Can drinking too much alcohol cause chest congestion?

Drinking is a very common way of socializing nowadays. Whether in business or in various social occasions, drinking has become a necessity. Of course, when drinking, it is inevitable that some people will get drunk because they are not strong enough to drink, and being drunk will lead to various discomfort symptoms, chest choking is one of them. So, what are the best ways to sober up?

1. Olive hangover remedy

1. Peel and pit the olives, cut 10 olives into strips, boil them into a soup, drink the juice and eat the meat. It can cure dizziness after drinking.

2. Grind 7g of olive kernel into powder and take it with water to treat dry mouth and lips after drinking.

3. Crush 20g of raw olives and stew with 30g of rock sugar. Take it in three times. It can cure alcohol poisoning, damp heat, and food stagnation.

4. Boil 4 olives and 60-100g of reed root in water and drink. It can treat stomach heat and irritability after drinking, clear away heat, promote salivation, eliminate fire and relieve irritability.

5. Boil 60g of raw olives and 10g of sour plums in water to extract the juice, add sugar to season and eat it. It can cure alcohol poisoning and thirst.

2. Water chestnut hangover remedy

1. Crush 250g of water chestnuts with the shell, add 60g of sugar, boil in water, filter the juice and drink it all at once to treat excessive drinking.

2. Take 120g fresh water chestnut stems and 50g sugar, decoct in water and drink to treat dizziness and nausea after drinking.

3. Boil 50g of water chestnut powder and appropriate amount of white sugar into a paste for consumption. It has the effect of clearing alcohol toxins and is suitable for treating bitter mouth and thirst after drinking.

4. Peel 5-8 fresh water chestnuts, soak them in vinegar for two days, add appropriate amount of sugar and eat them raw to treat stomach heat and irritability after drinking.

3. Sugar and salt water hangover remedy

Using sugar water to sober up is one of the common methods used by the people to sober up. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that white sugar can moisten the lungs and produce body fluids, relieve dry mouth and thirst, and treat abdominal pain caused by deficiency of the middle part of the body. Taking an appropriate amount of sugar water can dilute the alcohol concentration in the stomach and reduce the absorption of alcohol. After sugar is absorbed, the blood sugar concentration increases and the alcohol concentration in the blood decreases, which speeds up the metabolism and excretion of alcohol in the body, achieving the purpose of sobering up. In addition, taking light salt water orally can also dilute the alcohol in the stomach and reduce the alcohol concentration in the blood.

4. Honey hangover remedy

A new study shows that people who like to drink a lot during the holidays have tried many ways to sober up quickly, but the results have not been ideal. Now researchers from the American Headache Research Foundation have finally found the best way to relieve headaches after drinking a lot of alcohol: drinking honey.

Experts believe: "You don't have to drink pure honey, just eat a few cookies or bread with honey before or after drinking."