hangover tisane
Work hard. Play hard.
Both of which I did last week.
Very, VERY enthusiastically.
Here’s a little remedy I drink when I feel under the weather, worked to the bone, or when I’ve simply had too much of a certain someone’s infamous sangria to function the next day.
Lemon, maple syrup (or honey), and fresh ginger come together to shoo the hangover blahs away.
Ginger soothes your stomach, lemon helps get your liver back into tip-top shape and detoxifies the rest of your system. Honey will boost your sorry state with vitamins, and maple syrup with minerals. A pinch of salt to help rehydrate you, and voila! You’re back in business!
Well, almost….
I’m going to retire to my nest of blankets with a carafe of this tisane, my cat and some Downton Abbey episodes now. Over and out!
PS. Any pick-me-ups you swear by that I can add to my arsenal?
Aw! Your tonic sounds pretty failsafe to me. I usually just drink heaps and heaps of water if I’m feeling peaky after a night out. It seems to hydrate my sizzled system and somehow dilute the alcohol (well, that’s what I tell myself!). I need to see an episode of Downton Abbey so I can discover what everyone’s addicted to! xxx
Water,yes! I am constantly around people making coffee for a living so I’ve started declining some of the tasty but dehydrating things they nudge my way and drinking more tea. I’m turning into such a responsible adult. ;)
Ah, I love learning a new word and a new recipe in a single blog post.
“Hangover”? :)
Sounds lovely. I drink a lot of green tea but have recently gotten into green tea with lemon. The dried citrus peel has a really nice zing.
A little while ago I was at work hungover when a coworker coincidentally handed me a glass of his home made kombucha. I dunno if it was just good hydration or voodoo magic but I felt great afterwards.
Zing and zest are lovely…I still haven’t gotten into the kombucha groove, but if the voodoo is good maybe I should!
Thanks for this! Could have used it on Sunday… :) Another one that I stole from 101 Cookbooks: 1/3 cup raw honey, 2 1/2 teaspoons dried turmeric, lemon and lots of freshly ground black pepper…a truly magical, hangover-busting combo.
x’s and o’s lovely lady
Glad to know that I wasn’t the only one suffering on Sunday. ;) And WOW. That combo sounds like it could bust terminal illness, too!