06 May 2020 --- Plant extracts may be the key element to softening the blow of hangovers, with a new German study finding that in combination with vitamins and minerals, they help alleviate hangover-related headaches by 34 percent and nausea by 42 percent. In contrast, vitamins and minerals alone do not lead to any statistically significant improvement in hangover symptoms. Study co-author Dr. Patrick Schmitt tells NutritionInsight how this research may provide a novel strategy to the alcohol industry which has been dented by coronavirus lockdowns and quarantine measures.