Can the "magic medicine" of "a thousand cups not drunk" be believed?
Expert: Internet celebrity "anti-alcohol medicine" is not actually a medicine
As the saying goes, "There are a thousand cups of wine every confidant", and wine has always been a vital presence on the Chinese dinner table.
Although some bad habits of wine tables have been gradually abandoned by the public in recent years, and even in some cases, drinkers are advised to bear legal responsibility, but there are still many wine bureaus that are difficult to shirk.
It is inevitable to drink high between pushing the cup and changing the cup.
For this reason, many online shops sell "anti-alcoholism", claiming that pure plant extracts have no side effects and make people "not drunk in a thousand cups."
Is there such a "magic medicine" in this world?
The "magic drug" floods
"Turning alcohol into water, increasing the amount of alcohol" can health care products cure alcoholism?
Mr. Chen often has a liquor bureau because of his work. Sometimes he has to "drink alcohol" for performance. He has also heard that he can practice drinking, but he can't stand the discomfort of being drunk.
Once while watching a TV series, I saw a plot: the heroine went to the sales department to make revenue, and was caught drinking and hangover by a colleague at a dinner party.
The next day, the kind female colleague took out a bottle of medicine and put it on the table, reminding her to "take this before drinking in the future."
"It seems to be something that can increase alcohol consumption or prevent drunkenness. I tried to search on the Internet. I did find a lot of links called'anti-alcoholism', some of which looked like candy." But Mr. Chen looked exaggerated. The publicity advertisement has raised doubts, "As long as one pill comes before the meal, it can be a thousand cups." Is it reliable?
On the online shopping platform, there are many "honey-relieving artifacts" that claim to "protect the liver before drinking, and quickly hangover after drinking", such as capsules and jelly imported from Australia or Germany, Korean flavor, etc., and the price is 100 yuan. It ranges from 400 yuan, and the monthly sales are as high as more than 3,000.
Almost every related product’s display page is marked with words such as "anti-alcoholism", "sobering medicine", and "hepatic tablets".
The reporter consulted 10 stores, and they all denied that they were selling medicines. "We sell health foods. The main function is to relieve alcohol, accelerate the decomposition of alcohol, and achieve the effect of rapid sobering and increasing alcohol consumption." The merchant introduced, also It can improve symptoms such as uncomfortable drinking, headaches, nausea, etc. It also emphasizes that some people have done experiments. Drinking after eating will increase the amount of alcohol, and at the same time, it will no longer be uncomfortable after being drunk.
After being asked by reporters, some businesses provided a list of ingredients in their products.
Pueraria lobata root is the most mentioned ingredient. “Pueraria lobata root is the best substance for hangovers. It is recorded in Chinese medicine. Its components can decompose alcohol toxicity, prevent alcohol from inhibiting the brain, control alcohol absorption, and promote alcohol in the body. Metabolism; Pueraria lobata also has the effect of sweating, which relieves hangovers through sweating.” The customer service explained that taking Pueraria lobata before drinking can form a protective film to protect the liver and stomach.
The comment section of some merchants only released positive reviews, but some buyers bluntly stated in the "Ask everyone" column that it is impossible to turn wine into water and increase the amount of alcohol. Should it be uncomfortable or uncomfortable, "it is completely IQ tax."
Some people also said, "I vomit worse after eating, and people are almost gone. It is too much to find someone to comment on the praise. If this medicine is not effective, don't come out to deceive people."
"Magic drug" non-medicine
The publicity effect is not certified, and the hangover depends on the body's metabolism
Many netizens said that these foods containing the word "medicine" can make people stay awake after drinking, avoid uncomfortable situations, and drink freely without any worries?
What substance is the labeled ingredient?
How can it be considered a hangover?
In this regard, Tian Yantao, chief physician of the Department of Pancreatic and Stomach Surgery, Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said that in clinical terms, no drug has been approved by the State Drug Administration as an indication for anti-alcoholism. "Alcohol and medicine" are essentially health products or foods.
He introduced that in the traditional Chinese medicine book "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is a record of the effect of Pueraria lobata, "Healing the sky, promoting qi and vomiting, appetizing and eating, and detoxifying alcohol".
So does Pueraria really have a hangover effect?
Unfortunately, there is no clear pharmacological study to confirm the effect of Pueraria lobata, and it is written in the "Qian Jin Fang", "If you are drunk, you can drink Pueraria lobata root juice, drink two liters, and you will heal."
That is, two liters of Pueraria lobata juice are needed to achieve the hangover effect.
Pharmacist Ding Qingming, deputy director of the Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People’s Hospital, also said that Internet celebrities are "anti-alcoholism", which is not actually a medicine. Health foods cannot be added with medicinal ingredients. Most claim to have liver protection functions and reduce alcohol damage to liver cells. Foods in which the ingredients are usually derived from traditional Chinese medicine extracts with the same medicine and food, such as licorice, ginseng, kudzu root, etc., and some amino acids are added, such as L-cysteine, taurine, etc., which are also food additives. But the efficacy of these ingredients is not exact.
"Home remedies" are unreliable
Or it can cause liver damage
Ding Qingming introduced that after excessive drinking and alcoholism, naloxone, nalmefene, metadoxine and other drugs can work clinically, such as "naloxone hydrochloride sublingual tablets". Entering the brain, it can relieve the central depression caused by ethanol; naloxone cannot be effective when swallowed directly. It can only be administered intravenously or sublingually in the hospital. It metabolizes quickly, and the efficacy can only last for about an hour; need to pay attention However, when severely drunk, others cannot rashly help the drunk take the medicine, except that it may be swallowed directly and cannot be released under the tongue, and it is easier to inhale the pills into the trachea by mistake.
Tian Yantao added that although metadoxine can enhance the activity of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase clinically, this drug is a prescription drug, mainly used for the treatment of alcoholic liver disease, and can also be used for acute alcoholism, and is not suitable for normal people. To take it, it can't be used for hangover.
So how to hangover properly?
Tian Yantao believes that the most important thing for hangover is to promote the excretion of ethanol and alcohol accumulated in the body. On the one hand, after drinking alcohol, you can add fluids and drink plenty of water to dilute the concentration of ethanol and alcohol in the body and reduce the burden on the liver; on the other hand, Drinking plenty of water also has a diuretic effect and promotes excretion.
Don't use some so-called "folk remedies" and "old remedies" to hangover, not only may not have the effect of hangover, but it will increase the burden on the liver, and even cause liver damage, which is not worth the loss.
Text/Reporter Song Xia