Motion sickness

Motion sickness starts with a mild feeling of nausea while you're travelling in a car or on a bus, boat, train or plane. If you don't deal with it, it will progress to a bad case of the sweats while your tummy feels worse and worse; eventually, you'll be vomiting - perhaps nonstop. That will lead to dehydration and utter misery. 

Symptoms Associated with Motion Sickness
Motion sickness usually makes you feel dizzy and nauseous but you also can have other symptoms, such as vomiting, drowsiness, rapid breathing, headache, pallor, sweating, lightheadedness, increased salivation, flushed skin, and even depression.
People suffering from motion sickness also may experience:
• fatigue
• sleepiness
• cold sweat
• weakness
• pale skin
• headache
• increased salivation
• rapid breathing
• difficulty concentrating
• frequent yawning
• buzzing sensation
• depression/apathy
• sensations of body warmth
• panic

Causes of Motion Sickness
Feeling Anxious Many people are afraid of feeling sick while traveling. Unfortunately, fear and/or anxiety about movement can increase your risk of motion sickness and even make it worse.

Environmental and Behavioral Factors - Which biological factors worsen your symptoms?
You need to recognize the environmental and behavior factors that contribute to your motion sickness symptoms. Knowing that bumpy movements, fast speeds, poor ventilation, sudden, jerky movements, and swerving, winding movements aggravate your symptoms is the first step in treating your condition.
Do your best to minimize environmental factors and avoid behaviors that contribute to motion sickness like long, rough, jerky and bumpy rides during travel; impaired visibility; poor ventilation; strong or unpleasant order; eating a large meal; eating dairy or spicy, greasy, or salty foods; drinking alcohol; smoking; reading; anticipating movement; and sitting in areas prone to greater movement during travel such as back of the plane, near the front of a boat, etc..

Types of activities that can cause you to experience 

symptoms of motion sickness:
• Flying in an airplane
• Riding on a bus
• Riding in a car
• Riding in an elevator
• Riding on a roller coaster
• Riding on "virtual reality" simulators
• Sailing in a boat
• Staying on a cruise ship
• Surfing
• Traveling by train
• Watching movies

Biological factors than can worsen your symptoms of motion sickness:
• Anxiety
• An empty stomach
• A long-term medical condition
• A short-term illness
• Medication
• Menstrual cycle
• My mind
• Pregnancy

For avoiding motion sickness:
1. Eat a light meal no less than 3 hrs. before exposure
2. Avoid dairy products and foods high in protein, calories, or sodium before exposure
3. Avoid alcohol, smoking, and disagreeable odors
4. Increase ventilation or exposure to cool, fresh air
5. Avoid visual stimuli (eg, reading, watching videos)
6. Focus on a stable horizon or external object
7. Limit head movements (eg, press head into headrest)
8. Stay in central location on boat or in airplane
9. Sit in front seat of car or drive rather than be a passenger
10. Lie in supine position

Alternative Treatments
Research indicates that the following non-medication alternative therapies may be helpful in reducing motion sickness symptoms:
• Ginger (Zingiber officinalis). Modern research confirms its effectiveness in relieving the symptoms of nausea, vomiting, indigestion, flatulence and dizziness. Working mainly in the digestive tract, Zingiber boosts digestive fluids and neutralizes acids, making it an effective alternative to anti-nausea medication, but without the usual unpleasant side effects. Compounds in ginger help calm the stomach by relaxing the intestinal tract.
• Acupressure. This gentle, needle-free alternative to acupuncture may reduce nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness. Applying pressure approximately two finger-widths below the inside of the wrist has been suggested to provide relief. Several elastic wristbands are commercially available that stimulate these points when worn.
• Peppermint and black horehound. Mint has been used for centuries to relieve indigestion, nausea and heartburn. Modern research has demonstrated its effectiveness in soothing the symptoms of diverticulosis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and other digestive disorders. Mentha piperita is widely cultivated for medicinal uses and also has anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties. It relaxes the muscles of the digestive tract and stimulates the flow of natural digestive juices and bile, thereby assisting healthy digestion.

How Can I Remedy Motion Sickness?
Once you're traveling in a car or bus or on a boat or train and motion sickness has struck, try these remedies:
• Look at the horizon; focus on a distant point. If traveling by car, sit in a front seat - makes it easier to focus on the horizon and keep your eyes in tune with the motion of the car. Don't read - keep watching your horizon focal point. Roll down the window - fresh air helps. Stop often and get out and walk around: restores your sense of balance.
• Carry or have access to lots of liquids - club soda is a great stomach settler; if you are vomiting severely, you need water and electrolytes before you'll feel better and, perhaps, medical attention if you become dehydrated. Guzzle H2O and electrolyte-laden beverages like Gatorade, even if your belly keeps tossing the liquid overboard or out the window. Drink at least eight ounces of liquid every time you throw up.

Treatment through Acupressure
Reflexology points : 1 to 5,8,16,21,19,20,27,39,26.
Meridian Points : select Gv,Gb,Liv meridians.