The drugs used by the ancients in China to sober up are mostly some Chinese herbal medicines such as Pueraria lobata and Pueraria lobata. According to the medical classics in China, there are about 150 prescriptions for sobering up and abstinence, but the prescriptions for sobering up account for more than 90%.
Du Bin recorded in the Song Dynasty: "There are sharks in Yuzong, and the clouds can sober up without artificial methods." In modern terms, this sentence means that there is something called mackerel in Yuzong. Some people say it can be used to sober up, but the method of making it is not recorded.
In fact, in addition to these records of Durbin, there are many secret recipes about hangover in ancient China. In addition, for different wines, there were different sober-up methods in ancient China. It's just that these sober-up methods are too complicated, and almost all of them are recorded in the form of prescriptions, so it's not convenient to elaborate here. Moreover, in ancient China, "sugar" was definitely added to the prescription for sober-up, which can be said to be similar to the modern sober-up method, indicating that the ancient people in China were quite clever and could think of using sugar to sober up.
Apart from China, there are ancient prescriptions for sobering up, in fact, there are methods for sobering up all over the world in ancient times. It's just that the way they sober up is amazing. Some use goat milk to sober up, some use tree juice, and some even lick their own sweat.