Is it true that different alcoholic drinks have different effects on mood? Why drinks unusual color cause more intoxication? What alcohol causes the worst hangover?
I will never forget that creepy party I went to when I was still an inexperienced teenage girl. There was music, a lot of fun, and a huge bowl of fruit punch the size of a duck pond. Our counselors thought it would be cool to tell us there was alcohol in the punch. The punch had a strange sour taste, which, as it turned out, was the brandy flavoring. Most likely, the leaders stood on the sidelines and watched the party turn into an unruly crowd of violent animals.
Imaginary intoxication
But our young counselors, who were not so much older than us, did not suspect that if they were in our place, they would just as well believe that they really drink alcohol. An incredible amount of facts are known to prove how easy it is to convince people that they are drunk. Moreover, intoxication is so contagious that even those people who are absolutely sure that they themselves are sober begin to feel drunken delight and break away under the influence of alcoholic excitement of tipsy party guests.
Such a placebo effect of alcohol not only disinhibits people and makes them fool around. It also affects memory and the ability to reason. In 2003, a group of students were convinced that what they were drinking at that moment was not gin and tonic, but vodka. Everything was convincing enough - they were sitting in a real bar, where the drink was served in sealed vodka bottles. And just think, the unsuspecting students easily fell for the bait and then could hardly remember what happened to them. And their friends, who were told that they were drinking gin and tonic, did not experience such memory problems.
Drunk tears after whiskey and white devils after white wine
Each person has a list of "forbidden" drinks, because of which he falls into sadness or rage. There is no need to tell you that, for example, gin is notorious for being a "tear-kicking" drink. But ask any biologist, and he will tell you that the main active ingredient in gin - ethanol - works the same way in any alcoholic drink. The only difference is what is its concentration, how easily it is absorbed, how it is used and what effect we want to get from the drink. And tequila can wake up the kickboxer in you, and if you drink any alcoholic drink only for the sake of appearances, and everyone around is teasing and persuading you to drink more, then it is likely that you will behave wildly and aggressively to one degree or another.
It should be recognized that science does not have enough empirical data on this issue. In order to obtain the necessary information, science, apparently, needs to prove that they can serve the benefit of society or be useful in commercial purposes. In addition, scientific people no longer see the need to look for further evidence that alcohol is alcohol. True, in 1970, scientists did conduct a study to compare the effects of vodka and bourbon on alcoholics who were homeless together for 18 days. As part of the experiment, alcoholics drank bourbon for nine days, and vodka for the next nine days. Suffice it to say that "no significant differences in behavior" were found. Participants in the experiment drank vodka and bourbon in equal quantities, and under the influence of both drinks, they first became more sociable, and then gradually sank into a state of anxiety, depression and hostility. According to scientists, those alcoholics who were in a state of greater intoxication even showed signs of "pronounced psychosis." So the next time you sit at a bar and decide whether to drink vodka or bourbon, wondering how it will affect your mood, it will be enough just to toss a coin.
However, it seems that alcoholic drinks of an unusual color cause people to become more intoxicated. Oxford experimental psychologist Charles Spence cites results scientific work, conducted in 1997 by a group of scientists at the University of Southampton, during which it was found that people who were offered to drink an unfamiliar drink (a mixture blue color containing concentrate peppermint), there was a stronger intoxication. At the same time, they coped with such tasks as, for example, searching for words, much worse than those who drank beer of the same strength. “And this, of course, can be seen on St. Patrick's Day when people drink light green beer,” says Spencer.
Like a drink, like a hangover
Well, okay, I agree that wines, beer and alcohol contain not only ethanol, but also other substances. And they affect our well-being. But the difference is not that some of them make us dance better, but some of them make us more successful at the races - it's just that some of them are more toxic and lead to more severe hangovers than others. Of course, you can always drink absinthe, which contains psychotropic substance thujone, but only in a harmless non-toxic concentration (although let's not debunk the myths associated with alcohol).
Professor at Barts and London School of Medicine and Dentistry and author of the wine diet, Roger Corder, says that "cheap wines contain all sorts of nasty things and cause the worst hangovers." And the conventional wisdom that darker drinks (whiskey, beer, red wine) cause more pain the next day. discomfort, is quite justified: they usually contain congeners - accompanying chemical compounds formed simultaneously with ethyl alcohol during fermentation, which give the drink aroma and flavor.
One of these congeners deserving special attention, is methanol. It is similar to ethanol but more toxic and is found in excess in brandy, dark wine, and even some red wines. According to Corder, methanol is not metabolized until the ethanol has been eliminated from the body. “And it will just “walk” in the body until it turns into formaldehyde and formic acid, which are neurotoxins.” They are the ones who cause bad feeling. Methanol is considered safe at concentrations of less than 200 milligrams per litre. "But sometimes that concentration is exceeded," Corder says.
Many people say that the worst hangover comes after champagne. Apparently, this is due to the fact that people drink it on an empty stomach when they come to a party in a joyfully excited state. At the same time, there is data indicating that champagne causes intoxication faster than other drinks. Professor of Philosophy Barry Smith, who heads the Center for the Study of the Senses at University of London, writes about wines (as a man of encyclopedic knowledge) and is of the opinion that under the influence of bubbles, the pylorus (which opens with a full stomach) works even if the stomach is empty. Therefore, only a small amount of alcohol is absorbed in the stomach, and most of it - 80% - is absorbed in the intestines.
By the way, Smith is also studying the impact of music on emotional condition when drinking champagne. He found that the bursting - or rather sparkling - bubbles that envelop the tongue, have the best effect on syncopated music. “If the musical rhythm coincides with the game of bubbles, the brain, apparently, senses this and, let's say, adjusts, reacts to this correspondence. If the brain feels the synchronism of these rhythms, it tunes in to these rhythms and begins to work more actively. So it's best to drink sparkling wine under jazz.
But listen, we all know very well what it is: if you are tormented by a severe hangover, or you were covered to tears at a Christmas party, then you were just drunk. Or I'm wrong?
Amy Fleming
(“The Guardian”, UK)
Why is beer, a low-alcohol, healthy drink, causes a hangover with such severe consequences, when everything hurts - the head, the heart. Literally, man white light not happy. It's all about quantity and quality. If, before drinking wine, they at least manage to come up with and say a toast, then such ceremonies are not needed for beer. Drink as much as they like. Overload the heart, kidneys, liver. And the quality of the drink does not always meet the standards. For some manufacturers, the strength of the drink is no less than that of wine, and even dyes, flavors, preservatives - all this does not benefit the body. How can a person be treated for the symptoms of a hangover?
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How does beer affect the body?
Natural beer contains malt, hops and water. Fermentation produces foam. It is believed that in real beer the foam should be high and persistent. Many beers have special additives to give a special taste, stabilize the foam. In addition, the alcohol content is also increased. In beer, like any alcohol, ethyl alcohol is the main hangover culprit. In addition, the technology of its manufacture implies the presence of fusel oils. Unlike vodka or wine, beer is not purified from them, since it is these substances that give it a peculiar aroma, color and taste.
Once in the liver, toxins are broken down, and acetaldehyde, a product of the breakdown of alcohol, is even more toxic. Liver with heavy load works by producing various enzymes (which should convert these toxins into acetic acid) to remove toxic substances from the body through the kidneys. To carry out these complex processes, and the formation of urine, fluid is required. The paradox is that the more they drink beer or wine, the more fluid the body loses.
As a result, the kidneys are overloaded, the liver works with an increased load. The heart works hard to ensure the work of all organs. Under the influence of toxins disrupted the brain and central nervous system. Beer affects the production of hormones, since hops contain phytoestrogens, which act like female sex hormones.
Signs of a beer hangover
A few hours after a person has drunk 1-3 liters of beer, a hangover syndrome, the features of which are:
- palpitations and cardiac arrhythmias;
- The appearance of edema;
- headache, nausea, dizziness, diarrhea;
- Weakness, photophobia;
- Strong thirst.
A person cannot always remember where he got drunk, how the evening ended. The hangover lasts until the toxins are eliminated from the blood, intestines, urine and sweat.
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How long will it take? It depends on the amount of beer drunk, its strength (as a rule, the true strength of the drink is 1.5 times greater than that indicated on the label). In addition, women recover from a hangover longer. Healthy people tolerate it more easily. For a person with a diseased heart, liver, kidneys, drinking beer, wine or other alcohol is generally very harmful.
How to relieve a beer hangover
A hangover after beer, vodka, wine or any other alcohol is not recommended to be relieved with alcohol, as experienced lovers of these drinks advise. It simply does not make sense, as after a short relief, a person may feel even worse.
Cleansing the body
It is necessary to do everything to remove alcohol from the body.
- For this, activated carbon is used (1 tablet per 10 kg of human weight). You can crush the coal, mix it with warm water and drink this suspension slowly. Charcoal is a good absorber of toxin molecules.
- It is necessary to drink plenty of water, this will help to flush the stomach. You can drink a decoction of wild rose. This will speed up the elimination of toxins in the urine.
- To remove alcohol through the pores, you need to sweat. If health permits, you can take a hot bath, and then a contrast shower.
Which is worse, a hangover from champagne or beer? Sparkling wines are absorbed in the stomach faster than other drinks, so it is very easy to get drunk from them. In terms of hangover severity, champagne is worse than beer, and is excreted from the body longer. For example, after 1 glass of beer, a person will sober up in 1 hour, and sparkling wine in 1.5 hours.
Restoration of water-salt metabolism
Beer has a strong diuretic effect. The excretion of fluid is associated with the loss of salts. Due to the loss of potassium and magnesium, the heart suffers first. In addition, the loss of fluid causes thickening of the blood, circulatory disorders. Hence - dizziness, weakness, increased heartbeat, attacks of arrhythmia.
Means such as Magnesia, Asparkam, Panangin can help. With their help, you can increase the content of potassium and magnesium. Get rid of heart palpitations for people with healthy heart valerian or motherwort will help. For a person with heart disease, special drugs are needed that can only be taken as prescribed by a doctor. Such funds, even the well-known Corvalol and Valocordin, can greatly harm the body, as they can, on the contrary, enhance the harmful effects of alcohol.
If a person prefers to treat a hangover without drugs, then the next morning, after excessive drinking of beer, a glass of brine (cucumber or cabbage), as well as strong meat broth, will help get rid of the ailment.
Elimination of puffiness
For a hangover:
- swelling of the face;
- bags appear under the eyes;
- swollen legs;
- edema of the brain tissue appears, which causes a strong headache.
Persistent prolonged swelling may indicate a person has diseases of the liver, kidneys, heart, as well as a possible allergy to alcohol. The doctor will help to establish the true cause.
At home, get rid of mild swelling with a hangover help:
- herbal teas (used St. John's wort, chamomile, calendula);
- rosehip decoction, which has a diuretic effect.
You can remove bags under the eyes with the help of compresses from herbal infusions, potato juice. Green tea without sugar also helps to get rid of puffiness.
If a person has a beer hangover accompanied by a strong increase in pressure, pain in the heart, then it is better to consult a doctor for help.
In short:
SCIENTIFICLY. 6 steps in our expert toxicologist's article on how to quickly relieve a hangover at home.
Please note: this article tells how to get rid of a hangover after a one-day drinking. Tactics of treatment of abstinence syndrome after long binge differs in many ways. Read about how to get out of binge at home without fear of "delirious tremens", read in a separate article.
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1. Remove alcohol and its decay products from the body
- enema
- gastric lavage
- sorbents
(1 tablet of activated carbon per 10 kg of body weight)
The fact that in the morning a person still has alcohol (ethyl alcohol) and products of its processing in the body is the main, although not the only reason for feeling unwell: you can’t hope to get rid of a hangover until the remnants of undigested alcohol are removed 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 the body, you will not have a fume, even though you brush your teeth five times: the fume comes from the lungs, not from the stomach. And the light volatile products of alcohol processing come from the blood. The only way out is detoxification.
This becomes especially true if you ate food, 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 charcoal to work, you need a lot of it: one tablet for every 10 kilograms of your weight; crush in water or drink large quantity water.
Modern sorbents are more powerful, and therefore it is more convenient to take them than coal. To remove alcohol intoxication, take one of the remedies of your choice: Enterosgel, Smecta, lignin-based sorbents, and so on.
Already two hours after taking the sorbents, it is highly desirable 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 removing a severe hangover in the morning with various drugs, it makes no sense to take them simultaneously with sorbents: the drugs will be absorbed by them and lose their effect. You need to spread them out over time. So what to do with alcohol poisoning? The optimal order is this: first it is better to empty the stomach (of course, if there is something else in it), then take sorbents. After a bowel movement (from 20 - 40 minutes to an hour and a half), you can take medication.
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2. Apply biochemical detoxification
- succinic acid
suck on a tablet (100 mg) every 50 minutes, but not more than 6 times) - Eleutherococcus tincture
(drink with a hangover 20-40 drops before meals) - lemon acid
(Juice of 2-3 lemons diluted twice with boiled water) - honey
(half a glass of honey to take a little bit during the day) - lactic acid drinks
(no more than 600 ml per day) - kvass
- hangover remedies
- glutargin
(1 gram every hour. Up to 4 times)
Our body knows how to deal with poisons on its own, but in order for it to cope faster, metabolic processes can be spurred (to be precise, the Krebs cycle). In other words, it is possible to produce biochemical detoxification. Best of all, it accelerates the process of processing poisons, and also protects cells succinic acid: dissolve one tablet (100 mg) every 50 minutes, but not 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 at elevated pressure.
Stimulates detoxification of the body:
- Eleutherococcus tincture (drink with a hangover 20-40 drops before meals);
- honey (half a cup of honey to take a little bit throughout the day);
- citric acid (dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons twice with boiled water and drink from a hangover). It is citric acid that helps, not ascorbic acid: ascorbic acid with a hangover special significance does not have.
Lactic acid has the same effect. It is found in unpasteurized kvass and in lactic acid drinks (most of all - in koumiss). Doctors recommend drinking no more than 600 ml of sour milk on a hangover day.
Also, many complex anti-hangover remedies work to eliminate toxins. Most often, hangover pills are a combination of the substances described above (“Limontar”, “DrinkOFF”), however, they may also contain drugs from the arsenal of professional toxicologists (“Zorex”).
The anti-hangover remedy Medichronal can be taken only if the morning state is really difficult. This drug contains sodium formate, which quickly neutralizes the toxic breakdown products of alcohol. However, if there are too few breakdown products of alcohol, then Medichronal itself may turn out to be toxic. Leave it as a last resort.
If the libations were not accompanied by a plentiful snack, then on early stages detoxification will help glutargin well. You need to take 1 gram of glutargin (usually 4 tablets of 0.25 grams) with an interval of at least 1 hour. Optimal - 4 grams per day.
3. Slow down the spread of harmful substances throughout the body
- infusion of mountain ash
- tonic
The permeability of biological barriers, including the intestinal one, depends on the state of the cell membrane. The transport of substances across the 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 decreases (“swelling” from a severe hangover, which also causes a headache) and intoxication. 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, which are part of 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 yourself feel better in the morning?
- "Antipohmelin"
4-6 tablets 1 time per day - "Korrda"
2 tablets 3 times a day - bath, contrast shower, bath
start the shower 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. This can be done with the Antipohmelin drug, known in the West as RU-21, as well as the Korrda anti-hangover remedy.
Antipokhmelin is taken once a day: 4-6 tablets should be washed down with water or apple juice. Corrda is taken as a course, within one or two days: 2 tablets 3 times a day.
Antitoxic and restorative effect is provided by a bath, contrast shower or bath. With a hangover, not a steam bath is more useful, but a sauna: three visits of 5, 10 and 20 minutes. A contrast shower should be started with hot water, then alternating it with cold. AT warm bath for best effect dissolve 300 grams of sea salt or turpentine from a pharmacy.
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 return the normal distribution of fluid in the body, disturbed by drinking, if fluid from the intercellular spaces is transferred into the blood (at the same time, swelling and the headache caused by them are removed). This can be achieved at home, for example, by going to the bathhouse (sauna) or taking a contrast shower.
Another way available at home is to take a liquid and a diuretic at the same time, such as natural coffee or non-alcoholic beer. Also diuretic effect will have oatmeal, watermelon, zucchini, garden strawberry and strawberry, bearberry, dandelion, green tea, the drug veroshpiron (spironolactone). Veroshpiron should be taken as a single dose, in the amount of 200 mg.
Furosemide is not recommended for these purposes. You can just drink water: but not in advance, but already with a hangover. True, there is a subtlety here: if you simply inflate with water, then the blood plasma will decrease osmotic pressure(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 lack of water, and the process will drag on for quite a long time. It would be wise to replenish electrolyte salts before drinking water: for example, drink one glass of cabbage or cucumber pickle.
Also, mineral water and oatmeal broth restore blood volume faster than ordinary water. To prepare the decoction, you need to take a glass of oat grains, cereals, or at least cereal, pour 4-5 glasses of water, boil for 15-20 minutes, and then take twice half a liter in 40 minutes.
Aspirin also helps relieve swelling. Alcoholic drinks cause the formation of capillary erythrocyte microclots: lumps of erythrocytes. 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. Quicker and softer acts instant aspirin in the form of an effervescent tablet.
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 glass taken.
5. Restore the acid-base balance
- mineral water
- soda
1-2 teaspoons per 1-1.5 liters of water - succinic acid
- lemon acid
(dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons twice with boiled water and drink from a hangover) - dairy products
Violation of the acid-base balance in the body doctors call the word acidosis. Alkaline (bicarbonate) mineral water or a small amount of soda will cope with this consequence of drinking: dissolve 1-2 teaspoons in 1-1.5 liters of water and drink. Please note that soda can be more problems than good. Mineral water, on the other hand, acts not only due to hydrocarbons and is more balanced in terms of its effect on the acid-base balance.
An important clarification: we recommend taking not soda or mineral water, but, on the contrary, something sour. It is better to remove acidosis not chemically, but metabolically: boost metabolism (more precisely, only the Krebs cycle) and wait until its work shifts the balance from the acidic side to the alkaline one. For this you need to take acidic foods(according to Le Chatelier's principle, this will speed up the reaction). The best choice for the treatment of a hangover at home there will 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. Lift your mood and performance
- glycine
2 tablets every hour, up to 5 times - picamilon
150-200 mg stretch throughout the day - pantogam
2 grams to stretch for the whole day - mexidol
1-2 tablets up to three times in a day - nonalcoholic beer
- novo-passit
1 tablet every 6-7 hours during the day - negrustin
maximum per day: 6 dragees, 6 capsules or 2 tablets - persen
- 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
Glycine will help the nervous system (dissolve 2 tablets every hour, up to 5 times), Picamilon nootropic tablets (take several tablets at the rate of 150-200 mg for the whole day), Pantogam (stretch 2 grams of the drug for the whole day) and Mexidol (according to 1-2 tablets up to three times a day). Of the natural soothing, one can note milk, hop tincture and beer (preferably non-alcoholic and in no case fortified). Just do not lean on milk after drinking, because it is hard to digest and can, on the contrary, aggravate 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 a binge.
Do not take phenazepam for a hangover. Of course, it will help you fall asleep, but it is also dangerous: you can choke to death from vomiting in a dream, this often happens. It also greatly increases the likelihood of lying down an arm or leg and losing it (crash syndrome). In addition, phenazepam after alcohol can cause hallucinations, disorientation and other dangerous effects, that is, "demolish the tower", which is dangerous for you and for others.
Caffeine (contained 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 efficiency, at the end of all activities.
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.
An infusion of St. John's wort has a calming, anxiety-relieving effect. If you are too lazy to brew and infuse the grass yourself, then 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).
Calm the nerves and fight hangover insomnia and even such herbal preparations:
- means with valerian;
- means with motherwort;
- sedatives herbal preparations from a pharmacy.
Also, doctors sometimes prescribe these herbs for alcoholism, to relieve cravings for alcohol. This means that they will not only help you move away from a hangover, but also reduce the likelihood of going into a binge.
Do not take corvalol, valocordin and valoserdin for a hangover. They contain phenobarbital, which is incompatible with alcohol, and in itself is unsafe (it can cause delirium more severe than alcohol, up to a coma).
To compensate for the lack of magnesium, which negatively affects the state of the nervous system and the heart, Panangin (aka Asparkam), Magnesol and Magnesia will help. 1-2 tablets of Panangin should be taken before meals. If you bought Magnesol, then dissolve in water 2-3 effervescent tablets. You will have to tinker with magnesia more: you need to dissolve one ampoule of magnesia in half a glass of water, or 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. AT South Korea now the hangover cure industry is booming, due to the fact that in this country it is customary to work hard and drink with colleagues. Ginseng is 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. Also, our expert claims that in theory this remedy only works on Asians.
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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: "The horror that I said yesterday." No one wakes up thinking "Horrible what he said yesterday!". Do not try to distract yourself or suppress this emotion. Rather study thoughts and sensations until they subside. Or write your anxious thoughts on a piece of paper or on your computer.
Inadequate guilt and shame will pass by itself as the normal functioning of the nervous system is restored. This will happen by itself over time. The remedies and medications described above will help speed up the process.
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What is the best drink for a hangover?
How to get rid of alcohol poisoning? Treatment is best done on all the fronts described: remove toxins, restore fluid balance, treat nerves. note that efficient set funds will depend on your current state, on the amount drunk, on how long ago in last time alcohol was drunk and food was taken. For the selection of drugs for a hangover, you can use our specially developed methodology.
Convenient tables for those who regularly treat a hangover
If you are in doubt about what to do, keep two handouts on hand: 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 the 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 watch so that you do not roll over on your back and do not choke on vomit if you still start to feel sick (this happens).
If you can’t sleep and you need to go to work, then first, don’t drive. Second, drink strong tea or coffee. Before this, be sure to induce vomiting, especially if the last time you ate and drank less than 6 hours ago. Energetic drinks also suitable, but you need to check the pulse. If your heart is beating twice as fast as usual (160 versus 80 beats per minute), then refrain from 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 alcohol. Until all is processed, it remains only to mask it with chewing gum.
Folk remedies for a hangover
Not all folk remedies for a hangover are so safe and time-tested, as the now popular healers and healers claim. But don't give up on everyone. folk remedies at once due to the fact that they are too outdated and ineffective against the backdrop of a potent pill. The effectiveness of some folk remedies is confirmed by modern medicine. In this article, the expert of the Pokhmelye.rf website, toxicologist Stanislav Radchenko, will figure out which of the remedies actually work, and which ones are useless and even harmful.
Effective folk ways
| means | why does it work | notes |
|---|---|---|
| (drink and vomit) | all harmful substances are very quickly excreted from the body | if severe and senseless vomiting continues for more than a day, take Cerucal |
| in a dream, the body recovers faster | someone should look after the sleep of a drunk person | |
| speed up metabolism, including the processing of alcohol | prohibited when exiting binge and with heart problems, as they load the heart | |
| relieve swelling, speed up metabolism | not recommended for heart problems and high blood pressure | |
| water relieves swelling and headache, removes harmful substances faster. Mineral water is especially effective | before drinking water, drink a glass of brine | |
| replenishes the supply of salts, helps beneficial effect water | drink no more than a glass - and it is the brine, not the marinade | |
| contains vitamin B1, enzymes, beneficial micro-organisms and organic acids that help to quickly remove harmful substances from the body | kvass should be natural, not canned. And not too "drunk", otherwise you get a new dose of alcohol | |
| : yogurt, tan, ayran, kefir, koumiss is especially useful | provide the body with proteins, vitamins and minerals, improve the functioning of the digestive 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 not more than 600 ml |
| contains vitamin B1, which is used for the processing of alcohol. Invigorating, but much milder than coffee | drink at the end of all detoxification procedures and not too much, because. loads the heart | |
| contains a number of anti-depressants, compensates for a hangover lack of magnesium, invigorates, reduces headaches and anxiety | it is better to cook cocoa on the water, because. milk reduces its bio-availability. Optimal dose: 3/4 cup | |
| improves metabolism, accelerates the processing of alcohol | Dilute the juice of 2-3 lemons twice as much boiled water so as not to irritate the gastric mucosa | |
| improves metabolism, has a calming and detoxifying effect. Fructose helps metabolize alcohol faster | take fractionally: stretch half a glass of honey for the whole day | |
| improve metabolism, help get rid of harmful substances, calm the nerves, provide us with potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus | after drinking cause unpleasant sensations instead of pleasure. As a result, a person weaned from drinking | |
| oranges and lemons contain citric acid which helps to get rid of harmful substances. Bananas make up for potassium deficiency hangover | these fruits are ideal for refreshing in the morning: they do not cause nausea and do not overload the digestive tract |
The links in the table lead to specific hangover cures 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.
Cleansing the stomach
Attention! We recommend physical activity as a way to quickly recover from a hangover only for young and healthy people without heart problems. You also need to check the pulse: do not exercise if the pulse is already twice as high as your normal (somewhere more than 160 with a normal 80 beats per minute).
Sex like any other exercise stress, accelerates metabolism, including the processing of alcohol. The release of endorphins during sex improves well-being and helps get rid of headaches. Be careful: like others physical exercises, sex with a hangover syndrome additionally loads the heart.
Bath, bath, shower
In the bath, blood circulation and metabolism are activated, which contributes to the fastest processing of toxic products of the breakdown of alcohol. A visit to the bath enhances skin respiration, improves blood circulation. Heat kills bacteria on the human body. Abundant sweating eliminates dehydration and relieves swelling. In the bath, a person's mood improves and fresh forces appear.
The bath can be replaced with a salt bath: stir in warm water 300 grams of sea salt and lie there for half an hour. Remember: a bath, a salt bath and a contrast shower are not recommended for problems with the heart and pressure.
A contrast shower quickly brings you to the right state: it invigorates, relieves swelling, and increases the efficiency of the brain. The main rule of a contrast shower is to start with hot water: from the very beginning, make the water quite warm, stand under it for 30 seconds, then turn it 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 change must be done.
Water, mineral water
One of the main reasons for feeling unwell in the morning is the 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. Fast delivery water into the bloodstream normalizes the volume of circulating blood, stimulates urination and thereby eliminates tissue edema. Removal of edema 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 helps to get rid of edema, headaches, and also remove toxic decomposition products of alcohol from the body much more effectively. Especially useful for the treatment of a hangover "hydrocarbonate" mineral water(Borjomi, Essentuki), displacing acid-base balance in the body to the alkaline side, because it is usually able to alcohol intoxication gets sour.
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, and not cucumber pickle: unlike cucumber, cabbage pickle contains succinic acid. You should not drink more than one glass, so as not to burden the heart. And make sure you drink the brine, not the marinade.
Kvass
Natural, not canned kvass contains in large numbers vitamin B1, enzymes, beneficial microorganisms and organic acids that help to quickly remove toxic decomposition 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 "drunk" kvass: this way you can accidentally get drunk. And getting drunk in the morning is not useful, but harmful - read about this dubious folk remedy below, in the same article.
Sour milk drinks
Honey
Honey contains trace elements, redox enzymes, organic acids of the Krebs cycle - the most important link metabolism. Honey has a calming and detoxifying effect. Fructose, contained in honey, helps to quickly cope with the processing of alcohol.
The picture shows the Krebs cycle and alcohol in general scheme human metabolism. .
Our expert notes that at home, a hangover can be removed by cleansing the intestines and fractional intake of honey: 100 ml (half a glass) of honey should be stretched for the whole day, taking a little bit.
Seafood
Seafood increases appetite and improves metabolism, helps to quickly get rid of toxic decomposition products of alcohol, and also act as sedatives. Seafood saturates the body with potassium, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus, which are necessary for electrolyte imbalances that occur with alcohol abuse.
However, the ability to absorb useful material with a hangover is greatly reduced, therefore, seafood should improve health after the main detoxification measures have been taken (that is, after the removal of toxic decomposition products of alcohol from the body).
Citrus fruits and bananas
Oranges and lemons contain citric acid in large quantities, which helps to quickly remove the toxic breakdown products of alcohol from the body.
Useless folk ways to relieve a hangover:
- get drunk
- force yourself to eat
- drink tomato juice
- eat garlic
- eat ginger
- to drink coffee
Let's find out why you should not use these folk remedies.
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Tomato juice
Tomato juice is often mentioned in a number of folk remedies for a hangover along with pickle. Tomato juice contains some vitamins, pectin, organic acids of the Krebs cycle, including malic and succinic. But it also contains oxalic acid(oxalate), which simultaneously reduces the effect of both malic and succinic acids. Therefore, tomato juice does not give any special advantages compared to ordinary liquids.
Garlic
Garlic and garlic dishes contain substances that, when oxidized, give 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 abundant use of garlic (as well as onions, peppers, horseradish, mustard, spices) during drinking is accompanied by a worsening hangover.
Ginger
Like any stimulant, ginger can cheer you up for a short time. There is no big sense in this, because it is better to go to bed, it will quickly remove the hangover. In addition, ginger will additionally cause irritation of 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), which means it is generally useless.
Coffee
Coffee wakes up the brain, but increases the workload on the heart. The same caffeine (but in lesser amounts) is found in tea and in some special anti-hangover drugs - and in this form it works more gently. Caffeine is also found in non-alcoholic energy drinks, but it is not at all the main anti-hangover component there. Efficient and useful analogue caffeine (theobromine) is found in cocoa, about which this article has already been written above. Coffee can be drunk at the very end of detox activities, as a means of increasing performance.
Artichoke extract
A hyped hangover cure in the West. AT recent times is gaining popularity in our country, including as a remedy for alcoholism. An artichoke does not cure a hangover: this was established by scientists from the University of the British city of Exeter back in 2003.
The truth about alcohol: gin tears and champagne hangovers
An incredible amount of facts are known to prove how easy it is to convince people that they are drunk. Moreover, intoxication is so contagious that even those people who are absolutely sure that they themselves are sober begin to feel drunken delight and break away under the influence of alcoholic excitement of tipsy party guests.
Such a placebo effect of alcohol not only disinhibits people and makes them fool around. It also affects memory and the ability to reason.
Each person has a list of "forbidden" drinks, because of which he falls into sadness or rage. Needless to say, gin is infamous as a "tear-knocking" drink. The main active ingredient in gin - ethanol - works the same way in any alcoholic drink. The only difference is what is its concentration, how easily it is absorbed, how it is used and what effect we want to get from the drink. And tequila can wake up the kickboxer in you, and if you drink any alcoholic drink just for show, and everyone around you teases and persuades you to drink more, then it is likely that you will behave wildly and aggressively to one degree or another.
In 1997, a group of scientists at the University of Southampton found that people who were offered to drink an unfamiliar drink (a blue mixture containing peppermint concentrate) became more intoxicated. At the same time, they coped with such tasks as, for example, searching for words, much worse than those who drank beer of the same strength.
Wines, beer and alcohol contain not only ethanol, but also other substances. And they affect our well-being. But the difference isn't that some make us better dancers, and others make us better at the races - it's just that some of them are more toxic and lead to more severe hangovers than others. Of course, you can always drink absinthe, which contains the psychotropic substance thujone, but only in a harmless non-toxic concentration.
And the conventional wisdom that darker drinks (whiskey, beer, red wine) cause more discomfort the next day is quite justified: they usually contain congeners - related chemical compounds that are formed simultaneously with ethyl alcohol during fermentation, which give the drink aroma and taste.
One such congener that deserves special attention is methanol. It is similar to ethanol but more toxic and is found in excess in brandy, dark wine, and even some red wines. Methanol is not metabolized until ethanol is removed from the body - it will simply "walk" in the body until it turns into formaldehyde and formic acid, which are neurotoxins. They are what make you feel bad. Methanol is considered safe at concentrations of less than 200 milligrams per litre.
Apparently, this is due to the fact that people drink it on an empty stomach when they come to a party in a joyfully excited state. At the same time, there is evidence indicating that champagne causes intoxication faster than other drinks - under the influence of bubbles, the pylorus (which opens with a full stomach) works even if the stomach is empty. Therefore, only a small amount of alcohol is absorbed in the stomach, and most of it - 80% - is absorbed in the intestines.
By the way, Smith is also studying the effect of music on the emotional state when drinking champagne. He found that the bursting - or rather sparkling - bubbles that envelop the tongue, have the best effect on syncopated music.
“If the musical rhythm coincides with the game of bubbles, the brain, apparently, senses this and, let's say, adjusts, reacts to this correspondence. If the brain feels the synchronism of these rhythms, it tunes in to these rhythms and begins to work more actively. Therefore, it is best to drink sparkling wines with jazz.
But listen, we all know very well what it is: if you are tormented by a severe hangover, or you were covered to tears at a Christmas party, then you were just drunk. Or I'm wrong? http://cosmoforum.ucoz.ru/forum/8-22-19#29755
Good wine has long been considered a noble drink. A wide variety of types allows everyone to choose alcohol to their taste: red, white, dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet, sparkling champagne, sherry and dozens of other varieties are waiting for their connoisseurs.
But, like any alcoholic drink, wine can cause a hangover. To a greater extent, people who use semi-dry, semi-sweet, sweet and fortified drinks are prone to a hangover syndrome. Fortunately, a hangover from wine does not last long, a maximum of 10-13 hours from the moment of the last glass drunk. serious condition can be observed when mixing drinks, low-quality alcohol, large doses of alcohol drunk - from 500 ml or more.
What determines the severity of such a hangover
Different types of wine affect a person in different ways. For example, champagne, due to carbonation and bubbles, quickly intoxicates, but also quickly “lets go”. After 2 glasses, complete sobering is observed after 3-4 hours. Consider all the factors that affect the severity of a hangover from drinking noble alcohol.
- Dryness and sweetness of the drink. Sweet alcohol intoxicates faster, and the head hurts from it more often than from brut or dry alcohol.
- Temperature. Warm wine, as well as mulled wine, are very quickly absorbed by the body, increase blood circulation. A person warms up and gets drunk, but the price for this is a headache.
- Sparkling. Champagne contains carbon dioxide which speeds up the absorption of alcohol. It can cause headaches, heartburn, and stomach discomfort.
- Snack. Food reduces hangovers, but you need to eat in moderation and the right foods. Sweets, spicy and spicy foods can exacerbate a hangover.
- Mixing drinks. Most often, hangovers suffer not so much from wine as from mixing it with other drinks.
- Additives. Spices added to alcohol, preservatives can cause a severe hangover, poisoning, and allergies.
- Dose of alcohol. Golden Rule: "To avoid suffering in the morning, do not exceed the dose of 300 ml of wine in the evening."
- Diseases. Problems of the cardiovascular system, diseases of the liver, stomach can aggravate the symptoms of a hangover.
How and what drinks to drink to avoid a hangover
Hangovers can be worse from wine than from cognac or moonshine. It's all the fault of the additives that are used in its preparation or low-quality raw materials.
Almost all types of such alcohol contain E220 or sulfites, as evidenced by the corresponding inscription on the label “contains sulfur dioxide” or “contains sulfur dioxide”. This substance plays the role of a preservative, prevents alcohol from spoiling or fermenting.
However, along with positive moments there are also negative ones. Sulfites can cause an allergic reaction, headache, provoke an asthma attack. Does that mean it's better to drink Home wine containing no preservatives? No. Now let's explain why.
red lovers natural wine often suffer more hangovers than white drink or beer drinkers. All the fault contained in hybrid varieties berries methyl alcohol (methanol). So, winemaking from grape varieties Isabella, Lydia and their analogues is prohibited in the EU and the USA, because they are most prone to producing this substance. In addition, red wine contains tyramine, a histamine-like substance that causes a killer headache.
But in this case, what kind of wine to drink to avoid a hangover? Experts advise.
Give preference to natural dry varieties.
1. Drink no more than 300 ml per day.
2. As an appetizer, give preference fish dishes, cheeses, seafood, meat in moderation.
3. Before drinking, cool white wine to 7–12 degrees Celsius and red wine to 15–17.
4. Do not mix different drinks. If mixing is unavoidable, follow the principle: "From white to red, from dry to sweet, from plain to sparkling, from table to fortified."
5. If you drink a lot of alcohol, do not rush to go to bed immediately. Have a drink Activated carbon according to the instructions, breathe fresh air ventilate the room.
6. If you still have a hangover after wine, try to rest on this day. 6 hours after the last glass you drink, take a headache pill - Aspirin or No-shpu. Drink plenty of fluids throughout the day. Sweet tea with lemon, honey water, rosehip decoction, chamomile, mint helps to get rid of a hangover.
7. If you feel irritated and craving to get drunk, take Valerian or drip Motherwort. For nausea, you can eat a lemon or drink Mint tea sugarless. Be sure to eat. With a hangover, the following dishes are recommended: borscht, scrambled eggs with tomato juice, baked meat, cereals, chicken bouillon, sauerkraut.
Wine - healthy drink if consumed in moderation and with meals. According to scientists, natural dry alcohol can be drunk without fear of a hangover in the amount of 300 ml. Listen to the advice of experts, and any variety you choose will benefit.
