There's no proven hangover cure. A systematic review in the BMJ (Pittler et al., 2005) found no compelling evidence that any remedy prevents or treats hangovers. What helps is mostly common sense, plus time.
What's going on the morning after
Alcohol disrupts sleep, makes you lose fluid, and leaves by-products your liver has to process. How bad you feel depends mostly on how much you drank and how fast.
What actually helps
- Water and food. Rehydrate steadily and eat something simple.
- Sleep. Alcohol fragments sleep, so more rest usually helps most.
- Time. Your body clears alcohol at a fairly fixed rate. Nothing speeds that up.
- Skip "hair of the dog". More alcohol only delays the problem.
Where MindStrips Hangover fits
Hangover Strips are a mango-orange strip with 20mg date fruit extract, 20mg turmeric extract and 15mg each of andrographis, chicory, grape, Phyllanthus niruri and amla, botanicals with a long history of traditional use. They dissolve on your tongue in seconds, which is handy when you don't feel like swallowing anything. They're not a cure and won't change how your body processes alcohol.
Plenty of people keep Energy Strips in the same bag for the morning, or Sleep Strips for the night itself.
Drink responsibly, and never drink and drive.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.