Ressaca.

 

Como se curava a ressaca na Antiguidade?

Você está procurando curas comprovadas? Não se preocupe: esses remédios gregos e romanos para aliviar ou prevenir ressaca vão lhe ser úteis.

De acordo com o modo como os antigos entendiam o corpo, a embriaguez e suas consequências, dor de cabeça, náusea e tontura, são causadas por um desequilíbrio dos humores. O excesso de vinho era considerado como responsável pelo superaquecimento dos humores, e a recomendação era o uso de agentes refrescantes para amenizar o problema.

Assim, o primeiro passo era a prevenção.

Diluição do vinho - a água moderava o efeito de aquecimento do vinho.

O uso de uma coroa de hera ou de flores enquanto se bebia. O cheiro de flores, como rosas ou murta, teria o efeito de acalmar os maus humores e aliviaria qualquer dor de cabeça. Flores com um cheiro forte, como lírios, deviam ser evitadas. Médicos gregos e romanos devotaram tratados inteiros ao tópico das coroas curativas. Infelizmente, essas obras se perderam, exceto por pequenos trechos.

O rapaz acima estava pronto para uma festa!

Era importante comer cinco amêndoas antes de beber, pois segundo o grande farmacologista Dioscórides (século I d.C.), isso evitava a embriaguez.

Mesmo fazendo tudo isso, você acabou bêbado! O que pode ser feito?

Beba vinagre, talvez adicionando algumas ervas ou flores: o vinho azedo serviria para neutralizar o vinho que já azedou em seu estômago.

O jeito é volta às coroas de heras; desta vez, “entrelace” folhas do arbusto Chamaedaphne[1] . Aparentemente, isso tinha fins medicinais.

Os gregos e os romanos acreditavam que a videira e o repolho eram inimigos naturais. O repolho neutralizaria o excesso de vinho no estômago, e cru era melhor do que cozido.

Finalmente, um conselho fantástico do autor Vindanius Anatolius de Beirute (século IV d.C.): discorrer sobre história antiga para ficar sóbrio! Esses intelectuais!!!

Se você ainda estiver cético sobre a eficiência dos remédios acima, tente um mais elegante, use um anel! Não um anel qualquer, mas sim um adornado com uma ametista, que se acreditava ter o poder de dissipar os efeitos colaterais do álcool!

Um antigo anel de ouro com uma ametista encontrado durante escavações em Yavne, Israel. (Dafna Gazit/Autoridade de Antiguidades de Israel)

Ainda cético? Experimente um pouco de suco de laranja e uma aspirina, isso sempre ajuda

Fontes:

Ancient hangover cures to get you through the new year

The Greeks and Romans were fond of overindulging. They had a variety of hangover cures ranging from almonds to flower wreaths.

https://theconversation.com/ancient-hangover-cures-to-get-you-through-the-new-year-35089

Ancient Hangover Cure Discovered in Greek Texts

Hiding a hangover in ancient Egypt would've taken some work. Rather than popping an ibuprofen for a pounding drunken headache, people in Egypt may have worn a leafy necklace. That's according to a newly translated and published papyrus written in Greek with the recipe for a "drunken headache" cure . The alcohol victim would have strung together leaves from a shrub called Alexandrian chamaedaphne ( Ruscus racemosus L.), possibly wearing the strand around the neck, the text revealed. Though people in the ancient world believed Alexandrian chamaedaphne could ease a headache, whether the cure really worked, let alone on a drunken headache, is unknown. [ Myth or Truth? 7 Ancient Health Ideas Explained ] Largest collection of medical papyri The 1,900-year-old papyrus containing the hangover treatment is one of over 500,000 such documents found in the ancient Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus by researchers Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt about a century ago. The study and publication of so many papyri is a long and slow task that has been going on for a century. Recently, volume 80 was published, containing studies and decipherments of about 30 medical papyri found at Oxyrhynchus, including the papyrus with the hangover treatment. This newly published volume represents "the largest single collection of medical papyri to be published," wrote Vivian Nutton, a professor at University College London, at the beginning of the volume. The collection includes medical treatises and treatments for a wide variety of ailments, including hemorrhoids , ulcers, tooth problems and even some fragments discussing eye surgery. The writers of these ancient papyri relied heavily on Greek knowledge. The ancient residents of Oxyrhynchus strongly embraced Hellenistic (Greek-influenced) culture, something that spread throughout Egypt, and the wider Middle East, after the conquests of Alexander the Great , Nutton said. Eye recipes Some of the most interesting treatments in the texts deal with the eyes. This papyrus, found in Oxyrhynchus in ancient Egypt, contains a tooth powder recipe said to help with gum problems. (Image credit: Photo courtesy Egypt Exploration Society) One text contains about a dozen recipes for an eye-cleaning lotion called collyrium. One such recipe meant to treat rheum, a discharge of mucus from the eyes, contains a medley of ingredients, including copper flakes, antimony oxide, white lead, washed lead dross (produced in smelting), starch, dried roses, rainwater, gum Arabic, poppy juice and a plant called a Celtic spikenard. That treatment seems relatively mild compared with techniques for eye surgery laid out in the collection. One fragment contains what appears to be a first-person account of surgery performed on an everted eyelid, an eyelid that has turned inside out causing irritation. The text is fragmentary, and some of the words are uncertain; however, it's clear this was not an operation for the faint of heart, especially given that anaesthesia hadn't

https://www.livescience.com/50544-ancient-hangover-cure-discovered.html

Ancient ‘hangover cure’ gold ring found at Yavne winery excavation

Band is adorned with semiprecious amethyst stone, which was believed to have power in dispelling the aftereffects of alcohol

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-hangover-cure-gold-ring-found-at-yavne-winery-excavation/

Notas de rodapé

[1] Chamaedaphne – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre