CAIRO: Have you ever had a terrible memory of a drunken hangover? Most of those who do would certainly remember things like dizziness, stomach ache, nausea and vomiting.
Xinhua news agency reports modern science and medicines have now provided heavy-drinking crowds with a variety of cures to ease the pain of getting drunk.
But can you imagine how ancient Egyptians brought back their soberness? Experts have recently translated and published a number of some 1,900-year-old pieces of papyrus with
Greek writings that show how Egyptians practiced their hangover cure.
The translation has been part of a research into these centuries-old documents that has been underway at the University of Oxford and University College London.
These texts were unearthed a century ago along with a stash of over half a million documents in the ancient Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus.
According to the writings, Egyptians would string together leaves of the Alexandrian laurel shrub and wear it just as a necklace.
The plant in Greek and Roman times was used to crown distinguished athletes, orators and poets. So far, whether the remedy works or not for the alcoholics has not been experimented or confirmed. — Bernama