What are the Chinese herbal hangover-relieving soups?

I wonder what methods your mothers will use to help their husbands sober up when their fathers are drunk? The mother usually gives the father some boiled water, and the father falls asleep after drinking it. As for whether it can help to sober you up, I don’t know. Many people use food to sober up, but few use traditional Chinese medicine to sober up. How does traditional Chinese medicine help to sober up? Bring your questions and listen to the experts’ answers.

1. Chrysanthemum: clearing away heat and detoxifying

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) for decoction."

2. Sophora flavescens: clearing away heat and drying dampness

Sophora flavescens has the functions of clearing away heat and dampness, killing insects and promoting diuresis. The "Ming Yi Bie Lu" records that it "eliminates latent heat and intestinal distress, quenches thirst, and sobers up." The "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."

3. Amomum villosum: Treats spleen cold and dampness

Tsaoko has the functions of drying dampness and dispersing cold, removing phlegm and stopping malaria. Because of its aromatic smell, it has the property of dispelling turbidity. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" quotes Li Gao as saying: "It warms the spleen and stomach, stops vomiting, treats spleen cold and dampness, cold phlegm, eliminates food stagnation, eliminates alcohol poisoning and fruit accumulation, and also dispels malaria and plague."

4. White lentil: Strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness

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."

5. Citrus aurantium: can cure drunkenness

Zhizi can treat drunkenness, irritability, thirst, vomiting, and constipation. "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.

6. Nutmeg: Strengthens the intestines and stops diarrhea

Nutmeg has the functions of warming the middle, promoting qi circulation, strengthening the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and helping food. The Rihuazi Materia Medica states that it “regulates the middle, relieves Qi, stops diarrhea, stimulates appetite, and helps digestion. It can penetrate the skin, relieve Qi, detoxify alcohol, and treat cholera.” The Depei Materia Medica also states that it “helps digest stagnation and detoxify alcohol.”

What you need to do after drinking is to sober up, which is to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. Friends who want to try the above methods of Chinese medicine for hangovers can try some of them. People often say that medicine is three-part poison. Friends who want to sober up are not recommended to use Chinese medicine for hangovers. We can sober up by eating some fruits, such as watermelon juice, grape juice, tomatoes and so on. These are all good helpers for hangover relief.