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Nervous / Mental · also Digestive

Motion sickness

2 plants

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Car, boat, VR. Ginger 30–60 min before travel has modest human data. Peppermint is sensory. Scopolamine and 1st-generation antihistamines still exist for a reason. Vertigo at rest with ataxia is not motion sickness.

Primary plants

  1. Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
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    GingerHuman data

    Zingiber officinale

    Best-studied plant for motion nausea. Effect is modest and dose/timing matter.

    Typical. Dried rhizome ~1 g 30–60 min before travel; some trials 0.5–2 g.

    Safety. Extracts: bleeding. Not a substitute for scopolamine when that is the plan.

Supportive plants1
  • Peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
    PeppermintStrong traditional
    Mentha × piperita

    Inhaled or weak tea for queasiness. Not the motion RCT plant.

    Typical. Inhaled oil or leaf tea.

    Safety. GERD. Infants: no oil.

When this is not enough

  • Focal neuro, inability to walk, new deafness, headache with vertigo, head trauma

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All nervous / mental diagnoses