Motion Sickness
Protocol Summary
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Ranking |
Nutritional Supplements |
Botanicals |
| Primary |
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Ginger |
Botanical Treatment Options –––
Ginger (Zingiber
officinale)
A double-blind clinical trial of thirty-six men and women
susceptible to motion sickness found that those taking 940 mg of powdered ginger
in capsules experienced less gastrointestinal distress than those who took
Dramamine.1 Another
double-blind study reported that 1 gram of powdered ginger root, compared with
placebo, lessened seasickness by 38% and vomiting by 72% in a group of eighty
naval cadets sailing in heavy seas.2 Ginger’s beneficial effect on motion sickness appears to be related to
its action on the gastrointestinal tract rather than the central nervous
system.3 4
Contraindications
Refer to the individual herb for
information about any side effects or interactions.
References:
1. Mowrey DB, Clayson DE. Motion sickness, ginger, and
psychophysics. Lancet 1982;i:655–7.
2. Grontved A, Brask T, Kambskard
J, et al. Ginger root against seasickness. Acta Otolaryngol
1988;105:45–9.
3. Holtmann S, Clarke AH, Scherer H, et al. The anti-motion
sickness mechanism of ginger. Acta Otolaryngol 1989;108:168–74.
4.
Grontved A, Hentzer E. Vertigo-reducing effect of ginger root. ORL
1986;48:282.
