After getting drunk, how can we relieve the symptoms of headache, dizziness, nausea, and fever? The following Chinese herbs have good effects:
1. Wu Mei (Dried Plum): It has a sour and neutral taste, enters the liver, spleen, lung, and large intestine meridians, and has the function of astringing the lung and generating body fluid. It can be used to treat chronic cough caused by lung deficiency, long-term diarrhea, and thirst caused by heat. Because its sour taste can generate saliva and quench thirst, it can relieve drunkenness-induced thirst. Taking 30g of Wu Mei decocted in water can relieve drunkenness-induced thirst.
2. Bai Mao Gen (Root of Imperata cylindrica): Also known as Ma Cao Gen, it has a sweet and cold taste, enters the lung, stomach, and bladder meridians, and has the effect of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing heat, and promoting diuresis. Taking 15-30g of Bai Mao Gen decocted in water can detoxify alcohol.
3. Sang Shen (Mulberry Fruit): Also known as Mulberry Berry, it has a sweet and cold taste, enters the heart, liver, and kidney meridians, and has the effect of nourishing yin, replenishing blood, generating body fluid, and moistening the intestines. When detoxifying alcohol, you can take 150g of fresh Sang Shen, crush it into juice, and drink it.
4. Ge Gen Hua (Pueraria Flower): It has a sweet and neutral taste, is good at detoxifying alcohol, awakening the spleen, harmonizing the stomach, and quenching thirst. It mainly treats headache, dizziness, irritability, vomiting, chest fullness, and other symptoms caused by excessive drinking. There are Ge Hua Jie Cheng Tang in "Discussion on the Spleen and Stomach" and Ge Hua Qing Re Wan in "Dian Nan Ben Cao", both for treating drunkenness. Taking 10g of Ge Gen Hua decocted in water can detoxify alcohol.
5. Cao Guo (Amomum Fruit): It has a pungent and warm taste, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, and has the function of drying dampness, dispelling cold, removing phlegm, and stopping malaria. Due to its fragrant smell, it also has the nature of dispelling turbidity. In addition, it can eliminate old food and detoxify alcohol. Drinking a decoction made from 10g of Cao Guo can detoxify alcohol.
6. Gao Liang Jiang (Alpinia Officinarum): It has a pungent and hot taste, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, and has the function of dispersing cold, relieving pain, warming the middle energizer, stopping vomiting, eliminating food, and awakening from intoxication. Taking 10-15g of Gao Liang Jiang decocted in water can treat excessive drinking, body coldness, and vomiting.
7. Ju Hua (Chrysanthemum Flower): It belongs to the category of diaphoretic herbs that disperse wind-heat. It has a slightly cold nature, tastes pungent, sweet, and bitter, and can disperse wind-heat, pacify the liver, brighten the eyes, and clear heat and toxins. Taking 10-15g of Ju Hua decocted in water can treat headaches and dizziness caused by excessive drinking.
8. Zhu Ru (Bamboo茹): It has a sweet and slightly cold taste, and has the effect of clearing heat, transforming phlegm, removing irritability, and stopping vomiting. It works well for vomiting caused by stomach heat or phlegm heat. Drinking a decoction made from 10-15g of Zhu Ru can treat headaches and vomiting after drinking.
9. Bai Bian Dou (White Hyacinth Bean): It belongs to the category of tonifying herbs that benefit the spleen qi. It has a sweet and warm taste, and can strengthen the spleen, transform dampness, and eliminate summer heat. It also kills alcohol toxicity and detoxifies pufferfish poison. Taking 10-12g of Bai Bian Dou decocted in water can detoxify alcohol.
10. Ku Shen (Sophora Root): It has a bitter and cold taste, and has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, killing insects, and promoting urination. It also has the effect of quenching thirst and awakening from intoxication. Drinking a decoction made from 10-15g of Ku Shen can help awaken from intoxication.
11. Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg): It has a pungent and warm taste, and belongs to the category of warming herbs that stop astringency. It has the effect of warming the middle energizer, promoting qi flow, consolidating the intestines, stopping diarrhea, and aiding digestion. Moreover, it can eliminate old food, detoxify alcohol, and treat cholera. Taking 10-12g of Rou Dou Kou decocted in water can treat abdominal fullness and vomiting after drunkenness.
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