Happy New Year to All, I am claiming the most honored distinction of being the 'first' to post a controversial subject to Bee-L in 2014. ;) I believe this is my 6th annual New Years Day Hangover Remedy list posted to Bee-L. I have been posting the honey hangover remedy list since 2009. Each year I discover another great remedy to add to the list. If you have an ancient honey/bee remedy for hangover symptoms (Id est: headache, sick stomach, dizziness, dry mouth, drunkenness, intoxication, bad breath, thou stinketh' body, etc.) please send the remedies my way. Now,,, before the jokes start flying,,, This post is NOT for my personal benefit, I currently do not have any of these symptoms, I did not partake of any alcohol last night. I just collect them for the benefit of others. 11 Honey/Bee Remedies For Your 2014 New Years Day Hangover. Compliments of: https://www.facebook.com/Historical.Honeybee.Articles "Sick-Headache No.2.-Take of honey two are three tablespoonfuls on an empty stomach, and then lie down and keep quiet until the honey has moved out of the stomach." -Source: The Doctor at home: Illustrated. Treating the Diseases of Man and the Horse,1882, page 40 by B J Kendall, Kendall, Dr. B.J., & Co "The use of fructose, 30 gm, taken in the form of honey, can speed alcohol metabolism and thus reduce the frequency and intensity of hangover headache." -Source: The Practicing Physician's Approach to Headache - 1978, page 76. by Seymour Diamond, Donald J. Dalessio "Administer large amounts of honey -6 teaspoonfuls every 20 minutes until a total of 2 pounds is given -to cure drunkenness. This treatment will also abolish the desire to drink liquor." -Source: Hoosier Home Remedies, 1985, page 72, By Varro E. Tyler "The best hangover cure of all may be a cup or two strong tea with honey. According to the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, honey speeds up alcohol metabolism, which means that it will help your body break down the alcohol more quickly." -Source: What Women Need to Know - 2005, page 14. By Marianne Legato, Carol Colman "Earthworms rolled in honey and swallowed alive are said to cure sick stomach." This prescription given by a Pharmacy in Canton, China. -Source: American Journal of Pharmacy, Page 457, 1909. “Eating toast and honey after a long evening's drinking will help prevent the morning-after hangover headache" -Source: Better Homes and Gardens - 1977, page 61 "One old-time remedy among bartenders is simply honey in hot water" -Source: The Green Pharmacy - 1997, page 232. By James A. Duke "Try mixing together some bananas, some milk and a little honey to form a smoothie and drink it. Don't be tempted to apply the mixture to your sore head." -Source: Household Management for Men. by Nigel Browning, Jane Moseley - 2003, page 138 "Honey Cures Sick-headache. have been Informed by Captain Geo. H. Whiteside, a very prominent citizen of Appalachicola, also manufacturer of ice there, that he has been cured of sick-headache by eating honey twice a day. His headache was so severe that he had to go to bed, sometimes for several days. You may rest assured that this comes from a man who stands high among the people of this State, and from one who is a Christian gentleman. Sumatra, Fla. -A. B. Marchant." Gleanings in Bee Culture, 1912, Volume 40 - Page 146 "To relieve the pain of a headache, drink a half cup of tea with a shot of whiskey and honey in it." -Source: Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and… 1999, page 304, by Carl C. Gaither, Andrew Slocombe "Now it has been discovered that beestings are as effective a cure for inebriety as for rheumatism. This important discovery was made quite by accident in a London hospital. Five men were being treated for chronic rheumatism. Four of them had been hard drinkers for years, and one of them was a confirmed drunkard. Bee-stings were applied to them, and the rheumatic condition promptly subsided. When they were finally discharged they found that the treatment had done more than cure rheumatism -it had destroyed their taste for alcohol. Even the sight of a drink nauseated them, and since leaving the hospital several months ago, not one has touched liquor. The hospital physicians, who were as greatly astonished at this unexpected result as their patients, have set on foot a widespread investigation into the effects of bee-stings on drunkards, to see whether they are an infallible cure for inebriety. Facts already brought to light show that an intoxicated person is quickly sobered by a bee's sting, and that drinking men who take up work among bees, where they are frequently stung, soon lose their old craving for alcohol". - Freeman's Journal. Australasian Beekeeper. -Source: American Bee Journal, February 1916 Page 6 Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year! Best Regards, J. Waggle *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html