Scholar Translates Ancient Iraqi Hangover Cure
Hangovers suck. I’m not saying they’re the worst thing in the world, but they’re definitely up there. For years, people have been coming up with homemade remedies to try to cure hangovers, or at the very least, to aid in relieving some of the symptoms.
You’ve probably tried everything: drinking a Bloody Mary, eating some greasy food, taking painkillers, and maybe even creating some odd concoctions. If those don’t work for you, there’s one more cure you might want to try, and it’s not exactly anything new.
Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, the writer of a tenth century Baghdadi cookbook, had his own special remedy. Thanks to a modern day scholar, this unique cure is now coming to light.
Al-Warraq starts off with some pretty specific yet basic information:
“You need to know that drinking cold water first thing in the morning is recommended only for people suffering from … hangovers,” he wrote. “However, they should avoid drinking it in one big gulp. Rather, they need to have it in several small doses and breathe deeply between one dose and the other.”
After drinking water, al-Warraq recommends eating a dish known as kishkiyya, a stew made from meat, onions, chickpeas, and spices. To be honest, that sounds pretty tasty. However, depending on the severity of your hangover, that could make things even worse.
This ancient recipe isn’t too different from what many of you do today. You rehydrate, you take some deep breaths (dry heave), and you eat some greasy food. While this specific method may seem antiquated, it could have some merit to it. If what you’re doing to cure your hangovers isn’t working, maybe give this thousand-year-old remedy a shot. What’s the worst that could happen?
[via ABC News]
What’s the worst that could happen from taking advice from Iraqis…
10 years ago at 11:56 amAs the self-appointed senior military analyst I expected more from you.
Spend a few years being shot at by Iraqis and see how you feel about taking their advice on anything.
Menudo and Advil are the best hangover cures.
10 years ago at 12:08 pmActually, Advil, aka ibuprofen, is designed to reduce inflammation of all kinds, including good inflammation. Your stomach requires inflammation to break things down, especially alcohol. When you take ibuprofen for a hangover, you’re essentially enabling the alcohol to eat away at your stomach lining because your body can’t break down the booze. Aspirin, however, rids you of a headache, and has a chemical in it that fights a specific hangover toxin.
TL;DR, Advil is bad, pedialyte and aspirin are great.
10 years ago at 12:54 pmTylenols in the same category as Advil right? That’s why I’ve always avoided the two after drinking ( I heard it messed up your liver too) but are there no side effects from aspirin?
10 years ago at 1:17 pmTylenol is the same drug as aspirin just from a different company
10 years ago at 1:57 pmtylenol is acetaminophen and aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid
10 years ago at 2:04 pmdifferent drugs.
Tylen is acetominophen, advil is ibuprofen. Tylenol is heavily metabolized in the liver so you should avoid taking it during a hangover if you want your liver to not look like a shoe.
10 years ago at 3:18 pmIf you take advil for a hangover the next morning, the alcohol would have already been through your stomach and metabolized by your liver and would not harm your stomach lining.
10 years ago at 2:01 pmIt takes your body up to 20 hours to process and rid itself of waste, so that’s incorrect. Do some research, pal.
10 years ago at 1:12 amThat’s great, but it doesn’t take 20 hrs to pass your stomach, pal.
10 years ago at 11:07 amIs it “blow yourself up”?
10 years ago at 12:13 pmTwo aspirin before you go to bed when you’re hammered. Wake up feeling like you never went out.
10 years ago at 12:29 pmYeah lets take advice on curing hangovers from a religion that doesn’t drink. Next up: Nuns giving advice on blowjobs
10 years ago at 12:32 pmor you could just smoke weed
10 years ago at 12:42 pmI’ve found a small dose of Ritalin really does the deed
10 years ago at 12:58 pmI’ve found a small dose of Ritalin and an Advil does the trick
10 years ago at 12:59 pmif you’re not talking about America, I don’t care.
10 years ago at 1:12 pmOr he could not get so bombed.
10 years ago at 2:31 pmSomething was done here.
10 years ago at 6:19 pm