{"id":17118,"date":"2016-08-01T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boironca.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=188"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:18:05","slug":"5-tips-to-reduce-motion-sickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/all\/5-tips-to-reduce-motion-sickness\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips to Reduce Motion Sickness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Family vacations are normally the summer highlight for all those involved. That said, a fun trip can become not-so-fun in a matter of minutes if one family member suffers from motion sickness.<\/p>\n<p>Motion sickness, or travel sickness, is a common problem that can be triggered by a rocky boat ride, a turbulent airplane or even a bumpy road trip. Essentially, it is caused by a discrepancy between the motion that is expected to occur and the actual motion sensed by the organ of balance in the inner ear.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although it is most common in children aged 3 to 12 years<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[1]<\/a>, it is always good to have a few tricks up your sleeve to help ease that \u201csick to your stomach\u201d feeling. Here are 5 simple tips you can use to help reduce motion sickness whether by land, air or sea:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stare at a fixed point in the distance. If you are travelling by car, look out the window and stare at the horizon.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t try to read or watch a movie.<\/li>\n<li>Take frequent breaks during which you can be active like taking a brief walk.<\/li>\n<li>Keep hydrated and eat something light before you travel.<\/li>\n<li>If possible, open the window to breathe in fresh air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>And if your stomach is still churning?<\/h3>\n<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-188558\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cocculine_AN_3-e1661370297947-1-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cocculine_AN_3-e1661370297947-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cocculine_AN_3-e1661370297947-1-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cocculine_AN_3-e1661370297947-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cocculine_AN_3-e1661370297947-1.webp 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/shop\/symptome\/nausea-digestion\/cocculine\/\">Try Cocculine<\/a>! This homeopathic medicine relieves symptoms of motion sickness such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness and cold sweats in adults and children 2 years and older. Bonus: These non-drowsy, quick-dissolving tablets are convenient to take, since no water is needed!<\/p>\n<p>[1] <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/chealth.canoe.com\/Condition\/GetCondition\/Motion-Sickness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This homeopathic medicine may not be right for everyone. Always read and follow the label.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family vacations are normally the summer highlight for all those involved. That said, a fun trip can become not-so-fun in a matter of minutes if one family member suffers from motion sickness. Motion sickness, or travel sickness, is a common problem that can be triggered by a rocky boat ride, a turbulent airplane or even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,72,73],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-17118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-first-aid","category-seasonal","tag-cocculine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261623,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17118\/revisions\/261623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}