Woman's Weekly Wellbeing: Motion sickness
Every week we team up with our sister magazine Woman's Weekly and look at a health condition, offering wellbeing tips and simple ways to ease the problem. This week it's motion sickness.
Ginger
Motion sickness is a disturbance of the inner ear that's caused by repeated movement. You can experience it in a car, on the sea, or during turbulence in a plane. This can lead to nausea and vomiting.
For centuries, ginger has been used to relieve nausea, and studies have shown it can prevent travel sickness. Take ginger-root supplements; drink ginger tea or ginger-root tincture in water. Take the
remedy several hours before you travel.
Try: Solgar Ginger Root Extract Vegicaps, £13.55 for 60 capsules, from health-food
stores, or call 01442 890355 for stockists.
Travel bands
Based on the ancient art of acupressure, these bands have a raised metal cone which puts
gentle pressure on a specific point (known as the P6 acupuncture point) on the inner
wrist. Wearing the bands on both wrists brings relief from nausea within minutes.
Try: Boots Travel Bands, £7.82 for two.
Self-care
Have a nap to stop yourself thinking about feeling sick. Simply closing your eyes also
helps to relieve symptoms. Distract yourself by listening to music or doing a mental
activity, such as counting backwards from 100.
Fix your vision on a stable object, for example, the horizon, which helps to reinstate your inner sense of balance. Get some fresh air - sometimes the smell of car fumes, etc, can cause nausea. Before travelling, avoid eating large meals or drinking alcohol.
Try: Visit www.nhs.uk/conditions/motionsickness for more advice.
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