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Hangover Remedies - 10 Tips To Cure Morning Sickness


I just woke up and I'm hung-over. What now? There has to be something I can do! After awakening, there are many things you can & should do to begin the hangover recovery process. Here are 10 suggestions to have you feeling better soon:

These first 5 suggestions for hangover recovery are recommended immediately after stumbling out of bed:

1) Re-hydrate your body with plenty of liquids. Drink plenty of purified or spring water immediately after awakening and continue throughout the morning. Tomato juice (such as V8), and other fresh fruit juices are also very effective liquids. Sports drinks, such as Gatorade or Powerade, often speed up the body's replenishing process by including electrolytes and other essential vitamins. Herbal teas, such as ginger tea, peppermint tea and chamomile tea can do wonders for a hangover-laden stomach.

2) Make sure you eat a decent breakfast, especially if your stomach is relatively empty from the night before. Avoid foods with a lot of starch, animal fats or grease. A greasy sausage in the morning may psychologically or physically make your hangover symptoms feel worse! Laying down briefly after eating breakfast may help your stomach settle and speed the hangover healing process.

3) With your breakfast, be sure to take vitamins, minerals and herbal remedies. Panax Ginseng can bolster mental alertness (and physical endurance). Milk Thistle and Dandelion root herbs can detoxify your liver. The minerals Magnesium and Calcium can replace lost nutrients due to alcohol consumption. Finally, all B-Vitamins, Vitamin-C, and Acidophilus can all speed the healing process.

4) Try not to go overboard on aspirin, ibuprofen etc... - it's easy to think you need more than is prescribed on the bottle, but frequently only a small amount will do the trick. Try to avoid stronger prescribed pain killers as they may be more addictive and have unwanted side effects such as drowsiness. NOTE: The pain reliever acetaminophen has been linked to liver damage, therefore this drug should be avoided by drinkers.

5) Just 'sleep it off' (if you can). After being awake and suffering for a while, consider going back to sleep (if you have no pending obligations). A good nap after you've already had breakfast, aspirin, some water etc.... sometimes speeds the healing process. Just an hour or two back in bed may be what the doctor ordered. Consider using an alternative sleep aid such as soft music to help you get more rest. Also, always have an eye mask on hand to block out unwanted light.

Here are 3 less conventional, yet possibly effective solutions to your hangover dilemma:

1) "Will" yourself to exercise. This may be very difficult in the midst of feeling 'blah,' but if you can overcome your feelings and lack of morning motivation, try to exercise any way you can. Getting your body to move ultimately energizes your spirit and mental alertness and possibly helps your body rid excess alcohol and toxins more quickly. One easy way to invigorate body and mind is to take a good brisk walk around the block.

2) Consider chewing gum aggressively, but don't overdo it. By chewing gum fast or chewing several pieces at a time, you may make yourself temporarily more alert by increasing blood flow around the head and brain area. Obviously do not chew if you have dental issues. Also avoid chewing for too long - your jaw muscles may become tired or sore, possibly resulting in another headache.

3) Fill your sink with water and ice and keep dipping your head in-and-out until you've had enough. This is sure to invigorate your senses! An ice cold shower can also have similar effects.

Finally:

1) If you have a nasty headache, try using a forehead ice pack. Not only may this help your headache but the coldness might actually help jolt your overall system into overdrive. If you don't have an ice pack, make one by filling a re-sealable plastic bag with ice.

2) Just give it time. One of the best remedies is to just give your hangover time to heal itself. The severity or duration of a hangover varies by a number of intangibles such as exactly how much, what and how quickly you drank your alcoholic beverage, the amount of time you slept the previous night and how much food you mixed in with your drinking. Generally, your hangover will peak within the first 2 hours after awakening and steadily improve throughout the day. The average person will be clear of most hangover symptoms by mid-afternoon to early evening.

As you see, there are many ways to recover fairly quickly from terrible morning hangovers, varying from scientifically proven common sense, to more radical wisdom. The biggest obstacle is having the 'will' to get over what ails you. Using these suggestions you can easily cut recovery time by 50 percent or more.




Expanding on his personal battles and recovery from anxiety & depression, H. Mikael Nisula authors and operates his website Helpful Remedies [http://www.helpfulremedies.com]. His page offers practical solutions for anxiety and its associated disorders, such as addiction to alcohol & hangovers [http://www.helpfulremedies.com/hangovers/hangover-index.htm], insomnia and depression. Helpful Remedies is loaded with many original and unique health tips & remedies, all garnered from personal experiences. These include coping methods, dietary & lifestyle changes, and a myriad of natural alternatives to traditional & prescription medicine.




Simple Homemade Hangover Remedies


"I will never drink again!" Who hasn't said that after haven been drinking the night before, and woke up the next morning with a thumping headache and a stomach rolling around like a roller coaster. You may have enjoyed the drinking, but the hangover the next morning is not fun. Here are some natural Homemade Hangover Remedies to help you cure the hangover.

What to do after the fact

1. A perfect homemade hangover remedy is to drink two large glasses of milk (avoid drinking water at this stage as it may cause you to become drunk again) as soon as you get up to get rid of any dehydration.

2. As soon you have overcome the queasiness, make a nice, hot bowl of chicken soup. This soup will help replace salts and potassium, the body loses salt and potassium when you have been drinking.

3. Get Clean, seriously- take a shower, brush your teeth, etc. being and FEELING clean will do wonders

4. Get active. Though you'll want to stay under the covers, take a quick walk around your street. A walk by the sea is thought to be especially helpful, possibly because of the fresh air, or the calming ocean sound or probably cause it'll blow away all the cobwebs. You could even take your dog who has had hardly any sleep all night, because you came back around 3am, talking at the top of your voice.

5. Fruit is good. It helps restore nutrition, especially bananas, which contain potassium.

6. If you have some fruit, which you know you should have, you can make a homemade hangover remedy of a fruit juice drink. It will contains simple sugar fructose, which speeds up the metabolism of alcohol.

What to do before-(prevention is better than cure)

* One trick to try - remember to drink a glass of water for every 1 or 2 drinks.

* Do not take ibuprofen or tylenol before going to bed. These drugs are activated and metabolized by the liver which, while busy processing the alcohol in your blood, can be damaged by the drugs.

* Drinking lots of liquid will help prevent dehydration but Grape juice is not recommended, however. It's rough coming back up.)

* Hangovers are due to the loss of vitamins/nutrients in the body. To reduce this, try to take some multi-vitamins before you go to bed and once again when you wake up. And drink water...lots of water.

* If you find that you can not keep anything down, wait about an hour after you vomit to give your stomach time to settle. Then nibble on saltine crackers and sip Vernors or any other ginger ale. Works every time!

* Try eating a cracker or an english muffin with honey before you retire for the night. The high fructose level in the honey will break down the alcohol in your blood, allowing it to be processed more quickly.

* Not really sure if this is a homemade hangover remedy but it's definitely Irish and that is to eat a breakfast sandwich! They work wonders, if it contains eggs. Eggs contain enzymes that combat the toxic by-products of alcohol being metabolized by the liver.

Oh and one that definitely doesn't come under the term Homemade Hangover Remedies to have a bit of the "hair of the dog"....because the dog will bite again....and again.....and again......

Best of Luck

Richard




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Hangover Remedies and Quick Fixes


Hangover Remedies

People who enjoy drinking parties always have one problem to deal with - a hangover the next morning. The hangover is an inevitable consequence of heavy drinking. People often wake up with a pounding head, dryness in the mouth, nausea and fatigue after a heavy night's drinking. These symptoms would be more intense if one drinks on an empty stomach, has sleep deprivation, does more activity while drinking, is already dehydrated before drinking or has poor general health.

What causes a hangover?

When people drink, the alcohol contained in the drink enters the blood stream and influences the brain to suppress the synthesis of vasopressin which is an anti-diuretic hormone. This makes drinkers urinate more frequently while drinking which gives rise to dehydration. Usually, about four times the volume of drinks consumed is expelled from the body while drinking, leaving the body in a dehydrated state all night long. That is why people wake up with extreme dryness in the mouth the next morning.

The body tries to extract as much water as possible from the different organs, especially the brain, literally shrinking it in size. This makes the brain pull on the membranes which connect it to the skull, resulting in a throbbing headache. Frequent urination also expels potassium and other salts that are needed for muscle and nerve functions, resulting in nausea and fatigue. Different types of alcohol can also produce different kinds of hangovers.

Hangover Remedies

1. Drinking more alcohol can delay the onset of hangover. However, this is only a temporary fix as the body will eventually have to deal with the effects sooner or later. This remedy will only postpone the arrival of the hangover.

2. Black coffee can help deal with the pounding headache that are a major part of hangovers. The high amount of caffeine, which is a stimulant, can alleviate the headache for the time being. But once the effect of the coffee wears off, the symptoms might return. Moreover, like alcohol, coffee is also a diuretic which can further dehydrate the person, making the hangover even more severe.

3. Eating fried or fatty foods before drinking can reduce the effects of a hangover considerably. These foods stick to the stomach lining and slow down the rate at which alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream. It also gives the body more time to process the byproducts that result from heavy drinking.

4. The Mediterranean folk tactic of taking a spoonful of olive oil before drinking is based on the same principle. The oil sticking to the stomach lining would slow down alcohol absorption and reduce hangover symptoms.

5. One of the latest remedies to hangover is Hang-O, a chewable tablet. Just taking two tablets half an hour before and two tablet after drinking helps prevent hangover.




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Hangover Herbs, Natural Cures and Alternative Remedies


You wake up and you know it immediately -- this is going to be an unpleasant morning. Yes, you have a hangover. As you stumble out of bed and stagger into the bathroom and kitchen to search for a morning hangover cure, your first instinct is to probably pop some aspirin and brew some coffee. But try to strive for a natural hangover treatment instead. There are some cheap yet effective alternative hangover remedies, herbal teas and supplements worthy of consideration.

Beware of caffeine

To treat hangover symptoms, your natural reaction may be to drink a caffeinated beverage. Not so fast! Your body is already out of balance, so why put more drugs in it? In fact, coffee may actually worsen your hangover symptoms since it is a diuretic and it can make an alcohol ravaged body feel more jittery than it already is.

Try a natural caffeine alternative for your morning hangover cure. The herb panax ginseng (sometimes labeled Asian or Korean Ginseng) is one natural hangover treatment known to boost mental alertness as well as physical endurance. If you "must" opt for some caffeine to treat hangover symptoms, the herbs Guarana and Green Tea are other alternative hangover remedies known for their ability to boost energy while delivering less caffeine than coffee. In addition, they also provide your body with other beneficial natural healing properties. Guarana is usually sold in pill or capsule form or as part of energy store drinks, while Green Tea is most often consumed in tea form but is also available in capsule or pill form at specialty supplement stores.

Other noteworthy alternative hangover remedies

Taking Milk Thistle herbal extract helps treat hangover symptoms by helping rid the liver of alcohol causing toxins. If you drink alcohol frequently, Milk Thistle (also Dandelion root and the supplement N-Acetyl-Cysteine), can also be taken on a daily basis to keep your liver from sustaining alcohol-causing damage. This natural hangover treatment is usually found in capsules or tablets.

If your hangover comes equipped with an upset stomach, there are some excellent herbal teas to help treat hangover symptoms. Get in the habit of drinking good old-fashioned herbal teas such as chamomile tea (my favorite), fenugreek tea, ginger tea or peppermint tea as a morning hangover cure.

Vitamins and minerals

Chances are, your household has some unused common vitamins sitting around. You'd be surprised that some of these supplements can help cure (or even prevent) a hangover. Don't be shy, take any vitamins you have at their recommended dosages.

Alcohol has a tendency to deplete the body of the mineral Magnesium. Therefore, before sleep and as a morning hangover cure, load up on Magnesium (higher dosages are usually non-harmful). The minerals Potassium and Calcium can each also be used as a natural hangover treatment. Other common supplements to take before bed or to treat hangover symptoms include B-Complex (or any B-vitamin), Acidophilus, and Vitamin C.

These are all natural morning hangover remedies. Still the best prevention is to reduce your chances of having a hangover, or at least help lower the severity of your symptoms. After drinking alcohol the night before (and before bedtime), drink plenty of water and fill your stomach with crackers or a few slices of toast. Be assured that when you awaken, there are plenty of alternative hangover remedies to help get you back on track.




Expanding on his personal battles and recovery from anxiety & depression, H. Mikael Nisula authors and operates his website Helpful Remedies [http://www.helpfulremedies.com]. His page offers practical solutions for anxiety and its associated disorders, such as addiction to alcohol, hangovers [http://www.helpfulremedies.com/hangovers/hangover-index.htm], insomnia and depression. His website is loaded with many original and unique health tips & remedies, all garnered from personal experiences. These include coping methods, dietary & lifestyle changes, and a myriad of natural alternatives to traditional & prescription medicine.




Hangover Remedies


Have you drunk a bit too much and are now facing a heavy head? Need to go for an important meeting next day? Hangovers tend to disappear naturally within eight to twenty-four hours after you get drunk. However, if such is not the case, there are certain hangover remedies that might prove of great help to you.

Rest is the best that you can do. Your body needs time to recover so it would be advisable to stay in bed till the time you start feeling better. Drink enough water and fruit juices to get your body replenished. Do not take caffeine. Caffeine will only dehydrate you further and create bigger problems. Sports drink and orange juice which is rich in Vitamin C have proven helpful. Eat food rich in mineral like canned fish and pickles.

Taking shower with cold and hot water alternatively can be of great help. Physical activities, is yet another hangover remedy, so you might go in for some exercises or simply opt for swimming or cycling. Avoid taking pain killers like Ibuprofen, Aspirin and Tylenol as the side effects of these medicine increases with alcohol in your system. Tylenol can be damaging for your liver, Aspirin thins blood just as alcohol does thus will aggravate the condition and Ibuprofen can lead to stomach bleeding.

Prevention is better than cure, so you might prepare yourself prior to consumption of alcohol. Before drinking alcohol eat fatty foods which help in preventing the exasperating effects that alcohol may have on your stomach. Drink milk which protects the lining of your stomach and also slows down the absorption of alcohol. You may even intake non-aerated soft drinks and water while drinking alcohol to keep your body hydrated. Drink alcohol only occasionally and limiting the amount to as less as possible. This will save you from going through any difficulties.




Anitha Isaac is a social media services consultant with a specialty in writing reviews on fat loss and beauty tips articles. She has written hundreds of articles and thousands of website pages and related content in her 6+ years as a professional writer.




Best Hangover Remedies


If it's possible, you should start your hangover remedy on the before your morning hangover.

If your mind is still working after all those drinks, remember to drink plenty of water before you go to bed.

Also drink plenty of water whenever you wake up during the night. Alcohol dehydrates us, so you need to replace the fluid that's been lost.

When you wake up and feel your hangover start to kick in (maybe literally), drink lots of water. At least a pint when you wake up and then more water during the course of the morning and afternoon.

If you've got any in the house, take some vitamin C and vitamin B. They'll help you replace some of the vitamins that you've flushed out of your body with the previous night's alcohol.

Make sure you eat some breakfast that includes protein and carbohydrate. Bacon sandwiches are always tempting food for the morning after and they fulfill this requirement as well as being tasty.

If possible, stay off the coffee and cola during the morning after. The last thing you need at this stage is a drink that will further dehydrate you.

Aspirin, paracetamol or ibuprofen will help with that throbbing head. No need for an expensive hangover pill - if you read the ingredients, you'll almost certainly find that the active ingredient is one of these three. Keep a supply somewhere handy.

If you're able to, go back to sleep or at least rest on a bed. Of course, if you've been out drinking the night before a workday or college, this isn't a particularly feasible suggestion. But for weekends, it's a good thing to do.




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Hangover Remedies - Cures and Hangover Prevention


The main causes of a hangover are drinking more alcohol than your body can metabolize efficiently causes the toxins in the alcohol to build up in your body. A chemical known as acetaldehyde is an alcohol by-product, and is responsible for the severe symptoms of a hangover. The ethanol found in alcohol has a dehydrating effect, which is responsible for your raging headache, dry mouth and tiredness.

Dark spirits such as red wine, brandy and whiskey contain more congeners (by-products of the process of alcohol fermentation), which increase the symptoms of a hangover. Cheaper spirits are also known to cause a worse hangover because fewer impurities have been removed. Another key factor is your body weight. A smaller body weight usually means a greater hangover. Mixing your drinks is a sure way to lead to a hangover.

When you mix your drinks, for instance tequila and whiskey, you are actually mixing the different poisons of the alcohol together. More pressure is then placed on the liver to get rid of the toxins and cleanse the system by flushing them out - causing more dehydration.

Therefore some remedies for getting rid of hangovers include the following common sense remedies. If you do have any alcohol, drink small amounts. Remember that small amounts of better-quality alcohol will cause fewer hangover symptoms. Eating a large meal before drinking will line the stomach and slow down the rate of alcohol absorption into the bloodstream. Drinking water during and after alcohol consumption can minimize alcohol-induced dehydration, which is one of the main causes of a hangover. More importantly know your limits and pace yourself by drinking slowly (the body metabolizes alcohol and needs time to do so).

There is also an herbal product called Pre-Party Protect that helps to support the liver during times of excess & over-indulgence called party protect. This herbal product encourages the body to naturally stabilize after excessive rich food or alcohol consumption and support the body's natural ability to promote equilibrium after over-indulgence.

Finally prevention is always better than the cure therefore I strongly recommend that if you do drink alcohol, you do so with moderation and caution.




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Hangover Remedies - Tips That Work For Getting Rid Of Nausea And Headaches


Finding hangover remedies to feel better and get fast relief is always a challenge.

Every human being is different.

There are many different causes of hangovers and this means that combining several different hangover remedies is sometimes the only solution.

1. Home Remedies for Hangovers

There are so many stories about home remedies for hangovers.

Some are true, others are myths.

We've all heard of hair of the dog, Bloody Mary, coffee, cold showers.

But these are all myths and don't cure anything!

What you need instead is a 100% reliable list of home remedies for when you're hungover.

2. Preventing Hangovers

Plenty of experience has taught me that preventing hangovers the night before is much more effective than trying to fix your head when it's too late the morning after.

But what really works?

It does all of this while you sleep.

What else?

Drinking water alone before sleeping is helpful, but you can still get hungover. This isn't as effective as some people claim.

Taking vitamins is a far better way to wake up with a much clearer head.

You can see why if you read more tips on how to prevent hangovers before they even happen.

3. Natural Hangover Remedy

If you are against drugs and medication, like me, then you'll be looking for the most natural remedy for when you're hungover.

Finding the right remedy isn't always simple but there are some that really do work.

How do I know? Because I've tested them all.

4. Medicine for fast relief

You may completely forget to take your vitamins and water drink the night before. Your memory isn't always great with alcohol of course.

It's funny how sometimes you don't get too drunk, but you still feel terrible the next day.

In fact, it's not that funny, it's evil.

Sometimes, you can't even be bothered to find a natural remedy.

If that's the way you feel right now then the best way to fixing a hangover may be to pop some medicine.

I spent years trying different solutions for fast relief.

Some were disappointing. Others were extremely effective.

Others I found out were dangerous for your liver after drinking alcohol.

Now I know all about every one of them.

5. Hangover Pills

Pills for for getting rid of morning after headaches or preventing hangovers are sometimes pretty effective.

Make sure you take them with water and if you're concerned that you may forget, leave them on your bed or your table so that you see them when you arrive home.




Frank Jemson is a health consultant who contributes many in-depth articles to health-related websites.

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Learn the What's in & What's Out For Hangover Remedies


There are currently many hangover remedies proposed to cure and heal the effect of hangover. There are the traditional homemade hangover remedies and the modern scientifically proven hangover remedies offered for the sufferers to try, in hope to eliminate the morning-after effects.

This article will briefly highlight what's in and what's out a.k.a which remedies are effective and which are ineffective.

THE "IN" HANGOVER REMEDIES

1) Drinking water or fruit juice

Water will help to rehydrate the body and replenish the lost moisture.

2) Diet with lots of mineral essentials

Alcohol dehydrate not only water but also the essential minerals and salts. Therefore, one should start eating healthy diet with lots of essential minerals such as potassium, magnesium, and zinc.

3) Exercise

This may sounds almost impossible as one may not even able to get up from bed. Exercise can help the heart pump in blood all over the body and this increases the oxygen level in the body.

4) Vitamins

Taking vitamins such as Vitamin C and B12 help to speed up recovery and restore the body's immune system.

5) Sleep

Enough rest is crucial to help the body to recover from the morning-after effect. Therefore make sure enough sleep is included in the must do hangover remedies.

THE "OUT" HANGOVER REMEDIES

1) Drinking caffeine.

Caffeine will only continues to dehydrate, so it is a definite no-no.

2) Narcotics and drugs

Narcotics along with alcohol or shortly after consumption is dangerous in itself because of added depressant effects on the central nervous system.

3) Drinking more alcohol

A very bad way of dealing with hangovers because of the strain it puts on the liver and stomach.

4) Hair of the dog

A famous hangover remedy , that is to treat the wound of a dog bite with the hair of the dog that bit you. However,when applied to hangover, it means, if you have had too much, take a glass of the same wine the next morning to soothe the nerves. This won't really work as it will further cause dehydration and might harm your body system severely.

To cure hangover, whether its a traditional the clinical remedy, one should really ask for opinions and see which one is the most suitable as these remedies may have different effects and effectiveness from one person to another.




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