Hangovers are a fairly common occurrence after a long night out. Drinkers are always in search of the mythical “hangover cure,” because they know their mornings won’t be fun after drinking the night before. Many drinkers from around the world believe they have indeed cracked the code on how to recover from a hangover. The following remedies are what people actually use in certain countries to get over a hangover.
Russia
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In Russia, you are recommended to take a nice steam in the sauna to cure a hangover. Relaxing? Not exactly. After the steam, it is recommended to have a flailing of birch leaves.
Mongolia
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You can enjoy a nice refreshing glass of tomato juice to cure your hangover in Mongolia, combined with pickled sheep eyes.
Scotland
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Get yourself some steaming black pudding after you’ve had too much to drink in Scotland. Try not to think about what black pudding is: pig’s blood cooked into a loaf with black pepper and spices.
Las Vegas
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Here you can order the Hangover Heaven bus, where people provide you with necessary vitamins and fluids to ease you through the pain.
Poland
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In Poland, it is advised that you drink pickle juice to get rid of morning headaches and pains.
Puerto Rico
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You don’t need to drink lime juice or eat a lime for this hangover cure method. Just rub limes under your armpits. That’ll do that trick. Totally.
United States
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This patch called Bytox is supposedly the hangover cure in the States. Check it out for yourself; it’s only $3 a patch.
Peru
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Hangovers can make you feel like death. That’s why it only makes sense to eat “soup that raises the dead,” or sopa levanta muertos. It’s a seafood broth with plenty of fresh habanero pepper.
Sicily
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This Sicilian special is known as pizzle. What’s pizzle you ask? It’s dried bull penis. Enjoy!
Namibia
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Down a glass of buffalo milk if you’re in Namibia and feeling hungover. It’s not actually a buffalo’s milk. It’s really clotted cream mixed with spiced rum, dark rum, and cream liqueur. The drink is complete with a liberal splash of whole cream.
Korea
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If you’re hungover in Korea, get yourself a big bowl of beef broth with pork bone and clotted ox blood. It’s called haejangguk, which literally means “hangover soup.”
Ancient Rome
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If you find yourself using a time machine and land in Ancient Rome and you have a hangover, you’re in luck! They had a cure for hangovers back then, too! According to historians, the popular hangover cure for ancient Romans was deep-fried canary.
Mexico
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In Mexico, it’s not at all unusual to cure a hangover with menudo, slow-cooked cow stomach served with hot chilies.
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Hungary
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You may forgo drinking in Hungary altogether when you get a look at the country’s favorite hangover cure. Hungarians drink a glass of brandy with sparrow droppings in it.
I think the better option would just be to not drink at all. Save yourself some money and some hangover aches and pains. Seems easy enough to me!
