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Troglodyte
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 Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject: Korean Hangover Cures |
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A Korean colleague showed me at the convenience stores that you can buy little bottles of hangover remedy or cure or something like that. He said that you drink these when you have a hangover and it makes the hangover go away. Apparently they contain traditional Korean medicine.
That sounds a bit dubious to me, but I'm curious if anyone else has ever tried these? Do they work? Do they really "cure" a hangover? Or is it just a stimulant (coffee or taurina, maybe?) and sugar? Do they contain something to make you feel good so that you don't notice the headache and nausea? Maybe a little codine or morphine or something? Or is it just a placebo and a high dosage of BS.
Other than being attached to a dialysis machine I really don't know how you could get over a hangover once it's started. By the time you have a hangover, your blood is filled with the alcohol. I can't see how an pill or liquid could change that. I suspect that at best it just treats the symptoms of the hangover and makes you feel better. But I'm skeptical about whether something that you can buy at a 7/11 could legally contain the necessary ingredients to do even that. If they really do work, I'm sure that someone would have long ago made a huge profit exporting them to sell to college students throughout the world.
Anyone out there have any experience with these potions? |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Dawn 808 Hangover Solution isnt too bad. Treats symptoms pretty effectively and relatively quickly (<60min). No severe crash later like from excessive caffiene. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| If there was a true hangover cure then it would be flying off the shelves everyday in every country of the world.......fact is, there is no hangover cure. Just stuff to treat the symptoms.....headache pills, stomach antacids.......basically Resolve...... |
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mattwhy
Joined: 02 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: Korean Hangover Cures |
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| Troglodyte wrote: |
| Other than being attached to a dialysis machine I really don't know how you could get over a hangover once it's started. By the time you have a hangover, your blood is filled with the alcohol. I can't see how an pill or liquid could change that. I suspect that at best it just treats the symptoms of the hangover and makes you feel better. |
I'm not sure what you're describing here.
Hangovers, by definition, are just a collection of symptoms that occur AFTER the alcohol has already been metabolized through your liver. By the time you have a hangover, you don't have any alcohol left in your blood stream. What you do have is dehydration, headache, irritation of the stomach and the byproducts of the metabolic process which can cause other assorted aches and pains.
Or am I just misreading what you wrote?
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ForceOne
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Condition (green bottle) helps sometimes. Like eamo said, there is no such thing as a hangover cure, but it does seem to reduce the effects. |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Korean Hangover Cures |
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| Troglodyte wrote: |
Hangovers, by definition, are just a collection of symptoms that occur AFTER the alcohol has already been metabolized through your liver. By the time you have a hangover, you don't have any alcohol left in your blood stream. What you do have is dehydration, headache, irritation of the stomach and the byproducts of the metabolic process which can cause other assorted aches and pains.
Or am I just misreading what you wrote? |
Exactly. Alcohol in the blood=intoxicated/drunk. |
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Gaber
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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I think Morning Care is pretty good. A little expensive though. Don't think it's caffinated. If it is it's just a little. I can down one right before bed and sleep fine.
From what I've read, most of the 'cures' have milk thistle in, which protects your liver or something. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Korean Hangover Cures |
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| mattwhy wrote: |
| Troglodyte wrote: |
| Other than being attached to a dialysis machine I really don't know how you could get over a hangover once it's started. By the time you have a hangover, your blood is filled with the alcohol. I can't see how an pill or liquid could change that. I suspect that at best it just treats the symptoms of the hangover and makes you feel better. |
I'm not sure what you're describing here.
Hangovers, by definition, are just a collection of symptoms that occur AFTER the alcohol has already been metabolized through your liver. By the time you have a hangover, you don't have any alcohol left in your blood stream. What you do have is dehydration, headache, irritation of the stomach and the byproducts of the metabolic process which can cause other assorted aches and pains.
Or am I just misreading what you wrote? |
You are right. For the most part the symptoms of a hangover take place after the alcohol has been metabolised. But there are other chemicals in your body while you are suffering a hangover. As well there may still be unmetabolised alcohol in your blood by the time that you are heading home from the bar/party (ie. the hangover can start while you are still drunk). As I understand it, some of these remedies are taken on the way home from the bar (yes, while you are still drunk) but some the morning after.
What i wanted to know was whether anyone had experienced these convenience store remediess and if they found them successful. I also wonder if these remedies only make you feel better, or if they really do contribute to reducing the cause of the hangover symptoms (do they help rehydrate you, get oxygen to your brain, clean the remaining chemicals from your body). |
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Gnawbert
Joined: 23 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:00 am Post subject: Re: Korean Hangover Cures |
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What i wanted to know was whether anyone had experienced these convenience store remediess and if they found them successful. I also wonder if these remedies only make you feel better, or if they really do contribute to reducing the cause of the hangover symptoms (do they help rehydrate you, get oxygen to your brain, clean the remaining chemicals from your body). |
Morning Care works wonders for me, especially if I take it before I go to sleep. Doesn't taste good, but I'll take the Pepsi challenge with that stuff any day. |
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eIn07912
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:15 am Post subject: |
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The best hangover cure is a little *mary jane. Alas, you wont find any of that in this country.
I fight them here by just trying to get as much into my system as possible. Meaning, to flush out the booze by giving my body more things to process. Tons of powerade or gatorade to start. Then, the only food I can usually keep down is pastry stuffs, doughnuts, cakes, etc.. If I can hold all that for a couple of hours, a burger, fries, and coke puts me just right.
I never get headaches with hangovers though. It just doesn't happen for me. I always get the nausea and weakness.
So yeah, eat and drink a lot. That's been my rule. |
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vaticanhotline
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| eIn07912 wrote: |
| I never get headaches with hangovers though. It just doesn't happen for me. |
Lucky you.
The Koreans say that haejanko (my computer doesn't have hangeul) is the best thing for hangovers; I don't know whether anyone agrees. |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:46 am Post subject: |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
Location: Testicles for Eyes
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| 콩나물국밥 - kong na mool gook bab. aka Beansprout and rice soup. Absolutely destroys hangovers. |
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monnymite
Joined: 10 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| It's gotta be cider! that stuff is pretty good at settling the stomach.. worked for me |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| vaticanhotline wrote: |
| eIn07912 wrote: |
| I never get headaches with hangovers though. It just doesn't happen for me. |
Lucky you.
The Koreans say that haejanko (my computer doesn't have hangeul) is the best thing for hangovers; I don't know whether anyone agrees. |
hae jang guk |
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