| Cruising at 30,000 feet inside a commercial jet, | | | | Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy herbs can be a |
| relaxing on a boat trip at your dream Caribbean | | | | refreshingly robust partner in the fight against motion |
| resort, or just riding in the car during a road trip, | | | | sickness. If you're prone to getting motion sickness, |
| nausea is the traveler's enemy. Motion sickness, | | | | you may wish to set up an anti-motion sickness mist |
| nausea, the greens, whatever you may call it, there's | | | | prior to your next long road trip. |
| one thing for certain-it makes you feel sick, and | | | | Just get a glass bottle with a fine-mist sprayer. This |
| embarrassed for becoming sick in front of fellow | | | | is where you'll keep your own nausea-fighting spray. |
| travelers. | | | | Then, fill your bottle with around four ounces of |
| Every motion sickness attack seems to come with | | | | distilled water, and add the following blend of |
| it's own special list of symptoms. Typical motion | | | | essential oils to your distilled water. Combine 40 drops |
| sickness seems to follow a pattern; you get pale, | | | | of lemon essential oil, 10 drops of cedar wood |
| your hands get clammy, sweaty and maybe even a | | | | essential oil, 20 drops of dill essential oil, 70 drops of |
| little shaky, you break into a cold sweat, and you | | | | lavender essential oil, and 10 drops of spearmint |
| just feel all-around miserable. | | | | essential oil. |
| The worst symptom is the actual nausea itself. You | | | | Ginger is another tried and true herbal remedy for |
| can remind yourself your body is moving, but the | | | | conquering your motion sickness. It's well known as a |
| five senses seem to insist that your body is | | | | good herbal remedy for treating almost all kinds of |
| stationary. Your brain starts to respond with its own | | | | stomach disturbances, but especially so for alleviating |
| unique collection of mixed messages, and there | | | | motion sickness. |
| appears to be a short-circuit in the balance which | | | | One of the easiest ways to take ginger is in a tea |
| normally centers your inner. | | | | infusion. Ginger tea is also a great way to ensure you |
| Thankfully, there are many treatment options for | | | | get the proper dose of this refreshing herb. You can |
| travel nausea. If you want to take the drug-free | | | | even make your own ginger tea. Pick up some fresh |
| choice, there are natural herbal remedies that can | | | | ginger at your local grocer's, then slice the a piece of |
| help fight off even the most implacable symptoms of | | | | the root, roughly the same thickness and length as |
| motion sickness. Here are a few suggestions to arm | | | | your pinky finger. Place the ginger root in three cups |
| yourself with next time you find yourself traveling | | | | of water and boil for about ten minutes. Pour the |
| and in a bad way. | | | | mixture over ice and add lemon to taste. |