How To Make Refreshing Ginger Tea to relieve the symptoms of Motion sickness

Relieve Motion Sickness By Ginger Tea

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2 g fresh ginger
• 300 ml water
• 2 teaspoon honey as flavor
• 500 ml beaker
• Burner
• Stirrer
• Muslin cloth
• Mortar and pestle
• Weighing balance

PROCEDURE:

• Weigh and wash the ginger and then coarsely crush it with the help of mortar and pestle.
• Put the coarsely crushed ginger into a clean beaker with the water.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes with gentle stirring.
• Strain it with the help of a clean muslin cloth.
• Sweeten it with honey before using it.

WHAT IS MOTION SICKNESS?

Motion sickness is the uncomfortableness that people experience when their sense of balance and equilibrium is disturbed by constant motion. This is experienced during riding in a car, aboard a ship or boat, or riding on a swing; all these cause provocation of the vestibular system and visual stimulation that often leads to distress. While motion sickness can be bothersome, it is not a serious illness and can be prevented.

Some of the symptoms of motion sickness are lightheadedness, fatigue, and nausea. Sopite syndrome in which a person feels fatigued or tired is also associated with motion sickness.

ROLE OF GINGER IN MOTION SICKNESS

Ginger root is commonly used as an effective treatment to stop emesis. One trial review indicated that sucking on crystallized ginger or sipping ginger tea can help to relieve the nausea.

Ginger is reported to calm the pyloric valve located at the base of the stomach. This relaxation of the valve allows the stomach to operate normally whereby the contents will enter the small intestine instead of being retained within the stomach. In "The Green Pharmacy" James Dukes mentions common agents used in conventional medicine to treat motion sickness symptoms. Drug stores offer remedies that feature dimenhydrinate, which causes drowsiness and makes a person feel dopey. There is also a Transderm Scop patch available. This remedy is made with scopolamine, which is a compound with side effects that include possible hallucinations and convulsions. Duke further explains that in a study comparing dimenhydrinate and ginger, researchers found that ginger worked twice as long as the dimenhydrinate. Authors of "Herbal Remedies" also concluded that ginger is a well-researched remedy for motion-sickness-related nausea.

GINGER DOSAGE AND RESTRICTIONS:

When taking ginger, one should follow the manufacturer's instructions.

For fresh or dried ginger, the authors of "Herbal Remedies" dictate the following: 2 to 4 grams of fresh ginger per day and 1 oz. maximum per week, 1 to 2 grams of dried ginger per day, and 1⁄2 oz. maximum per week.