Fearless Toast
The long Chinese New Year and Christmas holidays are filled with parties and gatherings, and celebratory toasts are inevitable. Beyond concerns about health, there's also the fear of embarrassment or accidents due to low alcohol tolerance. We often hear that drinking alcohol harms the liver, and this is because over 90% of alcohol is metabolized by the liver. While alcohol is metabolized by enzymes in the liver, repeated alcohol metabolism can easily overload the liver, leading to metabolic dysfunction, affecting normal fat metabolism, and thus accumulating fat in the liver, resulting in fatty liver.
Drinking a cup of Kudzu flower and Hovenia dulcis tea before drinking alcohol can help increase alcohol tolerance. Drinking it after alcohol consumption can accelerate alcohol breakdown and excretion, reducing the burden on the liver.
Preparation: Prepare 10 grams of Kudzu flower and 10 grams of Hovenia dulcis. After washing, steep them in hot water for ten minutes before drinking. This tea can clear heat and detoxify, nourish the liver and kidneys, and reduce the effects of alcohol.
Kudzu flower (Pueraria lobata flower) is sweet and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It can dispel the effects of alcohol and invigorate the spleen, and is often used to relieve various discomforts after drinking, such as headaches, dizziness, vomiting, acid reflux, and thirst. Many over-the-counter hangover remedies contain Kudzu flower. Research in Japan has even indicated that Kudzu flower contains isoflavones, which can inhibit the formation of visceral fat, especially new fat in the liver. Hovenia dulcis is sweet, sour, and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen meridian. It can relieve alcohol intoxication, stop vomiting, quench thirst, dispel wind and unblock collaterals, and promote bowel movements and diuresis. A World Health Organization report once stated that Korea has the highest alcohol consumption in Asia, and its people have extensively researched liver protection. In Korea, there are various bottled drinks and health foods containing Hovenia dulcis available on the market to protect the liver and relieve hangovers, and they are not difficult to find in convenience stores in Hong Kong.
Drinking alcohol can damage liver health. Drink in moderation for pleasure; excessive drinking harms the body. Wishing everyone good health and a Happy New Year.
Drinking a cup of Kudzu flower and Hovenia dulcis tea before drinking alcohol can help increase alcohol tolerance. Drinking it after alcohol consumption can accelerate alcohol breakdown and excretion, reducing the burden on the liver.
Preparation: Prepare 10 grams of Kudzu flower and 10 grams of Hovenia dulcis. After washing, steep them in hot water for ten minutes before drinking. This tea can clear heat and detoxify, nourish the liver and kidneys, and reduce the effects of alcohol.
Kudzu flower (Pueraria lobata flower) is sweet and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It can dispel the effects of alcohol and invigorate the spleen, and is often used to relieve various discomforts after drinking, such as headaches, dizziness, vomiting, acid reflux, and thirst. Many over-the-counter hangover remedies contain Kudzu flower. Research in Japan has even indicated that Kudzu flower contains isoflavones, which can inhibit the formation of visceral fat, especially new fat in the liver. Hovenia dulcis is sweet, sour, and neutral in nature, and enters the spleen meridian. It can relieve alcohol intoxication, stop vomiting, quench thirst, dispel wind and unblock collaterals, and promote bowel movements and diuresis. A World Health Organization report once stated that Korea has the highest alcohol consumption in Asia, and its people have extensively researched liver protection. In Korea, there are various bottled drinks and health foods containing Hovenia dulcis available on the market to protect the liver and relieve hangovers, and they are not difficult to find in convenience stores in Hong Kong.
Drinking alcohol can damage liver health. Drink in moderation for pleasure; excessive drinking harms the body. Wishing everyone good health and a Happy New Year.