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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