Hangover in Osaka: Japanese Remedies for the Day After
1. MISO SOUP WITH CLAMS
Ok, this is probably not your first option, but it looks like it works great . To begin with, it is liquid, which is always good for hydration. Second, clams prop up your battered liver: low in calories, easy to absorb and contain iron, calcium and eight amino acids necessary to patch up your massacred cells.
Don't you feel like cooking? Don't worry, they sell it already prefabricated. It takes a special pasta to eat hangover molluscs, but don't get me fancy now, yesterday you drank even the water from the vases.
Miso soup with clams
two. POCARI SWEAT
Japanese isotonic drink (type Aquarius) with texture, color and flavor similar to this one. The same is relieved by a good sweat that puts you on your feet after a night of rivers of sake. If you think water works, give this a shot. Do not expect a result like that of the magic beans from Dragon Ball (also Japanese, although unfortunately non-existent), but the drink contains potassium and magnesium, which will give you a cable.
The liquid will take care of drowning the man with the mallet lodged in your head, while the nutrients will accelerate the expulsion of toxins . The two-liter bottle is the ideal companion for a Sunday.
3. WATERMELON
Traditional oriental remedy for centuries. But it was a Japanese scientist, Mitsunori Wada , the one he came up with why: citrulline . It is an antioxidant that improves blood flow, cleanses the liver and reduces muscle stress. In 1994, the company San Koa Suikato began marketing citrulline as a dietary supplement. Tokyo Ikashika University concluded that the product offered “resistance to acute alcohol intoxication” . Beyond the watermelon slice or juice, you can find this remedy in four-gram sachets called **Suika No Chikara (“the power of watermelon”) **. Dissolve in water and in one drink!
Watermelon, a remedy as natural as it is ancient
Four. UMEBOSHI: SALTED PLUMS IN SYRUP
It is one of the most traditional remedies of the Empire of the Rising Sun, although the mere thought of ingesting one right now...perhaps speeds up the 'purging' process. That is why it is recommended that you eat them BEFORE you drink , since it slows down the absorption of alcohol.
If it is already too late to take them before going out, the effects it causes are also benign. Its organic acids raise the PH of your stomach, supposedly reducing nausea and abdominal pain. The fruit, meanwhile, provides sodium and potassium.
Umeboshi, salted plums in syrup
5. GARLIC CHUTES
Put like that, it doesn't sound very appetizing, but it's just a way of referring to high-carbon canned beverages. glucose, vitamins C and B1. The latter produces the same breath as the intake of garlic, so it is better that by the time you choose to take it you have already said goodbye to that person whose side you have woken up and whose name you do not remember. And don't make plans until dinner. Unless your plans involve taking down an army of vampires.
6. persimmons
This tropical fruit looks like an orange tomato contains catalase. This enzyme (named after a baker from your mother's town) serves to facilitate the expulsion of acetaldehyde, one of the chemicals that causes hangovers. Potassium takes care of the other alcoholic toxins and the fruit provides refreshing vitamin C , which your mouth will appreciate, especially if you continue with the garlic breath.
Persimmons
7. UKON: TURMERIC
Turmeric is the yellowish component that colors Indian curry. It is said that it also cures coughs, flu and helps against disappointment, to give several random examples. Traditional Japanese medicine sometimes covers a wide spectrum. For what concerns us, it helps put the stomach and liver in their place.
It occurs in the Japanese tropical archipelago of Okinawan, where you can find some effective pills called Shugo Densetsu . It is also sold in small cans called Ukon No Chikara.
If you have been trying all of them, at this point in the text you should already be redone. And the futsukayoi (literally: “drunk the next day” ) should be history. Until next Thursday.
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Turmeric, perfect to put the stomach and liver in their place