As we head into the start of the long weekend breaks, some of us will embark on a long road, plane or train journey. Unfortunately for many of us this can cause travel sickness or motion sickness.
These feelings of nausea are caused due to mixed messages being received in the brain – the eyes saying one thing but the inner ear balance saying something else.
Children tend to suffer more than adults - just over half of children (58%)* suffer with travel sickness - and although many grow out of it as they get older, nevertheless a lot of adults suffer with travel sickness, some to a debilitating extent. Statistics reveal that as many as 1 in 3 adults (28%)* suffer with car sickness, over a third with air sickness during turbulence (33%-50%)* and in rough seas 100%* of passengers will suffer with some form of sea sickness, however mild.
Travel sickness is more common in pregnant women and women who are menstruating. People who suffer with migraines are also more prone to travel sickness.
For many sufferers, travel sickness means having to take pills or wear pressure point wristbands. However, we’ve got two neat little natural devices that could help reduce feelings of travel sickness – our organic & sustainable mint-lemon wooden diffuser and our travel sickness roller ball.
Florame’s mint-lemon wooden diffuser should be put in the car 24 hours before the start of your journey to allow enough time for the organic essential oil blend to be drawn up the wooden stick into the ball and diffused into the atmosphere. The oil is drawn up by capillary action. Place the wooden stick into the top of the essential oil bottle and gently push down until approximately 2cm of the stick is immersed in the bottle. As the wooden ball dries out, slowly push the stick down further and so. After about 4-6 weeks the stick and bottle will need replacing.
The wooden holder has velcro backing so can be placed in a suitable area of the car where it’s easy to get to in order to change the bottle.
In addition to helping to prevent car sickness, our organic mint-lemon wooden diffuser will also make your car smell gorgeous!
Our travel sickness roller ball is ideal for those travelling by air, sea or road. It’s a very handy size and can easily be packed in a handbag, pocket or glove box. Just before embarking on your journey, massage the roller ball on your pulse points especially the temples, the inside of your elbows and your wrists. Then reapply as and when necessary.
Other steps you can take are to ensure you don’t read or look down for long periods of time when travelling, that you face the way you are travelling and that, where possible, the area around you is well ventilated.
*Holisticheathtools.com
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