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bottle; add comforting drops to the tongue if a sea-crossing becomes extra choppy or the car journey becomes jerky.
For young children who cannot swallow capsules, use any ginger-based product they will tolerateginger ale, ginger snaps, or candied ginger sweets.
2 slippery elm tablets one to two hours before traveling will also help prevent nausea and vomiting.
Drink chamomile tea on sea or air voyages and avoid fatty foods. Bitter oranges are also ideal for reducing symptoms of motion sickness; eat marmalade at breakfast or suck orange-flavored sweets.
Homeopathic nux vomica 6x (Strychnos nux-vomica) is also convenient to take for any sort of nausea and is available in easy-to-use tablets which can be put under the tongue every one to two hours as required.
Helpful Tea Bags to Bring with You
There is usually room in the suitcase for a few tea bags of single herbs for emergency use. Remember to pack:
Fennel for indigestion and griping pains
Chamomile for insomnia and the stress of jet lag
Peppermint for indigestion
Ordinary Indian tea for diarrhea
Elderflower, both to drink for catarrh and to use dampened, as eye pads for sore, tired, or irritated eyes

 
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