What to do if you drink too much

During every festive occasion, visiting relatives and friends is something that everyone will do to a greater or lesser extent. Of course, we cannot avoid a good meal and a glass of good wine during this process, and wine has gradually become the protagonist of the banquet. In addition to festive gatherings, in our daily work, whenever we meet with clients, celebrate company anniversaries, or other large or small banquets, wine is everywhere.

I believe many people know that drinking too much alcohol can harm your health. But sometimes we really can't help but drink. Many times if we don't drink it's like not giving face to the host, but drinking too much is bad for our health. Next, let's find out what we should do when we drink too much.

1. Tea: Ancient medical books have records that tea can sober up. There are many reasons why tea can help sober you up. (1) Tea is a diuretic; drinking tea can speed up kidney metabolism and promote the excretion of alcohol through urine, thereby reducing the time alcohol stays in the body and reducing the harm of alcohol to the body. (2) Tea can detoxify; tea is cool in nature and can detoxify various heat toxins, while alcohol is hot in nature. Drinking too much alcohol can also cause symptoms such as irritability and fever. The cool nature of tea can dissolve the heat toxins of alcohol. (3) Tea can stimulate liver metabolism. The liver is the center of alcohol metabolism. Alcohol is metabolized here into non-toxic substances under the action of various enzymes. Tea can speed up the liver's metabolism, decompose alcohol faster, and reduce the toxicity of alcohol to the body. (4) Tea can refresh you. Alcohol is also toxic to the brain and nerves. Excessive drinking can cause symptoms such as dizziness and headache. Tea can refresh the mind and can effectively relieve these symptoms, thereby alleviating the discomfort caused by excessive drinking.

2. Vegetable juice: Excessive drinking is the most harmful to the liver. The liver is green among the five colors, and most green vegetables are good for the liver. Vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C. These nutrients can speed up the liver's metabolism and detoxification, and can protect the liver. Therefore, drinking some vegetable juice can reduce the discomfort after drinking. Most vegetables are cool in nature and are very effective in treating the heat caused by drinking. Radish juice, spinach juice, lotus root juice, celery juice, winter melon juice, etc. are all suitable for drinking after drinking.

3. Fruit juice: Like vegetables, fruits are also rich in vitamins and minerals. Drinking some juice or eating some juicy fruits after drinking can help sober you up. Plums are cool in nature and are the fruit of the liver. Eating them in moderation is good for the liver. Drinking plum juice after drinking alcohol can reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver. Watermelon is cold in nature and is called "natural white tiger soup". It can remove heat and quench thirst and has a diuretic effect. It can be used for heat and thirst after drinking. The diuretic effect of watermelon can speed up the excretion of alcohol from the urine and reduce the harm to the body. Pears are cool in nature and can moisten the lungs and clear the heart, relieve cough, promote diuresis, and detoxify sores and alcohol. Sugarcane is sweet and neutral in nature. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that sugarcane "benefits the large and small intestines, eliminates phlegm and quenches thirst, removes heat and irritability in the heart, and detoxifies alcohol. In addition, many fruits such as apples, grapes, strawberries, etc. can help sober up.

4. Mint tea: Mint is spicy and cool in nature, and has the effect of refreshing the brain. It is very effective for symptoms such as heat, headache, and dizziness caused by drinking. If there is no mint, you can put a piece of mint candy in your mouth. Because menthol is the main active ingredient of mint, and one of the raw materials of mint candy is menthol, so putting a piece of mint candy in your mouth has the same refreshing effect as drinking mint tea.

5. Kudzu flower: It refers to the flower of the leguminous plant Kudzu, which has always been a good sobering medicine. There is a saying that "Kudzu flowers can keep you from getting drunk after drinking a thousand cups". It is the main ingredient of the famous sobering recipe "Kudzu Flower Hangover Soup". Drinking tea made from kudzu flowers can also help sober you up.

The above are the methods we can use to sober up when we drink too much. Of course, if we can avoid drinking, try not to drink, and if we can drink less, don’t drink more. More importantly, when we drink, no matter how much, we should not drive to avoid harming others and ourselves.