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digestive system
hangover
nutrition
dietary guidelines
therapeutic foods:
increase foods that cool the Xue (Blood) and clear Heat; soothe the Liver
bamboo shoots, Cooling foods, daikon radish, spinach, banana, grapefruit, mulberries, pear, persimmons, strawberries, mandarin orange, black soybeans, dandelion, burdock, chlorophyll, artichokes, garlic, onions (Ni)
increase foods rich in Zinc, Magnesium, Vitamins Bl and B6
fresh juices:
pear juice to prevent hangover (Ni, p. 67)
pear juice to relieve hangover (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 30)
persimmon juice (Ni, p. 68)
specific remedies:
slice and eat 500-1000 g of watermelon OR take 60 g of skin, steam in water and serve (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 31)
eat 90-150 g fresh strawberries (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 55)
take 2 fresh mandarin oranges, squeeze the juice and discard the skin. Add 1 cup of boiling water, mix and drink. (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 59)
eat 60 g of banana skin, boiled in water until cooked (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 65)
eat or drink fresh tangerines or juice (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 97)
avoid:
cinnamon and other Heating foods, spicy foods, coffee (long term), sweets and sugary foods, high fat diet, fried foods
drug interaction:
cimetidine (Tagamet) and ranitidine (Zantac) inhibit gastric alcohol dehydrogenase, interfering with alcohol breakdown, and substantially increasing serum alcohol levels (DiPadova, et al., JAMA 1992; 267: 83-86)
supplements
Vitamin B12 (Pfeiffer, p. 158)
Vitamin B12 500 mg (Pearson; Shaw, p. 280)
For prevention:
antioxidants
footnotes