To Cure a Hangover:
- Pour a can of Coke in a glass
- Put one tablespoon of salt in the Coke and stir
- Chug the drink as fast as possible as the salt causes the Coke to bubble quickly
I learned this remedy back home from a friend of mine. He had told me that his older brother taught him about this hangover cure, so I tried it one day and it actually worked. I think it has something to do with the carbon dioxide in the Coke reacting with the salt that causes it to fizz so much. When you do chug the drink, it tastes kind of bad and it is actually difficult to drink the entire glass that quickly. When you do chug the drink it is almost like getting a brain freeze from ice cream, but after that feeling fades away so does the hangover. I dont use this remedy all the time, in fact Ive probably only used it three or four times, but Im telling you, it does work.
Many remedies for hangovers are a part of folk medicine; in fact, almost all are because there is not a scientific solution to cure a hangover. Ive heard another similar remedy of chugging a bottle of water before going to bed and waking up, after a night of drinking, however that does not immediately cure a hangover and can be linked to the scientific fact that alcohol causes dehydration. I believe most hangover remedies are spread from older college students to younger siblings and peers, as it did in this case.