How to fight against motion sickness with essential oils?

Motion sickness is a group of disorders that can affect the passenger of a moving vehicle: nausea, dizziness, tinnitus, headaches, etc. Whether in a car, a boat or, more rarely, a plane, these problems are particularly annoying and make for a bad time. Motion sickness particularly affects children but some adults are also sensitive to it. This disorder would come from a contradiction between the auditory information, which announces a movement (we hear the car driving) and the visual information which announces a stability of the image (look inside the cabin).

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The quick reflex: Peppermint

Restricted to 6+ years old.

  • By way oral, ingest 1 drop of pure Peppermint essential oil under the tongue.
  • Inhaling, breathe directly from the bottle, as soon as necessary.

More details: how to use Peppermint properly

Complete synergy for adults

The mixture

To make your travels more enjoyable, take your empty bottle and add :

  • 40 drops of MPeppermint essential oil 20 drops of Cardamom essential oil 20 drops of Bigarade Petit Grain essential oil

Close (click!), homogenize and label your bottle. Your synergy is ready !

How to use

Ingest 2 drops of the mixture on a small piece of bread or a neutral tablet, repeat as needed, no more than 6 times a day.

Authorized users

YES. Adults, teenagers, children + 6 years old.
NOT. Pregnant and nursing women, children - 6 years old.

Special precautions

  • Ask for medical advice before use for asthmatics and epileptics.
  • An essential oil is estrogen-like.
  • This synergy should not be used in case of gallstones or lithiasis, inflammation of the gallbladder, serious liver disorders, hypertension and during important cardiovascular problems.

These precautions apply under the conditions of application and dosage cited above. If in doubt, ask your question on our forum and consult your doctor.

Complete synergy for children and pregnant women

The mix for children and pregnant women

To help your child better cope with transportation, take your empty bottle, and add :

  • 40 drops ofLemon essential oil 20 drops of Cardamom essential oil 20 drops of Bigarade Petit Grain essential oil

Close (click!), homogenize and label your bottle. Your synergy is ready to be used!

How to use

Ingest 1 drop of the mixture on a neutral tablet or on a piece of bread, as soon as you feel nausea, maximum three times a day.

Authorized users

YES. Pregnant women over 3 months, nursing mothers, children over 3 years.
NOT. Pregnant women under 3 months, children under 3 years.

In general, remember that essential oils are NOT allowed in the first 3 months of pregnancy. More details: essential oils for children and essential oils for pregnant and nursing women

Special precautions

  • Ask for medical advice before use for asthmatics and epileptics.
  • This synergy is contraindicated in case of gallstones.

These precautions apply under the conditions of application and dosage cited above. If in doubt, ask your question on our forum and consult your doctor.

Why these essential oils?

Peppermint: anti-nausea by nature

The Peppermint essential oil is THE anti-nausea reference of essential oils; it is composed between 30 and 55% of menthol, a very good antispasmodic. This component suppresses digestive and intestinal spasms acting on the contractions of the small intestine and thus prevents the appearance of stomach cramps and nausea.

Menthone, a ketone, promotes the secretion of bile by the liver and its evacuation into the intestine; it therefore encourages digestion and will avoid nausea from a heavy meal before using the vehicle. Finally, the essential oil of Peppermint will give you a fresh breath which will make you forget the heat, one of the key factors of the disorders of transport.

Cardamom against abdominal spasms

In order to avoid heartache, the digestive system must function properly. The Cardamom essential oil specializes in digestive disorders and particularly promotes the expulsion of intestinal gas.

This essential oil will also allow to find the appetite (often lost during the disorders of transport); indeed, it should not be forgotten that to travel the completely empty stomach influences the nauseas.

Terpenyl acetate, a terpene ester, acts on the nervous system and limits the process of triggering spasms: it competes with the molecules responsible for the contraction of the smooth muscles and thus makes it possible to suppress or calm the muscle spasms. The abdominal pains which are associated there will disappear.

The Petit Grain Bigarade reduces stress

Stress is not innocent in transportation-related disorders: it accentuates them. Linalool, a monoterpene alcohol, provides Little Bigarade Grain essential oil with nervous rebalancing properties. Indeed, linalool increases the level of dopamine and thus calms excitability. On the other hand, this component has a sedative effect on the autonomic nervous system by action on various neurotransmitters. Finally, it regulates the mood.

Linalyl acetate is a member of the monoterpene ester family. These molecules also have calming and relaxing properties. In addition, they have interesting antispasmodic properties that will combine with menthol of Peppermint essential oil and another ester, terpenyl acetate, to limit the digestive discomfort felt.

Lemon against nausea

The Lemon essential oil is a perfect replacement for Peppermint essential oil, the most famous antinauseant but contraindicated for children under 6 years and pregnant women. This essential oil of Lemon has limonene, a terpene which acts on the gastric motility and which thus confers interesting antinauseant properties to him.

As the essential oil of Peppermint, that of Lemon supports the secretion of the bile by the liver then its evacuation in the intestine what encourages the phenomenon of digestion and limits the disorders due to transport.

Moreover, the lemon has good taste and brings freshness to this synergy which will be appreciated by the children.

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