Dihydromyricetin (DHM) (Hovenia Dulcis Extract) Supplement for Liver Support (Naturally Obtained from The Oriental Raisin Tree) 90 Capsules 300mg Analysis

A man isn't supposed to like girly drinks, which is why I am using a pseudonym in this review. No, my last name is not "Clemens." I am a forty-five-year-old man from Peoria, Illinois, proud home of the P-town HugBugs (undefeated in the Hip-Pillow Tustle since 1978), who has recently become something of a "Dihydro-Maniac." Unfortunately, I had to learn my lesson of not taking a hangover pill the hard way. It all started one night a few weeks ago when I kicked back one too many cosmos with some of my buddies at the bar. The next morning, I woke up alone and hungover on the beach. Nothing out of the usual for a guy like me. But because my pants were missing--and again, just another day at the office here--it didn't take me long to realize that I also had a bad case of the crabs. Not the little ones, mind you. The big ones, that scuttle around. Apparently, sometime between my last rays of consciousness and the first rays of morning light, a hard working family of crabs had managed to gather enough seashells and other debris under the (generous) shade of my crotch to craft a kind of shelter against passing birds of prey. While disconcerting, my unwilling role in the crabs' new home was nothing compared to the intense pain I felt in my head. Like a horde of vengeful Mongolians, this hangover had set fire to my brain, pillaged my eardrums, and raped my near-perfect eyesight (I usually only need glasses for driving and sometimes I just wing it). Granted, I'm no stranger to the pangs of alcohol, and up to that day agonizing hangovers had been all but par for the course for me. But this my friends was one for the books. Want to know what happened to John Belushi after he danced to "Shout!" in a toga in Animal House? Or how about after Justin Timberlake celebrated Facebook by doing crack with minors in Jesse Eisenberg's apartment? Livin' the dream, right here. And one thing I should mention about top-grade hangovers is that they make you unable to feel pain anywhere else on your body. Indeed, pervasive numbness proved to be my tragic downfall on the beach that morning. At first, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. Smiling in double vision at my new tenants, I admired the crabs' diligent handiwork across the length of my (vast) nether region, not to mention the delicacy with which they must have handled my *ahem* more sensitive topography. Of course, because I was still drunk, I talked like a 16th century English dandy: "Fine work, my boys! 'Tis a sound barricade! And may I be so bold as to thank ye for your gentle touch. But, alas, even the mightiest erections must one day fall. For now, I must rise!" As I was stumbling to my feet, I noticed one of the crabs gave me a look so guilty it would have made a newborn kitten run away from home and hang itself with telephone wire. Puzzled, I watched as the creatures began to sidle away, pincers tucked under their tails, and sorry looks on their red little faces. "Oh...forgive me," whispered the tiniest. Something, I realized, was deeply, deeply wrong. Uncrossing my eyes for a few seconds, I looked down upon the sobering truth. And screamed. The crabs' seaside barricade hadn't merely been built AROUND my crotch. No. In their effort to construct a viable defense against natural predators, these cruel crustaceans had picked apart my manhood like a 5-year-old with Silly String. The entire region of my pelvis had become a Meet Up for dangling muscle tissue, sand, and The Apocalypse. Hey, is that my genitalia or a dinette set? Sorry, couldn't tell you, both are apparently rearrangable. I'll spare you the literal details, alright? Let's just say that I still can't piss in a straight line or make love to my life partner Terry without using up an entire roll of Duct tape. One entire roll. My life, I know, will never be the same again. And the ONLY REASON that my remaining appendages haven't become fodder for another creepy crawler's DIY project is because I, Misty "Clemens," decided to make a change. That's right. I decided to let Dihydromyricetin into my life. Dihydromyricetin by DHM Depot is a one-of-kind hangover pill that stops hangover at its source: your brain. And theirs is the only hangover pill that has been hailed, right here in this review, as "a Great Wall of Science for your brain, designed to block off the throngs of frantic Mongolians that a crazy night of piña coladas will inevitably unleash that next morning." It's also a sure-fire way to prevent crabs. Yeah, the big ones. But hey, don't take orders from me! Order a Sex on the Beach from your local bartender instead. And then order a second, a third. Go ahead, it's OK (even if you are a man like me)! Just remember to swallow a Dihydromyricetin pill with a tall glass of water before bedtime and you'll wake up in a place you can't remember feeling refreshed as ever! Listen guys, don't be like me and wait before it's too late. TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE NOW. Say goodbye to morning "crabbiness." Say hello to Dihydromyricetin.

Great product!

Love this. Helps if taken the night before for hangovers.

For the last several years, I've suffered from terrible hangovers that got progressively worse as time went by. I would be hungover after only three beers, or two glasses of wine, no matter how much water I drank/how much I ate/if I took any OTC meds to relieve symptoms. I would get SICK after drinking... vomiting, nausea, body chills, and headache. Eventually, after spending 12 hours vomiting and having to go to the hospital after my bachelorette party where I drank 6-8 beers, I decided to quit drinking. But I enjoy drinking! I wanted to drink at my wedding, at least some champagne, and I couldn't do that. I was highly skeptical of the claims that this would work... I'd used Chaser years ago to no effect. But, I really wanted to be able to enjoy myself on my wedding day without worrying about being completely useless the next day, so I purchased a bottle. I've since used the product correctly four times (and incorrectly twice). Let me tell you... I am blow away! I actually feel like a normal person when I wake up after a few drinks now! I do take an extra dose to make sure I get the full effect of these pills, since my hangovers are so terrible without them, and they are doing the job. The only times the product didn't work so well were 1) when I had a LOT to drink... But I think that was because I didn't take enough of the capsules... I probably should have taken 8 that evening but I only took 6. The other time, I forgot to take them at all. I DID take some when I woke up and went back to sleep, and I felt "okay" later... Not great, but not as awful as I'd felt earlier. So... If you have the terrible hangovers that I have, I highly recommend you at least try the product... I can now have a couple beers after the kids go to bed and no longer worry I'll wake up unable to move the next morning!

So the first thing you want to know is: does it work? Answer: yes, but with caveats. What I have found is the following. Do you want to drink, get buzzed, then take this at the end of the night and wake up with no hangover? It's going to be better than nothing, but only marginally effective. Do you want to take this and feel less drunk while drinking? The product seems to do this pretty well. You also feel better the next day. So, based on purely anecdotal evidence from a sample size of 1, what this products SEEMS to be doing is inhibiting the effect on your body of the alcohol that's in your blood and getting processed RIGHT NOW. That means if you take it before and during drinking, it lowers the total effect of all of your drinks on both your buzz and your morning after. If you take it after you're done drinking it helps to lessen your hangover by inhibiting the effect of the alcohol you've already consumed, but your body is still processing. Depending on how many drinks you've had, this may or may not be much of an impact. It doesn't reverse the effect of what your body has already processed before you take it. So, if you're five drinks in and then you pop this and have another drink, you're going to wake up like you drank 5+ drinks. If you drink two and then take a few of these and have 3 more, you may wake up feeling like you drank 2.5-4 drinks, but you're going to be less buzzed when you get to the end of that 5th drink also. (Obviously its up to you whether that's good or bad) Its not a magic get out of jail free pill for drinking, but in my experience it does have a noticeable effect when used in a manner consistent with the above description of its effects and with a reasonable amount of alcohol. (Others in the reviews have noted that when taking a large dose of these pills with a large dose of alcohol there seems to come a point where the pills aren't marginalizing the alcohol enough to make a noticeable difference, but, IMO, if you're drinking THAT much, you should probably just stop period.)

I've used this product 5 times now, and I am shocked at how well it works. Normally when you see a product like this you assume you're being sold snake oil, because chances are, if you're considering buying this you treat yourself like a supplement guinea pig. THIS IS NOT SNAKE OIL! I take these normally while I'm drinking, and I always take more than the recommended dose to be safe. There are two important things to remember, one of the main reasons hangovers can be brutal is because you dont sleep properly when drunk. I've found you have to let these pills take affect before you fall asleep, so maybe wait an hour before going to bed after you're done drinking. If you take them right before you fall asleep they will not work. The second thing is, these will not cure the body effects of a hangover. So you may still have a messed up stomach and some bathroom trips, but hey, you have to pay some kind of price right? Now lets talk benefits! Headaches? GONE Anxiety? GONE Miserable attitude? GONE Fatigue? GONE Brain fog? GONE. THEY WORK!!!!!!!!! The first time you try it, you honestly cant believe it's real. If you take a big amount of them, say 6+, then stop drinking, you will actually feel yourself start to sober up in under an hour, like its magic or something. I absolutely love this product, the world needs to know about it. It needs to be advertised, and it needs prettier packaging because the big chemical compound name scares the layman. If you're reading this please take my word for it. I'm a 25 yr old who loves to binge drink once or twice a week, and it used to result in losing the entire next day. Now, I only lose about 2 hours of that day!

I’m a believer, this stuff is amazing

I was getting ready to try this product again until I just read an alarming review. I had the same experience as another purchaser and ended up in the emergency room with skyrocketed liver enzyme counts. I had taken this DHM for about 4 days and then one night went to dinner with friends. We had just had wine served before dinner and after 1 sip, I started feeling bad. I did not feel like I could even take one sip more and by the time dinner arrived, I had become so seriously ill, I had to go to ER. It took months of complete abstinence for liver values to return to normal. After numerous tests over numerous months, it was determined that I did not have any of the "normal" liver diseases or conditions - left all scratching their heads. It took something like 6 months for values to return to normal levels. fyi, I am not an alcoholic, but am a moderate drinker.. The ER doctor asked if I was doing anything different, and like other reviewer, this was the only change - the Dr said to STOP taking this immediately and throw the stuff away... I am not saying it is this brand, but as a warning...DHM may not be good for everyone. I'm not sure how you find out unless you do it the HARD WAY. I had only thought to try it again because I thought, it may have just been a fluke - UNTIL I SAW THE OTHER REVIEW. I googled it and no indication of problems, but I am here to 2nd the response of another Amazon user. Don't think I'll risk the potential consequences again - Not worth it!!!!