It seems like everyone has a DIY hangover cure… that DOESN’T work.
Stuff like: Downing glasses of water… using activated charcoal… drinking pickle juice… and rubbing lemon slices under your armpits.
Researchers in the U.K. have released a comprehensive review of hangover “cures,” and it has concluded that… nothing works. So yes, we’re already a quarter of the way through the 21st Century, and science has failed to deliver ANYTHING.
The review included clinical trials on dozens of supposed remedies… including curcumin, red ginseng, probiotics, artichoke extract, and pear juice… and nothing helped. At least not consistently.
The researchers also dismissed a lot of flawed experiments in the past… saying there’s “a limited number of poor quality research studies [examining] hangovers.”
In fact, only three things showed enough promise for continued study: Clove extract… tolfenamic acid, which is a painkiller available in the U.K…. and Vitamin B. Specifically that would be a synthetic version of Vitamin B6.
If YOU discovered something that YOU think works during this holiday season, please go on TikTok and… well.. I guess join the choir, and hopefully science finds you and tests your theory.