Homeopathy for Motion Sickness
There are a few different homeopathic remedies that can help with motion sickness. Of course the best way to uproot the issue is with chronic homeopathic care, but some remedies can help alleviate nausea and vomiting while traveling.
There are 36 remedies in the rubric: STOMACH – VOMITING – riding in a carriage – agg. I will review the three that are the most common.
Cocculus indicus 30c
This is the first remedy to consider for someone who vomits when traveling in a car. Cocculus indicus 30c is a remedy that affects the nervous system, and it is also one of the first remedies to consider for vertigo. Someone who may benefit from Cocculus has difficulty traveling by car, plane, or boat, it is a remedy for any type of motion sickness. The key indicator for this remedy is worse watching a moving object. So if someone has car sickness that is triggered by looking out the window, (watching moving objects), consider Cocculus.
Tabacum 30c
Tabacum is another remedy to consider with car or motion sickness. (It is also an excellent remedy for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, it helped me when I was pregnant with my second daughter). A key modality for Tabacum is better from closing the eyes, better in the open air, and worse from looking upward. According to Morrison (1998), there may be a sinking feeling in the stomach accompanying the nausea.
Petroleum 30c
If Petroleum is indicated, Vertigo may accompany the car sickness, (Morrison, 1998). The modalities for Petroleum include worse looking upward, worse lying with the head low, but better from stooping (bending forward).
I have seen how well Cocculus works for motion sickness. I know a young girl who used to throw up on long road trips in a car. The nausea and was severe enough to prevent her from traveling to see her aunt and cousins who lived six hours away. Cocculus indicus was life changing for her, it enabled her to ride in a car without getting sick.
For best results, the remedy should be taken 15-20 minuted before travel.
Reference
Morrison, R. (1998). Desktop Companion To Physical Pathology. Hahnemann Clinic Publishing.
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