Travel sickness can make the thought of travelling away from home a nightmare. Feelings of nausea and faintness are just some of the common symptoms experienced. Here’s the top five list of homeopathic remedies for travel sickness and details of the types of symptoms felt by people who need each specific remedy:
Cocculus
People needing this remedy will suffer from a faint feeling, dizziness and nausea accompanied by increased saliva and a metallic taste in the mouth. Their discomfort is increased by looking at a moving object and symptoms are alleviated by lying down.
Bryonia
Patients feel worse for any movement in fact even moving their eyes will cause them discomfort and make them feel sick.
Nux Vomica
They experience a faint feeling with sickness which is alleviated by lying down and worse for the smell of smoke or smoking. They experience a great sensitivity to any movement which often goes hand in hand with a splitting headache.
Petroleum
People needing Petroleum have headache with pain located at the back of the head accompanied by nausea. They are worse for fresh air.
Tabacum
These patients are better in the fresh air and get heightened symptom in a stuffy room. Along with nausea and vomiting they get cold sweats and an icy coldness. Often they also feel dizzy.