NY Times Reports Eating Ginger Can Cure Motion Sickness

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*from Tuesday's " Science Times " section of the NY Times (scroll down):*

 

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*August 21, 2007*

 

*Really? *

*The Claim: Eating Ginger Can Cure Motion Sickness *

 

*By ANAHAD

O'CONNOR<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/anahad_oco\

nnor/index.html?inline=nyt-per>

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THE FACTS

 

Whether on a ship, in a car or on an airplane, most people have experienced

the miseries of motion

sickness<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthto\

pics/motionsickness/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>.

While the cause is always the same — conflicting sensory signals going to

the brain — the list of potential remedies is vast. One of the oldest,

ginger, is among those backed by the most evidence; several studies have

found it effective against nausea from seasickness and other conditions.

 

A study in the journal Lancet involved 36 people highly susceptible to

motion sickness. The researchers had the subjects take either two capsules

of powdered ginger, an antinausea medication or a placebo, and then, 20

minutes later, spin on a motorized chair for up to six minutes. Taking

ginger delayed the onset of sickness about twice as long as taking the

medication. The study also found that half the subjects who took ginger

lasted the full six minutes, compared with none of those given the placebo

or the medication.

 

A study by Danish scientists looked at 80 naval cadets prone to seasickness

and found that those given one gram of ginger powder suffered less in a

four-hour period then those given a placebo.

 

Precisely how ginger works is unclear, but at least one study suggested that

one of its active compounds, 6-gingerol, enhances " gastrointestinal

transport. "

 

THE BOTTOM LINE

 

Ginger has been shown to be effective in treating the nausea associated with

motion sickness.

 

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