January 1, 2024 | Weird Holidays
National Hangover Day
First described around 3000 years ago in an Indian book on surgery and medicine, the Susrata Samhita, hangovers go very far back. Called “paramada” in this book, the hangover was described as a condition that came on after drinking with symptoms like head pain, joint pain, thirst and a heaviness in the body.
Hangover cures have been around for thousands of years throughout a variety of cultures. Ancient Assyrians had hangover cures for the aftereffects of merriment that were made of a mixture of myrrh and ground bird’s beak. The Chinese would drink green tea, while Mongolians were a bit more extreme by consuming pickled sheep’s eyes.
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