cure for a hang over?

Question

I celebrated my birthday yesterday, its now 2:15 and I still feel blah, any suggestions?

Answer 1

Most hangover "remedies" simply attend to one or more of the symptoms and don't really provide a cure as such. The hangover won't stop until the alcohol is out of your system:


Berocca - Puts the vitamin B back in, as well as the big glass of water it's mixed with. It's probably best to do this before you go out.
Coke - Fizz for the nausea, liquid for the dehydration, and a caffeine and sugar hit to make you feel a bit more lively.
Coffee - Same as Coke but without the bubbles to help ease the nausea. Try it with honey instead of sugar since the fructose is absorbed quicker than the sucrose in normal sugar, and it's better for you.
Ginseng - It's been noted that since caffeine is a diuretic like alcohol, it can actually make the dehydration worse, so try the herbal equivalent instead.
Vegemite On Toast - Something in your stomach is good, and salty is even better. Plus you get a Vitamin B top up. The same reasons also make peanut butter a good choice, but the oily nature might make some sensitive stomachs feel a bit yucky. If you do try try this one, skip the butter and just have dry toast.
Cold Pizza - Who knows, but it seems to work.
Asprin - Simply attends to the headache and does nothing for the level of alcohol in your system. Don't take them before you go to bed.
Bananas - Sugar in the form of fructose, and potassium, which is one of the things you lose lots of when you drink. Bananas are also a natural antacid to help with the nausea, and are high in magnesium which can help relax those pounding blood vessels causing that hangover headache. For a variety of reasons try a peanut butter, honey and banana sandwich on white bread.
Vitamin C - Another thing the alcohol takes out that you're advised to put back in as soon as possible. Orange juice, tomato, a 600mg Vitamin C tablet - doesn't matter, just do it.
A Hot Bath - The heat will sweat out the toxins that are causing all the problems. You'll feel a bit woozy at first but go with it and you'll feel better afterwards.
Chocolate Milk - This one was sent in by Michael and sounds like it's worth a try - "Regarding your hangover remedies, I would like to suggest chocolate milk. The store bought kind seems to work best, due to ease of attainment (unless you blew all your money at the bar hoping to get lucky), quietness (no loud banging of the teaspoon trying to mix the homemade stuff), and ease of use (the opening is the perfect fit when you have the jitters and no messy clean up). The suggested minimum dosage is the pint ( 1/2 litre) size, though the new quart (litre) can be used for extreme episodes. Other than the rehydration factor, I find that chocolate milk offers the tummy a soothing coating for the nausea. It also repletes some of the vitamins your body is now woefully lacking. The sugars (lactose & sucrose) and salt seem to be the perfect balance of the carb/salt fix. Many women can attest to the beneficial, relatively inexpensive, and legal effects of chocolate against depression, whether physiological or psychological. Last, the flavor seems to do wonders for that ghastly "did I try to mop the floor with my tongue?" taste in your mouth. So, on your way home, stop by your convenient convenience store, head on over to the cooler, grab one more "cold one" (chocolate milk, that is), and bring it home for the morning. Your mother shall compliment you on at least one healthy drinking habit."
Here's a few tried and proven ideas for hangover prevention:


Don't drink. (doh!)
Take a Berocca before you start drinking. This gets a reserve of Vitamin B into you.
Alternate fruit juice or water in amongst your drinks to avoid dehydration later on. Avoid fizzy or sugary stuff. The purists reckon that about 200ml of water is needed to effectively counteract each 30ml of alcohol.
The alcohol in carbonated drinks is absorbed more quickly than in non-carbonated drinks.
Reduce the amount of sugar you consume with your alcohol. The forced metabolism of sugar AND alcohol by your body will accelerate the depletion of B vitamins and make the hangover worse.
The 2am pig-out. Pizza or pasta is usually best since cheese and carbohydrates are a good source of amino acids. Actually food is a good idea all round - before, during and immediately after drinking. Food doesn't absorb alcohol, but it does increase metabolism, activates alcohol absorption, and increases the speed with which the body processes alcohol.
And here are a few remedy cocktails. At least they won't make you feel any worse:

Poor Man's Bloody Mary Bloody Mary
5oz Tomato Juice
3oz Light Beer
Salt
Pepper
Lots and lots of lime juice
Dash of Tabasco sauce
Mix and scull.
1.5 oz vodka
Dash of lemon (or lime) juice
Worcestershire sauce
2 or 3 drops Tabasco sauce
Pepper, salt and celery salt
5 oz tomato juice
Over ice in a tall glass add spices, then vodka.
Fill with tomato juice and stir.
Garnish with celery stick and lime wedge.


Fruit And Stuff Bloody Mary Variations
1 banana
1 small can V-8
6 large strawberries
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup orange juice
1-2 cups milk (or soy milk), to desired consistency
¼ tsp. salt
dash of nutmeg
Mix together in a blender and drink.

Use gold tequila instead - Deadly Mary
Use tequila instead - Bloody Maria
Use gin instead - Red Snapper
Add chilli pepper and beef stock - Bloody Bull
Use V8 juice instead of tomato juice - Vege Mary
No Alcohol - Virgin Mary

Aunt Emma's Hangover Cocktail Prairie Oyster
1 large can of tomato juice
3 Tablespoons vinegar
1 lemon
4 slices of onion
3 Tablespoons of sugar
4 stalks of celery
2 teaspoons of Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper to taste
Mix ingredients in a container, let stand overnight.
Strain and serve.
Olive oil
Tablespoon tomato ketchup
1 egg yolk
Salt and pepper
Tabasco
Worcestershire sauce
Vinegar or lemon juice

Rinse a cocktail glass with the olive oil and discard oil
Mix all ingredients except egg yolk.
Place the egg yolk in carefully.
Serve with a small spoon and a glass of ice water.

Banana Cow Van Diemen
1 crushed ripe banana
2 level tablespoons powdered sugar
3 oz milk
1 1/2 oz rum
Plenty of cracked ice
Mix together in a blender and drink.

2 cups of Ovaltine
Chocolate topping
2 cups of castor sugar
3 tblsp of golden syrup
1 pkt of pineapple jelly crystals
2 cups of hot water
2-3 cups of milk (full-cream)
Combine Ovaltine, sugar, topping, 3/4 milk, hot water and golden syrup.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes, adding rest of milk and stirring after 1 minute
Add 1/2 of jelly crystals and microwave on high for 30 secs
Add rest of jelly and a bit more hot water. Microwave for 1 minute.
Pour into cups. Refigerate. Serve with custard.

Answer 2

After your through puking, even though it sucks drag your self out and have a greasy hamburger put a lot of salt on it drink a few glasses of water then lay down take a nap for a 1/2 hour and WALA the hangover will be gone.

Answer 3

Happy B-day, My answer.. Time. It seems when you drink you pay the concequence.. I usually take tylenol that night, drink water inbetween drinks, (you last longer that night) and limit yourself, the important key, is to know your limit.. the one right before you feel like heaving all night.. or sleeping in the bathroom ready to heav... it's a terrible feeling, but I always thought that was our punnishment for drinking. I know I've heard in the service guys drinking tomatoe juice with beer for hang overs, and it known to work. I've never tried, cuz I hate tomatoe juice. Go figure. Well, hopefully time can be your friend.. Take care!

Answer 4

actually a good cure for a hangover starts the night of the binge. drink ALOT of water before you go to bed. you see the headache in a hangover is mostly from the water loss that is associated with drinking alcohol. it is a diuretic. unfortunately drinking water the morning after will not have the same effect, in fact it will make the hangover worse. or just stay drunk. good luck.

Answer 5

WATER WATER WATER!!!

water and 3-4 advil.

next time if u want to AVOID the evil hangover in the morning, drink water as u are drinking alcohol. for every alcoholic drink u have, drink one glass of water. in 17 and went to a party at a friends house, and after every wine cooler i drank, i drank a glass of water. i got wasted after 7 wine coolers, but the next morning, NO HANGOVER! nothing at all.



and oh yea....


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Answer 6

It sometimes helps to drink another beer with Clamato juice mixed together!....I know it sound wierd but its really good...try a Corona mixed with Clamato Juice and some lemon and salt and a little bit of hot sauce and youre good!

Answer 7

Eat a good meal and just hang out at home the rest of the day. You will gradually feel better.

Answer 8

Happy birthday! I have a hangover right now too...I'm drinking lots of water and energy drinks. They make your stomach feel a lil better and give you nutrients that plain water doesn't have.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

i think sadie is so concerned about you!! haha.. anyway happy birthday.. the cure would be.. stop drinking spirits or whatever coz now you know the effects.. then drink lot and lots and lots and lots and lots of water to drain out those alcohol..

Answer 11

You need to be hydrated...drink plenty of water dear.

Alcohol is a diueretic, causing the body to urinate more than normal, leading to dehydration and electrolyte imbalances