What are the main Chinese medicinal herbs for hangover relief?

Have you ever had the experience of getting drunk and acting crazy at a party? Did you feel embarrassed when you thought about it the next day? When I went home for National Day, many old classmates had dinner together. It was definitely a pleasure to meet friends, and everyone insisted on getting drunk. So I drank as much as I could at the dinner table, but my head felt really uncomfortable when I got home. Fortunately, my mother had prepared a Chinese herbal hangover soup, otherwise I would have had a bad sleep all night.

Sophora flavescens has the functions of clearing away heat and dampness, killing insects and promoting diuresis. "Ming Yi Bie Lu" records that it "eliminates latent heat and intestinal distress, quenches thirst, and sobers up..." "Ben Cao Jing Shu" also records that Sophora flavescens "eliminates alcohol, quenches thirst, improves eyesight, and is very effective in stopping pure bloody dysentery and malnutrition dysentery."

Chrysanthemum can dispel wind-heat, soothe the liver and improve eyesight, clear away heat and detoxify. The "Yaojian" records that it "…can cure drunkards who are unconscious and wake them up easily, boiled with dried kudzu (yi kudzu flower?? author's note)."

White lentils can strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and relieve heat. The Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica states that it "treats leucorrhea in women. It can also kill alcohol poisoning and relieve pufferfish poisoning."

Nutmeg has the functions of warming the middle, promoting qi circulation, strengthening the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and helping food. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" records that it "regulates the middle, relieves qi, stops diarrhea, stimulates appetite, and helps digestion. It can relieve qi, detoxify alcohol, and treat cholera." "Depei Materia Medica" also believes that it "dissipates food stagnation and detoxifies alcohol.

Zhizi can cure drunkenness, irritability, thirst, vomiting, and difficulty in defecation and urination. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" clearly states that it "can treat all kinds of left paralysis and right paralysis, rheumatism and numbness, and can detoxify alcohol..." "The Effective Prescriptions of World Doctors" proposes Zhimu Juzi Pills to treat "constipation caused by excessive drinking." In addition, the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn tree can also help to sober up.

Pueraria flower is good at detoxifying alcohol, invigorating the spleen and stomach, and quenching thirst. It is mainly used to treat excessive drinking, headaches and dizziness, thirst and vomiting, chest fullness, etc. "Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach" has a Kudzu Flower Decoction for Relieving Drunkenness (drunkenness: being unconscious after being drunk) and "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan" has a Kudzu Flower Pills for Clearing Heat, etc., all of which are used to treat drunkenness. In addition, Pueraria root and Pueraria seeds also have the effect of sobering up.

There are many ways to sober up with Chinese medicine. Friends who often drink outside can prepare some at home. However, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that all medicines are poisonous to some extent, so friends who want to sober up can use other things to sober up, such as watermelon juice, bananas, grapefruit or honey water. These are all good helpers for sobering up. Friends who want to sober up may want to try them.