So you've probably heard about motion sickness, that feeling one gets when the motion of the sensors in one's inner ear appears to be different from the motion that's visualized. A lot of persons get to experience motion sickness on a daily basis and since you are reading this, there are strong chances that you might be one of such. Unlike kinetosis which would make your vomit, make your entire body sweat, make your stomach roll, make you feel dizzy and fatigued at even the slightest movement, whether it's related to air-sickness, car-sickness or sea-sickness. Well that motion-sickness does not just have to ruin that trip as rather than the conventional and expensive medications available such as Bonine and Dramamine, there are also far more cheaper and natural ways to reduce the symptoms of motion sickness, and that's by hacking your brain, yes hack your brain.
Let's take a look at some of them:
- Acu-pressure To The Rescue
If you are able to place pressure on some certain circulatory points around the body, acupressure could aid in alleviating a lot of ailments. Getting rid of motion sickness involves you focusing on some points, and these points happens to be the anterior of your forearms. So here's how you go about it:
Press three of your fingers against your opposite wrist, and apply pressure, just a light pressure to the spot immediately below them on your forearm. The Inner Gate is what it's called and this point works to reduce nausea and also stomach sickness. A pair of pressure point bands could be bought If you do not want to hold your fingers to your forearm for hours. Alongside a plastic bulb which would dig into the point. The combination of both could perform acu-pressure with just little effort on your part.
- Perform A Head-Tilt
For a number of persons, the slightest movement of the head could either relieve or bring about nausea. However if you fall in the former category, each time you feel anything close to vomitting in a car, plane or a ship. It is recommend that you tilt your head to the side. A little problem with motion sickness is the movement registered by our brains and eyes. If our bodies are moving in a tilting position, but we still sitting still in one place, some minds won't be able to reconcile the fact that we are both still and in motion at the same time. So by changing your brain's perspective by tilting the way your brain is positioned you might just be able to fix the disconnect.
- Eliminate Everything That Isn't On Motion
A major problem which occurs when feeling sick in a car, plane or ship, is basically the motion of moving forward as it leads to an overload of the senses. Finding relief would mean eliminating as many sensory items as possible. You could start by stoping to stare at the screen if your smartphone or perhaps locking your eyes with the ever changing GPS. Rather than doing that, just take a stare at a point on the horizon. The more you minimize what you are reacting to, the less your brain and eyes can sync up.
- Keep Those Eyes Open
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If you shut your eyes in an attempt to ward off the sick-feel sensation with every bump, turn, and motion might actually seem like a good idea, but doing this would actually be limiting your capacity to shut off your motion sickness. If you keep on focusing consciously on something, be it immediately or directly before you, probably the driver or out on the horizon, then you can trick your brain into thinking all is well.
Take Away
Sucking on peppermint, popping in some few olives, and taking ginger are some little take-aways which could help you dealing with motion sickness without having to resort to taking medications. Every individual is quite different and would definitely react differently to some products and techniques, so just keep that in mind. Some of the techniques and methods mentioned above might work better than other. If you happen to be one of those persons that experience motion sickness, try out some of the above mentioned remedies and let's fill out something in the comments box.
