hangover

[Guest guest]

, " Richard Blitstein " <richblit@r...> wrote:

 

This however does raise the interesting point that most of the

> foods people crave when drunk tend to be of the damp heat variety. I

wonder why the body would crave

> something when it has recently taken in a large amount of the same.

 

In ayurveda it is said that pitta types crave more pitta and so on. Our

desires actually drive us out of balance if not tempered by our higher

faculties. If one likes the stimulation of alcohol, it is likely one will

just want more of that stimulation in the form of greasy and spicy foods.

If one likes to feel completely stuffed, satiated and immobile, you will

crave that heavy dessert even after eating a meal rich enough to satisfy

three frenchmen. As long as one is enjoying one's excesses without

adverse effects on health, as is often the case in youth, there is little

attraction to balance. If you feel good either sitting on the couch all

day or raging around like a maniac, why would you want to do otherwise?

It is when this natural tendency towards imbalance creates negative

effects that one may take action to restore some balance. But that

becomes a matter of the mind taking some control over the desires. And

that potentailly creates a whole new set of problems....

 

It is interesting that I tend

> to have a weak spleen but food intake when drinking seems to decrease the

> hangover I feel.

 

I wonder which is more common, to be helped or worsened by concurrent food

intake? Since many people treat hangovers with food stagnation remedies,

it would seem that excess greasy spicy foods should just worsen things.

from a modern perspective, the food absorbs alcohol and slows its entry

into the system, thus one becomes less intoxicated with thus less side

effects that are directly due to alcohol as opposed to those from a

combination of alcohol and food. so what is it about alcohol alone as a

toxic substance that would cause negative effects

 

 

> My post was intended to focus on the head symptoms of headache and

> fuzzy headedness. I'm sure a great deal of this is due to liver

> involvement. I like the idea of tailoring a formula with some of

medicinals

> you mentioned taking into consideration the patho-physiology you

outlined.

> I will try it next chance I get lol

> Rich

 

Chinese Herbs

 

 

" Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre

minds " -- Albert Einstein

[Guest guest]

, <@i...> wrote:

So what is it about alcohol alone as a toxic substance that would

cause negative effects?

:

 

I remember being told about how to make a chrysanthemum liquor that

would not cause headaches when drunk. You alternately put down

layers of chrysanthemum flowers and sugar, and allow it to ferment

into a clear liquid. I never made it and those who enjoy making

cordials and beers would be able to say more about the timing and

details of creating such a brew. But the point was that it had no

other ingredients and no impurities which contribute to the hangover.

 

Could we could get a grant to explore this?

 

 

Jim Ramholz