Relieving Hangover Symptoms: Chinese Herbal Medicines for Headache, Dizziness, Nausea, and Fever

December 6, 2023

How to relieve the symptoms of headache, dizziness, nausea, and fever after drinking? The following Chinese herbal medicines have good effects:

Wumei: It has a sour and mild taste and enters the liver, spleen, lungs, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs and generating fluid, and can be used to treat lung deficiency cough, long-term diarrhea, long-term dysentery, and deficiency heat diabetes. Because its sour taste can generate fluid and relieve thirst, it can relieve the annoyance and thirst after drinking. Take 30g of Wumei and decoct it in water to drink, which can relieve thirst after drinking.

Baomaogen: Also known as Mao Cao Gen, it has a sweet and cold taste and enters the lungs, stomach, and bladder meridians. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing heat, and diuresis. Take 15-30g of Baomaogen and decoct it in water to drink, which can relieve alcohol toxicity.

Mulberry: Also known as Sang Guo, it has a sweet and cold taste and enters the heart, liver, and kidney meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin, replenishing blood, generating fluid, and moistening the intestines. When relieving alcohol, take 150g of fresh mulberry and mash it to drink the juice.

Kudzu Flower: It has a sweet and mild taste, is good at relieving alcohol toxicity, awakening the spleen and stomach, and relieving thirst. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as headache, dizziness, thirst, vomiting, and chest fullness caused by excessive drinking. "Pi Wei Lun" has Kudzu Flower Decoction for relieving alcohol haze, and "Dian Nan Ben Cao" has Kudzu Flower Clearing Heat Pills, both of which can treat drunkenness. In addition, Kudzu root and Kudzu seed also have the effect of relieving alcohol. Take 10g of Kudzu Flower and decoct it in water to drink, which can relieve alcohol.

Caoguo: It has a warm and pungent taste and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of drying dampness, dispelling cold, eliminating phlegm, and stopping malaria. Because of its fragrant aroma, it also has the property of dispelling turbidity. In addition, it can also eliminate food stagnation and relieve alcohol toxicity. Take 10g of Caoguo and decoct it in water to drink, which can relieve alcohol.

Gao Liang Jiang: It has a pungent and hot taste, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, and has the effects of dispelling cold, relieving pain, warming the middle, stopping vomiting, and aiding digestion. Take 10-15g of Gao Liang Jiang and decoct it in water to drink, which can treat excessive drinking, cold body, and vomiting.

Chrysanthemum: It belongs to the category of dispersing wind and heat to relieve the surface, with a slightly cold taste and a pungent, sweet, and bitter taste. It can disperse wind and heat, calm the liver, improve eyesight, and clear heat and detoxify. Take 10-15g of chrysanthemum and decoct it in water to drink, which can treat symptoms such as headache and dizziness caused by excessive drinking.

Zhuru: It has a sweet and slightly cold taste, and has the effects of clearing heat, transforming phlegm, relieving restlessness, and stopping vomiting. It has a good effect on vomiting caused by gastric heat or phlegm heat. Take 10-15g of Zhuru and decoct it in water to drink, which can treat symptoms such as headache and vomiting after drinking.

White Kidney Bean: It is a tonic for the spleen, with a sweet and warm taste, which can invigorate the spleen, transform dampness, relieve heat, and kill alcohol toxicity, and it can also relieve pufferfish poisoning. Take 10-12g of white kidney bean and decoct it in water to drink, which can relieve alcohol.

Ku Shen: It has a bitter and cold taste, with the effects of clearing heat, drying dampness, killing parasites, and diuresis, and it also has the effect of relieving thirst and awakening alcohol. Take 10-15g of Ku Shen and decoct it in water to drink, which is beneficial for relieving alcohol.

Nutmeg: It has a pungent and warm taste, belongs to the category of warming the middle and stopping diarrhea, and has the effects of warming the middle, promoting qi circulation, solidifying the intestines, stopping diarrhea, and aiding digestion. It can also eliminate food stagnation, relieve alcohol toxicity, and treat cholera. Take 10-12g of nutmeg and decoct it in water to drink, which can treat symptoms such as bloating and vomiting after drunkenness.

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