Hangover treatment found in documents uncovered at Egypt , Oxyrhynchus . The texts included 24 new 'recipes ' for preventing the spread of ulcers and treating hemorrhoids , toothache , gangrene and various eye conditions . One text provides advice for treating a 'drunken headache ' by stringing the leaves of the evergreen shrub Alexandrian chamaedaphne around the neck .
Hangover treatment found in documents uncovered at Oxyrhynchus , Egypt . The texts included 24 new 'recipes ' for preventing the spread of ulcers and treating hemorrhoids , toothache , gangrene and various eye conditions . One text provides advice for treating a 'drunken headache ' by stringing the leaves of the evergreen shrub Alexandrian chamaedaphne around the neck .