Hangover Cures….

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We all know the sensible thing to do is
not to drink to the point of a hangover in the first place but let’s
face it, it happens to us all at one point or another so how can you
minimise the fallout…? Below are a list of remedies and old wives tales
which aim to cure.

The Malletsheugh Inn
are in no way saying any of these are a good idea or that they are
likely to work so take it all with a hefty pinch of salt and good
humour.

If you have an alternative ‘cure’ send us a comment via the form below and we’ll post the best and most original suggestions!

01. Hair of the Dog

Incase you’d not heard of this cure it’s the idea that having an
alcholic drink the morning after will help ease the pain. This will
only appear to cure your hangover as it introduces more alcohol into
your system and effectively numbs you to the previous nights
shenanigans, in truth, it only suspends the effects until your ‘hair of the dog‘
wears off and then hits you with a vengance. If you are going to go
down this route then it’s been claimed more than once that a Bloody
Mary is the way to go..

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz vodka

3 oz tomato juice

1 dash lemon juice

1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

2 - 3 drops Tabasco® sauce

1 lime wedge

Method

Shake all ingredients (except lime wedge) with ice and strain into an
old-fashioned glass over ice cubes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add
the wedge of lime and serve.

02. Water

This is the only point thats tried and tested. The nature of alochol
makes you visit the little girls/boys room more often therefore making
you dehydrated, it also reduces the amount of potassium in your body
which is what causes the dizzyness, cramps etc. When dehydrated the
brain shrinks away from your skull slightly and is not as well
supported hence the pounding headaches. Best you can do for yourself is
rehydrate as much as possible.

03. Coffee, coffee, coffee

Hands up those of you who immediately reach for the coffee the
morning after…thought as much! We all do it, but it’s possibly one of
the worst drinks we could be having (if you ignore the hair of the dog)
Coffee is a diuretic and therefore makes you pee more than normal, add
that to the fact that you are already dehydrated from the night before
and you’re just asking for the headache to last longer. As was said in
point 2, you can’t beat a good pint of water, or at the very least wash
your coffee down with a good drink of water!

04. Fry up

The sheer amount of calories in a fry up goes towards giving your
body an energy boost to help you get through the day. And there are
some claims that cysteine in eggs that helps clean up all the toxins.
Only problem with a fry up is it smells amazing, looks great but can
you get past the first mouthful!

05. Sleep

You’ve put your body through alot and it has a fair amount of
repairing to be getting on with. If you have the time and your pounding
head will let you then try to get more sleep. This will let your body
repair itself faster without having to devote energy to general day to
day functions such as moving!