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Other | Thursday 12th July 2012 | Osh
Does waking up at half 7 in the morning with a hazy memory, an odd taste in your mouth and the distinct smell of shame sound familiar?
Unless you choose not to drink, almost every adult with access to alcohol has experienced the dreaded hangover. Sometimes, you’re treated to a headache and other times you’re blowing chunks like no man has ever done before. Fantastic eh? So, it’s hardly a surprise considering how nasty hangovers can be, that over the years mankind has invented numerous ‘cures’ for these dreaded morning after symptoms. Even less surprising is that a lot of these cures are quite simply, bonkers. Here are just a few of our favourite odd cures.
1) A cure taken from cowboys in the old west, and one that anyone in their right mind would be hesitant to take, includes hot water and some rabbit poo. Yep, that’s it, it’s rabbit poo tea! Apparently it helped a lot. I’m not willing to test that theory, so let’s just assume they were right.
2) In Puerto Rico, it is not uncommon to rub a slice of lemon on your armpits before the drinking commences. Apparently lemon prevents the body losing water and therefore keeps you hydrated, helping to prevent that banging headache the next morning, that we’re all so familiar with. It also, incidentally, manages to keep you lemony fresh as well. Perfect.
3) However, if you’re looking for a way to help banish your hangover without animal dung or fruit juice, then maybe you should try pinching your hand. Apparently if you pinch your hand between your forefinger and your thumb, it releases tension and thus stops your headache. You have to pinch it hard though. That doesn’t sound fun.
4) In Haiti, they go straight to the root of the problem and target the booze with voodoo. The old Haitian cure recommends inserting 13 black pins into the cork of the bottle that made you feel so rubbish. It might not work with bottle tops though. Just sayin’.
5) And finally, perhaps the most disgusting ‘cure’ originates from old Mongolia, which recommended a glass of tomato juice with a couple of pickled sheep eyes. I think I’d rather be hanging all day. I really do.
So there you have it, those are some of the oddest hangover cures that are floating around on the web. If the hangover wasn’t, then these cures almost certainly are enough to make you never want to drink again.
Vicki Haughton
