Introduction: Although cars are everywhere today, many people still get motion sickness when riding in them. Motion sickness brings a lot of trouble, making it difficult to travel far, fear of ruining a trip, and even getting motion sickness on a bus. So, what should you eat for motion sickness? Here are 7 effective foods to relieve motion sickness, let's take a look.
1. Mint
Drink mint tea in the car or carry peppermint oil with you. When motion sickness strikes, you can drop a drop of peppermint oil on your tongue to relieve the symptoms.
2. Zha Cai (pickled mustard tuber)
Zha Cai is complete in color, aroma, and flavor, and many people like to eat it with their meals. Some also like to bring a couple of packs of Zha Cai when traveling. Firstly, Zha Cai is refreshing and appetizing, able to relieve fatigue from the journey; secondly, Zha Cai can alleviate symptoms of motion sickness such as dizziness and stuffiness, and some even call it a "natural motion sickness remedy."
Fresh Meat and Zha Cai Mooncake
3. Vinegar Drink
Vinegar has been used as medicine in China since ancient times. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that vinegar has effects such as promoting blood circulation to remove stasis, reducing swelling and pain, and promoting digestion to relieve flatulence. It is mainly used to treat pain in the heart and abdomen, postpartum dizziness, abdominal masses, phlegm accumulation, jaundice, sores and swellings, and blood stasis from injuries, and can also detoxify various poisons from fish, meat, vegetables, and mushrooms, with a very wide range of therapeutic applications. Drinking a cup of warm water infused with a small amount of edible vinegar before getting in the car can prevent motion sickness during the trip. Alternatively, you can fill a small spray bottle with some white vinegar water and spray it around your face or in your mouth when you feel motion sickness.
4. Lemon
People who get motion sickness should carry some sour foods and small snacks when traveling far, such as lemon slices, preserved plums, or candied fruits. You can eat them as snacks in the car. This is because in the early stages of motion sickness, excessive saliva is produced, which drips into the stomach, causing a feeling of nausea. Lemons can produce tannic acid, which dries out the mouth. Therefore, eating some lemon when nausea first appears can help eliminate it. Sour foods can relieve the symptoms of motion sickness, and candied snacks can help distract you.
Grilled Asparagus with Lemon
5. Olive Oil
Bring some olive oil biscuits with you when you get in the car. Olive oil can reduce saliva secretion, preventing nausea, and the biscuits can fill you up, preventing hunger from causing or worsening motion sickness.
6. Ginger
Put fresh ginger slices in a small plastic bag and smell them under your nose at any time while riding in the car to inhale the pungent aroma. Ginger can prevent motion sickness because it can absorb stomach acid and stop nausea.
7. Mango
The flesh of mangoes is considered cooling in nature and has effects such as benefiting the stomach to stop vomiting, promoting the production of body fluids to quench thirst, and promoting urination to relieve coughing. For people who are prone to motion sickness or seasickness, it can effectively relieve discomfort.
Mango Ice Cream