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Nervous / Mental

Vertigo (adjunct)

3 plants

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Room-spinning seconds triggered by rolling in bed is BPPV until you do a Dix-Hallpike. Ginger has a motion-sickness/nausea file that people borrow here. Ginkgo has mixed vestibular/tinnitus marketing and a bleeding cost. Central vertigo (diplopia, dysarthria, ataxia, sudden deafness) is stroke/neuro until proven otherwise — not tea.

Primary plants

  1. Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
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    GingerHuman data

    Zingiber officinale

    Nausea of motion/vestibular upset. Best plant file on this list. Does not recanalize a canal.

    Typical. Dried rhizome 1–2 g around the trigger. Culinary is weaker than studied powder.

    Safety. Extract bleeding. Not a substitute for Epley.

Supportive plants2
  • Peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
    PeppermintStrong traditional
    Mentha × piperita

    Aroma/tea for queasiness.

    Typical. Inhaled or weak tea.

    Safety. GERD. Infants: no oil.

  • Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
    GinkgoHuman data
    Ginkgo biloba

    Marketed for 'circulation to the ear.' Mixed data, real bleed risk. A poor first pick.

    Typical. If they are already on it, flag bleeding and upcoming procedures.

    Safety. Bleed, surgery hold, seizures theoretical.

Clinical notes

  • Continuous vertigo plus neurologic signs is ED, not ginkgo.

When this is not enough

  • Central signs, sudden hearing loss, headache + neck pain after trauma, inability to walk, new neuro deficit

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All nervous / mental diagnoses