Best Hangover Cures To Give You Relief

Tomato juice can be effective. It provides needed liquid to prevent dehydration. In addition, healing vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants contained in tomato juice help to promote your body’s return to normalcy. If vomiting has occurred, electrolytes may be replaced by drinking tomato juice.

Speaking of electrolytes, beverages such as Gator–Aid can be effective. They are especially important if vomiting has occurred.

Here is an old family remedy which has actually been scientifically evaluated and found to be effective. Drink pickle juice! Dill pickle juice to be precise. It settles the stomach, relieves brain fog, and helps to get rid of headaches by replacing electrolytes.

Ice pops can replace fluids slowly when other beverages can’t be kept down.

Orange juice is full of vitamin C, which speeds recovery too.

Try putting a few drops of peppermint oil on an ice pack (unless you were drinking minty mojitos the night before). Place the ice pack on your forehead or on the back of your neck for relief of a headache. Headaches are caused by dehydration and dilation of the blood vessels in your brain. The cold pack shrinks the swollen vessels, providing rapid relief. Peppermint also will calm a queasy stomach.

Place teabags which have been soaked in water then chilled or refrigerated cucumber slices over your eyes. They relieve eye redness and bags under the eyes. They can also help to relieve a headache.

The Bottom Line – Best Hangover Cures

The key to not suffering from a hangover is proper planning so that you can avoid a hangover in the first place. While consuming alcohol, hydrate well with other liquids and choose the right snacks. If, despite your best efforts, you wake up with a hangover, implement the above natural remedies to help you recover rapidly.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Nov 2013 by Patricia Bratianu RN PhD RH-AHG. Patricia has been a Registered Nurse for almost forty years in a wide variety of settings. As a Registered Nurse, she realized that conventional healthcare was not meeting the needs of all patients. She became an herbalist and obtained a PhD in Natural Health. Patricia is a professional member of the American Herbalist’s Guild, passing the stringent peer reviewed process to become a Registered Herbalist.

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