Drinking strong tea after drinking alcohol will not only have no hangover effect, but may even damage the kidneys. Generally, tea should be drunk after the alcohol in the human body has been completely decomposed and excreted from the body. It should be at least 2 to 4 hours or more after drinking alcohol before drinking tea.
Some people say that drinking strong tea can relieve hangover because drinking tea in the human body will cause an increase in urine and help the excretion of alcohol. In fact, this statement is completely fallacious. Drinking tea immediately after drinking alcohol will actually cause secondary damage to the kidneys. After drinking alcohol, alcohol entering the liver and lungs will cause Yang Qi to rise and lung Qi to strengthen. However, the taste of tea is bitter, because it mainly reduces fire, so after drinking, Drinking tea is very harmful to the kidneys.
And the theophylline in tea has a diuretic effect. Strong tea contains more theophylline, which will cause the undecomposed alcohol to enter the kidneys prematurely, causing kidney damage. It stands to reason that after a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol enters the liver and relies on the action of enzymes in the human body to decompose the alcohol and then excrete it out of the body. Who knew that drinking tea would hinder this function and cause damage to the kidneys. And this kind of damage is not easy to detect immediately. It only causes harm to the human body after it accumulates over many years, so people do not take this seriously. Moreover, alcohol is very stimulating to the cardiovascular system, and strong tea is even more stimulating to the heart. Under the strong stimulation of both, the burden on the heart increases.
How long will it take before you can drink tea? Wait until 80% of the alcohol in the human body has been broken down and excreted by the liver before drinking. If people start drinking tea too early, although the excess water entering the human body will indeed make people go to the toilet, it will accelerate the body into a state of dehydration. In addition, as mentioned before, it will damage the liver, so drinking tea has certain effects on the human body. It is very harmful. If you want to relieve the dry mouth after drinking alcohol, drinking plain water is the most correct way.
There is no specific realization of how long it will take before you can still drink tea. Some people have good liver function and can quickly excrete alcohol from the body, so you can drink tea after 2 to 4 hours. , some people cannot completely eliminate alcohol from the body even after a night, so it is best not to drink tea for a night.