Why does motion sickness and seasickness occur? This is because some people’s inner ear vestibules and semicircular canals are overly sensitive. When riding on a car or boat, due to linear variable speed movements, bumps, swings, or rotations, the inner ear gets lost and is mechanically stimulated, leading to vestibular dysfunction and resulting in motion sickness, seasickness, etc. It mainly manifests as sudden dizziness, nausea, vomiting, pale complexion, cold sweating, mental depression, bradycardia or tachycardia, and in severe cases, blood pressure may drop or collapse. This type of dizziness belongs to one of the peripheral dizziness, which is more common in people with weak physical constitution, especially in women. Lack of sleep, improper diet (excessive or insufficient, alcohol consumption, etc.), mental tension, anxiety, depression, and adverse stimuli such as noise, gasoline smell, and fishy smell can all induce or worsen symptoms. Some people, on the other hand, have never taken a car or boat before and have not adapted to it.
How to prevent and treat motion sickness and seasickness? Firstly, it is necessary to strengthen physical exercise to maintain a strong physique; Adequate sleep is necessary, diet should be light and easy to digest, do not be too hungry or full, and do not drink alcohol; Maintaining a good mental state is also an important aspect. When motion sickness occurs or is about to occur, it is best for patients to rest flat. If lying flat unconditionally, you can lean your head against the back of the chair, rest with your eyes closed, and preferably switch to a position near the window. Fresh air is beneficial for relieving and alleviating symptoms. Oral administration of the following drugs has certain effects on this condition:
1. Anqimin: 25mg each time, 1-2 times a day. (You can choose any one of the above three medicines to take)
2. Metulin: 10mg each time, 3 times a day.
3. Ren Dan Wan: Take a small amount each time and take it orally.
4. Scopolamine: 0.2-0.5 milligrams per dose, taken 3 times a day if necessary.
5. Chengyunsong: 25mg each time. If ineffective, it can be taken again after 30 minutes.
6. Mouth or chew foods such as mangoes, plums, ginger candy, sour candies, etc.
7. Diphenhydramine: 25mg each time, 3 times a day.
8. Take 1 small piece of ginger in your mouth and chew your saliva frequently. After the ginger flavor is light, you can replace it with one more tablet.
9. Vitamin B6: 20mg each time, 3 times a day.
The following external treatment methods also have a good effect on preventing and treating motion sickness and seasickness:
1. Apply medicine on the head: You can apply cooling oil or herbal medicine such as wind oil essence to the forehead area.
2. Nasal medication: Drop peppermint or vinegar onto a mask or handkerchief, and then place it under the nostrils to smell; You can also put fresh ginger 1-2 in a mask and put it on.
3. Jiang Tieneiguan acupoint: 1 piece of ginger, according to the principle of male left female right, stick it on the Neiguan acupoint on the hand, and wrap it with adhesive tape or handkerchief externally to fix it.
4. Umbilical application: Take one piece of ginger, wrap it on the navel, and fix it with adhesive tape or damp and pain relieving ointment externally. If there is no ginger, directly apply one piece of damp and pain relieving ointment on the navel, which also has a preventive and therapeutic effect.
5. Acupuncture or pressing Neiguan and Hegu acupoints with fingers.
