| If you get sick due to the movement of a car or | | | | If you can’t drive, do the next best thing: get |
| a bus, chances are high that you dread every | | | | into the front seat near the driver. This gives you |
| road trip. Car sickness is a particular kind of | | | | more space and allows you to focus on the road |
| motion sickness. Some people get sick only if | | | | in front of you. |
| they are in a car. Others may experience the | | | | Do not look: Some people feel dizzy when they |
| symptoms whenever they are traveling. Still | | | | look out at the moving scenery. In that case, put |
| others experience motion sickness only in water. | | | | your head back and close your eyes. When you |
| Generally, the symptoms of car sickness include: | | | | cannot see the moving scenery, you will feel |
| - Nausea (with or without vomiting) | | | | better. |
| - Fatigue | | | | Some other steps you can take to prevent car |
| - Dizziness | | | | sickness are: |
| - Sweating | | | | Eat ginger: Ginger is a root that is commonly |
| What is car sickness? Car sickness (and almost all | | | | found in Asian cooking. It has strong medicinal |
| types of motion sickness) is the direct result of | | | | properties that make it the ideal herb for |
| some discrepancy between what your body is | | | | problems of the stomach. Fresh ginger, ginger |
| actually experiencing and what your senses are | | | | biscuits, chewable candies and ginger mints are |
| telling it. For instance, when you are sitting in a | | | | equally effective. For long distance driving, |
| car, your brain senses that you are moving but | | | | consider carrying some ginger tea with you. |
| your eyes and ears send the message that you | | | | Ginger tablets and shakes are also available. |
| are sitting stationery within the car. The | | | | Peppermint is another great herb. You can smell |
| disconnect between the sense organs causes the | | | | the vapors of peppermint or add a few drops of |
| body to experience symptoms of nausea. | | | | it into your tea. |
| So, how can you prevent dizziness and nausea | | | | Fresh mint is effective against stomach problems. |
| from making your trip miserable? Here are some | | | | Some people like to apply ice packs to the back |
| tips: | | | | of the neck. |
| Look: Instead of looking through the window, look | | | | Even in spite of the above tips and tricks, it is |
| straight ahead. Focus your eyes on the distant | | | | important not to travel in a car without a few |
| road ahead of you. This will bring balance to the | | | | aromatic wet wipes and an extra change of |
| signals received by the brains and eliminate | | | | clothing. Just in case! However, if you arm |
| symptoms of nausea. | | | | yourself sufficiently, you’ll see that the wipes |
| Drive: Generally, drivers are focused on the task | | | | and clothing you carried were unnecessary after |
| of driving and therefore, have no time to get sick! | | | | all. |