The so-called hangover drugs are not drugs, and most of them are labeled as health care products. They claim to keep people from getting drunk. One of the principles is to slow down the absorption of alcohol by the stomach. If the absorption of alcohol can be within the processing capacity of the liver, people will not get drunk. There is also a way to prevent alcohol from acting on the brain and not feel drunk. However, alcohol has been absorbed into the stomach and liver, and injuries are inevitable. In addition, people who are not drunk will continue to drink alcohol, even alcoholism, or fatty liver, cirrhosis and other diseases caused by long-term heavy drinking.
At present, neither western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine nor hangover products on the market can promote alcohol metabolism and help the human body digest and decompose alcohol. Some drunken people drink honey water, tea or vinegar to relieve their headaches and wake up. In fact, they do not decompose alcohol, but relieve the symptoms after drinking.
Most of the prescriptions for hangover in traditional Chinese medicine contain drugs such as pueraria lobata, Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptidis Rhizoma and Bupleuri Radix. It can alleviate the symptoms of drinking to a certain extent, but it has a weak protective effect on the liver. Naloxone, a western medicine used to relieve alcoholism in clinic, only relieves the symptoms of discomfort after drinking. So in order to protect your health, try to drink as little as possible.