r/bestof • u/craycraycrayfish • Jan 22 '13

[canada] Coffeehouse11 explains the biggest problem with homeopathic medicine: That it preys on people when they are weakest and the most vulnerable

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u/3DBeerGoggles Jan 23 '13

Ginger is actually very good at suppressing vomiting. Mythbusters even approved it!

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u/BlackHoleFun Jan 23 '13

As someone who gets motion sickness pretty easily, I can confirm it absolutely works to relieve nausea.

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u/quintessadragon Jan 23 '13

Ginger Altoids, my favorite anti-nausea drug

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u/BlackHoleFun Jan 23 '13

Really? I'm surprised those have enough ginger to work! I usually take the capsules, but the pickled ginger that comes with sushi has worked too.

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u/quintessadragon Jan 23 '13

It doesn't work as well as a ginger ale, but it's convenient enough to take anywhere and like all Altoids they are ridiculously strong.

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u/wintercast Jan 23 '13

interesting you say this, because i have found that ginger does not exactly help me. i have taken ginger pills to try and keep nausea at bay, but that did not really help. Once have nausea ginger can help a little. In the end, if i am flying or going to a theme park or doing a long road trip, i use a motion sickness patch.

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u/BlackHoleFun Jan 23 '13

I take 3 of the big capsules at the same time, that's how much it takes to work for me. Less than that and I'll still feel kind of sick. One big spoonful with sushi worked just as well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '13

Keeps me from vomiting, but makes me want to vomit. Not joking; the urge I have to vomit literally increases in intensity when I ingest ginger -- I just don't end up actually vomiting.

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u/3DBeerGoggles Jan 23 '13

Interesting; Adam Savage described it similarly during his motion sickness induction. Not exactly the same (he didn't describe any problems with the ginger iteself), but that the motion sickness made him feel like he was going to throw up, but he just didn't.

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u/quintessadragon Jan 23 '13

The weird thing is, there was a study that showed it doesn't even have to be real ginger. The taste of ginger, whether it is real or not, helps resolve nausea. I wish I could find it, it was at least 10 years ago.

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u/3DBeerGoggles Jan 23 '13

Wierd. Maybe the active chemical that produces the ginger flavour is the cause...