind of stunning, the next stage of which is alcoholic coma. If you consume a large dose of alcohol excessively, you may not get a very strong hangover, since you simply will not live until the morning.
If a person who is brought to the nose with ammonia or shaken vigorously does not return to consciousness, you need to pick up the phone and call an ambulance. In such a situation, only a qualified physician can save a person.
You can recover from severe intoxication caused by alcohol by receiving treatment in the toxicology department. Self-treatment can be fatal.
Signs of a hangover
When the holidays begin, people are not aware of the consequences of alcohol abuse. The result is a severe hangover the next morning, which makes you regret what you did. Hangover syndrome is more than an unpleasant condition, expressed by a number of symptoms.
During a severe hangover, severe headaches are recorded, the person is weak, feels nauseous, and sometimes vomits. Due to dehydration, everything in your mouth literally dries out. There are problems with vision, liver, and kidneys. A hangover affects performance, which is noticeably reduced.
With such symptoms, it is extremely difficult to do usual things, so it is not surprising that people are interested in the answer to the question: what should you do if you have a severe hangover? It is worth first of all to understand that such hangover disorders cannot be eliminated in a couple of minutes. Sometimes the syndrome stays with a person for several days. But this applies only to the most severe cases of hangover, without excluding withdrawal symptoms from the list.
At the moment, it is difficult to single out any specific method that will offer an answer to the question of how to relieve a severe hangover. A number of respondents believe that it is enough to overcome the headache and the hangover will be eliminated. The truth of this statement is zero, you will simply eliminate one of the hangover symptoms.
To understand how to get rid of a severe hangover, you need to understand that these words mean a serious shock to the body. There is no universal way to help return all internal organs to normal at once during a hangover. Even if you use several options, you can only partially help yourself.
What to do
So what to do if you have a bad hangover? It is important to immediately emphasize that it is not always possible to stay at home for independent treatment. There are times when it is impossible to overcome a hangover safely without the help of doctors.
If you have a severe hangover, what can you do at home? To start, focus on eliminating toxins. The most effective method is cleansing the stomach or intestines using lavage. If such methods of work are not available to you, take a look at anti-hangover medications - sorbents.
The most famous of them can be considered activated carbon, although there are also more modern options, the manufacturers of which promise a faster hangover effect compared to carbon. A folk recipe that helps a lot in eliminating excess decay products during a hangover is lemon juice with honey, the ingredients are mixed in equal proportions.
In order for you to start feeling normal again after a hangover, you will need to restore the levels of water and salt in your body. Drinking more fluid than usual can help with this. Give preference to mineral water with pre-released gases, citrus juices, green tea, which can be varied with lemon, and fruit drinks.
A hangover does not spare the nervous system, which also cannot do without recovery. Glycine works best with this problem. The tablets dissolve throughout the day, one at a time. Products from the category of milk and kvass of natural origin perform quite well during a hangover.
To replenish the mineral and vitamin balance during a hangover, which is inevitably disturbed by alcohol, you will need to switch to light, healthy food. Make a rich broth from meat, snack on salad or fruit.
To increase tone and thirst for life during a hangover, you will need to stop oxygen starvation of the body. In such a situation, it is best to pay attention to physical activity. It is important to calculate their feasibility for yourself, without leading yourself to overwork. You can use breathing exercises.
Perform water procedures. This will help regain lost strength. Showering has proven itself in the fight against hangovers, mostly with a contrasting change in temperature, which not only invigorates, but also has a positive effect on mood. It is important not to be overzealous and not to switch to physical exercises with a lot of effort when you have a hangover. Extra rest won't hurt.
Medicines to help with hangover
Most people choose medications when looking for hangover cures. Treating hangovers with medication means taking medications that help the body speed up the detoxification process. In modern medicine there is a whole class of drugs recommended for use against a hangover. Moreover, every year the list expands and grows.
At the top of the list of hangover medications is Antipohmelin. It is believed that it can easily cope with a severe hangover, and even helps prevent it. It is for this reason that hangover cures are available to be taken with alcohol directly. Antipohmelin slows down the process of turning alcohol into poison. As a result, the body does not require a minimum amount of time to eliminate intoxication.
However, this is one side of the coin. Due to such an inhibited metabolism, you need to understand that Antipohmelin prolongs intoxication and can aggravate it. In the morning, if you have a hangover, you can take a pill and the effect will be positive.
The second most popular hangover cure is Alka-Seltzer. This is a kind of “veteran” in this class of drugs. The hangover pill was first developed in the 1930s. Due to its reputation, earned over the years, the hangover drug has gained such high popularity.
Moreover, it contains more than simple ingredients. It is a combination of aspirin, citric acid and baking soda. When taking Alka-Seltzer, you can count on eliminating the symptoms that result from a hangover. These are headaches and heartburn. An analogue of Alka-Seltzer is the anti-hangover drug Alka-Prim. The composition and action are similar. There is only a difference in price.
A relatively modern development for hangovers is Zorex. The product has been produced since 2005 in the form of capsules. You need to take them the morning after the feast. In comparison with Antipohmelin, Zorex capsule is available for use only after drinking alcohol; it is prohibited to use them while drinking alcohol. Some danger is posed by a possible allergic reaction to the hangover drug.
Aspirin is considered an effective drug in the fight against unpleasant hangover symptoms. It helps relieve headaches, refresh and come to your senses faster. However, it is prohibited to use it constantly if you have a hangover. The drug is dangerous when mixed with alcohol.
Traditional recipes for hangovers
Not everyone trusts the pharmaceutical industry with their hangover treatment, preferring old, proven folk recipes. The most famous products aimed at fighting a hangover are dairy and fermented milk products, juices, teas, fruits, and pickles obtained by fermentation.
We should also pay attention to healing herbal decoctions, which also help cope with hangovers. One of the popular options is a decoction of marigolds. It is effective and helps get rid of toxins. To form it, you will need from six to eight flowers, which are filled with a liter of boiling water. It takes three minutes to cook the anti-hangover herbs. After this, part of the liquid is drained; it is enough to leave 0.8 liters. Then continue to boil the hangover decoction for six minutes. Strain the finished mixture and cool slightly. You need to consume a glass during the day.
An effective remedy is a mixture of 250 ml of hot milk with two tablespoons of castor oil. The mixture is drunk after pre-cooling. You can mix one beaten egg with a tablespoon of vinegar. A small amount of salt and pepper is added to the mixture. Drink the mixture in one sip.
If the consequences of a stormy holiday result in an unpleasant hangover, you can restore your tone with the help of lemon juice mixed with natural honey. You can eliminate stress and restore the nervous system with the help of primrose, or rather, its roots. The crushed product in the amount of a tablespoon is poured into a glass of boiling water and left for two hours. You need to take the tincture in two doses of half a glass.
If you feel that the symptoms of a hangover do not go away or the condition worsens, it is better to seek medical help. This advice is especially relevant for those who suffer from some chronic diseases.
Hangover on a workday
Unfortunately, hangovers don't always occur on weekends. Sometimes the day after the party you need to go to work or do other things that only aggravate your already unpleasant condition.
To ease unpleasant symptoms, drink as much gas-free mineral water as possible before heading to work. Take a shower. You can stay with regular heat, or you can use a contract one, but only if you don’t have problems with the cardiovascular system. No matter how bad you feel, and no matter how much you want to give up breakfast, you cannot do this. For the first meal, give preference to low-fat foods. The liver, which suffered at a party, does not need additional overload.
If your headache is severe, you can take a painkiller. However, before you do this, check the pressure. If there is something wrong with it, take care of solving this problem first. Drink as much fluid as possible during your workday. Avoid coffee and energy drinks. They additionally strain the heart and lead to dehydration.
Since you won’t be able to use freshly brewed tinctures in the office, try switching to combination medications that fight hangovers. They have already been listed above in the corresponding section. Of course, ideally, to get rid of a hangover, you just need to prevent it. To do this, try to adhere to a number of rules. Avoid mixing alcoholic drinks and eating large snacks.
What not to do if you have a hangover
Not everyone knows that within the framework of a hangover there is a list of actions that are prohibited. A severe hangover is already a sufficient burden on the body. Therefore, there is no need to aggravate it. We are talking about a popular hangover. A bottle of beer or one hundred grams of vodka will bring temporary relief from external symptoms, but will seriously harm your body.
Often, it is with these methods of dealing with a hangover that the formation of alcohol dependence begins. Avoid excessive physical activity, especially going to the bathhouse. Such methods are available only to people who are confident in the strength of their heart, since the load on it will be colossal.
You should not drink coffee or strong tea with a hangover. A noticeable effect from coffee occurs only due to increased heartbeat. However, after a couple of hours you will feel even worse than at the beginning of the day. Coffee will raise your blood pressure, which will result in poor health. Smoking should be avoided while treating a hangover. It leads to additional poisoning of the body with harmful substances, which significantly worsens the situation.
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If after a fun party you literally can’t get out of bed because you feel bad, try to tidy yourself up using available means. Take an aspirin or anti-hangover tablet, if, of course, you have these drugs on hand. Aspirin will thin the blood somewhat, relieve headaches, and you will feel a little better. It is advisable, before you are going to drink alcohol, to go to the pharmacy and purchase Antipohmelin. This drug not only relieves pain, but also nausea, thirst and removes intoxication.
After taking the drug, try to eat something. If you feel nauseous and don’t even have the slightest thought about food, then at least drink green tea. Mineral alkaline water also helps to cope with a hangover. A large amount of fluid will speed up the removal of toxins from the body.
Take a couple of tablets of any digestive aid if the nausea persists. “Pancreatin”, “Mezim”, “Festal” will do, and if you feel bitterness in your mouth, then drink “Allohol”, “Cholenzim”, “Karsil” or similar products. Usually, during poisoning, not only the stomach, but also the liver and pancreas begin to work poorly, so toxic substances do not leave the body.
If you feel really bad and your heart is pounding, it’s better to call an ambulance. Even if you are not going to the hospital, the doctor will examine you at home and give you an injection that normalizes your heart rhythm. While the ambulance is on its way, drink about 15-30 drops of Valocardin, Valoserdin or Corvalol. Validol also helps with heart pain.
By the evening, relief usually sets in, as the body begins to “awaken”, because the intoxication is almost completely eliminated. But if you have severe swelling, it means that the kidneys cannot cope with removing fluid from the body, take any diuretic or urological preparation.
Before the next holiday, stock up on basic medicines that will alleviate your condition. Control the amount of alcohol you drink. Alcohol intoxication can be fatal.
It is very gratifying when a person does not have the habit of drinking alcohol. He most likely does not know the feeling of a hangover. But there are times when there is a good reason for drinking, and you just can’t refuse a glass, another, a third...
A hangover, or withdrawal syndrome, is a consequence of a fun evening. It varies:
- weak, but noticeable, with such a hangover the person “slows down” a little;
- not strong, but the condition is such that you don’t want to go to work, but have to;
- strong, when you don’t want to get out of bed, it’s like there’s an earthquake in your head. But what to do? I have to lie to my boss: “...sorry, I’m sick...”;
No matter how you feel, you need to get rid of a hangover, because a serious condition means that something is wrong with you. Due to the rapid loss of fluid, B vitamins are also lost. They are very important, as they are responsible for the functions of the digestive organs. And if you ate a lot, then the food was not absorbed or did not have time to do so, and this is precisely the cause of nausea.
Traditional methods of treating a hangover
Unfortunately, a real cure for a hangover has not yet been invented, but there are still some methods that help to some extent get rid of intoxication from the body, restore the functioning of the affected organs and make you feel better.
Many people believe that a hangover can be relieved with a new dose of alcohol, but this is a very erroneous opinion. Why continue to poison an already sick body with a new portion of poison? Why do something that is prohibited?
Ways to eliminate a hangover:
- Drink in small doses. Don't compete with alcohol, you won't suffer from a hangover in the morning.
- If it is impossible to refuse a glass, discreetly skip the toast.
- When you can’t avoid another pile, eat a lot.
- Drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. You can't drink carbonated drinks, otherwise you'll have the opposite effect. The best drinks will be juices and compotes.
- Smokers should forget about cigarettes. Alcohol and smoking are incompatible.
- A couple of hours before the feast, take a couple of tablets that accelerate the breakdown of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. They will help you digest food better, and the necessary substances will enter the blood faster.
After studying all the methods presented, you can choose the ones that suit you. If they do not help, then use anti-hangover pills.
