Causes and treatment of headache after taking alcohol

1 Causes of malaise after drinking alcohol

The ingestion of alcohol into the human body causes many complex chemical reactions. And one of them is the splitting of molecules, of which organic and inorganic compounds are composed. As a result, urination increases and the body becomes dehydrated.

Getting into the liver cells, alcohol suppresses the production of glucose - an energy substance that is extremely necessary for the work of brain cells. The blood vessels expand, and the nervous system is depressed.

The result of all these processes are lethargy, weakness, disruption of the gastrointestinal tract and headache. The intensity of the pain syndrome depends on the individual characteristics of the person: some people feel bad after a glass of champagne, while others are able to drink the entire bottle and stay healthy.

The appearance of a general malaise and headache after alcohol is one capacious name - a hangover. This is a very unpleasant condition, characterized by:

• sensation of dryness in the mouth due to dehydration;
• aching joints and muscles;
• with noise and pain in the head.

In order to eliminate the hangover, it is necessary to cope with the intoxication of the body caused by the products of the breakdown of alcoholic beverages. The more quality this is done, the sooner the improvement will come.

2 How to remove a hangover?

If the head after boozing resembles a "beer pot", the following methods will help:

1. Strong tea or coffee. Contained in coffee beans and tea leaf caffeine narrows the vessels of the brain, which facilitates the pain syndrome.
2. Brine from salted cucumbers or sauerkraut, which must be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. Salts and minerals contained in the liquid help restore the salt balance in the body. If there are no diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in the anamnesis, 1 chopped chives and a small pinch of hot pepper can be added to the brine.
3. Contrast shower. The combination of warm and cool water stabilizes the pressure, strengthens the lymphatic system and metabolic processes, which eliminates edema, activates the brain. Start the shower with warm water. After 3 seconds, the water temperature rises to hot water, and after 2 seconds it goes down. Under cold water, it takes 5 seconds.

If possible, you need to organize a morning walk in the fresh air. Blood will be saturated with oxygen, which will improve the work of internal organs and allow brain cells to quickly return to normal.

In addition, there are a large number of pharmaceuticals that will help relieve the headache. The most popular of them are:

• Alka-Seltzer;
• Piel Alco;
• DrinkOFF.

You can use absorbents used in poisoning - Polysorb MP or ordinary activated charcoal. The dose of coal intake is 1 tablet per 10 kg of mass. Toxins that cause malaise, will be withdrawn together with the medicine, and relief will come quickly enough.

3 Low-alcohol beverages for the treatment of headache

In the old days, a very simple hangover remedy was widely used, acting according to the "wedge knocked out wedge" principle. It was believed that enough to drink a glass of strong alcohol, and the condition will improve. Today, doctors categorically do not recommend treating a hangover this way. Getting strong spirits as a treatment, the body gets used to them, and this is a direct path to alcoholism.

But low-alcohol drinks can be used. So, many people complain that they have a headache after beer. For the treatment of a light hangover, let's assume the following way: without stirring, mix the egg with a glass of low-alcohol beer and quickly drink on an empty stomach. To fix the effect of taking the medicine, after half an hour you need to eat a bowl of cold borsch.

If after the use of beer your head hurts, instead of breakfast you can drink a vitamin cocktail, which will help to normalize the condition. To prepare a cocktail you will need:

• 200 g of fresh orange juice;
• 1 lemon with zest;
• 100 g of honey.

All ingredients must be beaten in a mixer.

Also from a headache will help get rid of tea or coffee with cognac. You need to take a cup of hot drink, throw a slice of lemon into it, add sugar to taste and pour in 2 tsp.good cognac. Drink it in a hot drink. Cognac normalizes the pressure, so that the pain syndrome will pass quickly enough. But it must be remembered that immediately after coffee or tea you can not smoke, otherwise the effect will be reversed - the pressure will rise and the headache will increase.

4 Folk recipes

There is a huge amount of folk recipes used when a headache is bad after drinking. Among the most popular are the following:

1. Peppermint infusion with good soothing properties.1 tbsp.l.dry material poured 0.5 liters of boiling water and infused for 0.5 hours. Filtered infusion take 80 ml every half an hour.
2. The sauce is called a cooked sauce without the addition of sugar. It is advisable to do such a drink if a celebration or party is scheduled in the near future. A ready-made broth is left in a warm place until bubbles appear, indicating the onset of fermentation. Then throw a handful of sugar in it and leave it for another 1-2 days. Thanks to the powerful laxative effect, the ready-made drink will quickly purify the body of the products of alcohol breakdown.
3. Life-giving elixir made from mineral water. Essentuki 4, Essentuki 17 and Borjomi will help get rid of intoxication. Preparation of the product must be taken care of in advance. In the evening, you need to put a 1/2 liter of lemon in a bottle of water and shake well - in the morning the drink is ready. Elixir take a volley of 1-1.5 cup every 60 minutes.
4. Broth of bitter pepper. According to experts, such a decoction is a traditional method of treating a hangover in Tibetan mountaineers. In 500 ml, place 1 pod of red hot pepper and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes. Then the broth is cooled and drunk as follows: 50 ml drank - a break of 5 minutes, again 50 ml drank - again a break. Thus, you need to drink the whole drink. The headache will not remain a trace!
5. Infusion of primrose.1 tsp.leaves, roots and flowers of primrose are poured into a glass of boiling water and insist for 2 hours, then cool and filter. The drug is used for ½ cup 2 times a day. The infusion produces an easy healing effect, due to which the headache calms down, excessive excitement is removed.
6. Infusion vinca. For the preparation of infusion 2 tbsp.l.grass vinca small pour 2 cups of boiling water and insist for about 90 minutes, then drain and take 150 ml 3-4 times daily before meals. You can add honey to the liquid. In addition, to remove the headache you can use alcohol tincture periwinkle. It is taken before meals 3-4 times a day for 30-40 drops, adding a glass of water.
7. Tincture of the core( white marsh worm).4 tbsp.l.dry raw materials are poured into 500 ml of vodka and insist for at least a week. The drug is used for 20-30 drops before meals 3-4 times a day, diluting 1 tbsp.l.warm water.

Headache after drinking is eliminated by the right choice of diet. So, borscht, chicken and meat strong broths, chilli and hash well relieve a hangover. It is advisable to add soup spices - garlic and black pepper. Oily, spicy and high-calorie food will make the gastrointestinal tract work, eliminate spasms in the stomach and gall bladder. The active removal of toxins from the body will begin, which will relieve the pain syndrome.

5 Baths and respiratory gymnastics

To remove symptoms of a hangover, you can take a salt bath. The salt will have a vasoconstrictor effect and the pain syndrome will disappear. To prepare the bath, it is necessary to pour about 300 g of sea salt into warm water and mix it thoroughly. The procedure takes about 30 minutes.

Also beneficial effect has a bath with essential oils. Usually, for the removal of headaches, oils of rosemary and lavender are used. The water temperature should not exceed 35-37 ° C.The duration of the bath is 20 minutes.

The main cause of the headache is the expansion of cerebral vessels.

To achieve vasoconstriction, breathing exercises can be used. It is necessary to perform them in a room with an influx of fresh air, or better - on the street. All exercises are performed sitting, which excludes the probability of falling from dizziness.

• 1 stage of gymnastics: the stomach is inhaled, while the thorax remains stationary.
• Stage 2: Without exhaling, inhalation continues with the expansion of the thorax.
• Stage 3: Without exhaling, the breath ends with the thorax, with the shoulders and head lifted.
• Stage 4: exhalation is performed in the reverse order - the shoulders fall, then the thorax decreases, the rest of the air is blown out by the diaphragm.

Both the inhalation and exhalation are very slow and deliberate. One breathing cycle must last at least 10-15 seconds. If after the exercise there is dizziness, you should take a break for a few minutes. It should not be feared, since this symptom indicates that oxygen effectively enters tissues and cells. To relieve the headache and improve the condition, it is necessary to perform at least 6-10 cycles.

There are many ways to get rid of a hangover-induced headache. But the best way is to prevent it. In order not to wonder why after drinking everything hurts, it is desirable to limit the amount of alcohol consumed. If the temptation is too great, it is necessary to prepare in advance for the celebration: to purchase medicines, to eat a bowl of buckwheat porridge with butter, a sandwich with bacon or a glass of fatty cream.

These methods will reduce the absorption of alcohol by the walls of the gastrointestinal tract, and this, in turn, excludes the possibility of a hangover and its main symptom - headache.