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Home remedies for nausea
Frequently, even simple home remedies help to relieve the dull feeling in the stomach and / or nausea. However, if the discomfort persists more often or over a longer period of time, a doctor should be consulted. The same applies if the nausea is associated with massive other ailments, such as heart pains, stinging in the chest, dizziness and fever. No time must be lost here, since in case of emergency it can be a sign of a heart attack or stroke.
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- First aid for nausea: lemon and fruit vinegar
- Effective and uncomplicated: wrap for the stomach
- Tea for nausea
- Full bath in case of nausea
- Melissa spirit and rice water
- Schüssler salts
- Acupuncture and acupressure
- Pregnancy and nausea
- General Tips
First aid for nausea: lemon and fruit vinegar
In case of nausea, sucking a lemon can help. If this is too acidic, squeeze it out, mix the juice with still water and drink it in small sips. Even the fresh smell of a lemon can alleviate the discomfort.
If you get sick, smelling a freshly sliced lemon can help. (Image: photocrew / fotolia.com) Another home remedy for nausea is fruit vinegar. A tablespoon of it mixed with about 250 milliliters of water and swallowed, is not very tasty but helpful.
Effective and uncomplicated: wrap for the stomach
Envelopes and wraps are easy-to-use, topical home remedies for abdominal pain and nausea .
Wraps with healing clay are mainly known for problems in the musculoskeletal system, such as sprains, rheumatic complaints and swelling. However, the earth can also serve well in nausea.
Instructions for healing earth wrap
Tip: The effect of the healing clay can be supported by placing a hot water bottle. |
Belly wraps with a slurry of healing earth and chamomile tea can be very helpful in nausea. (Image: Heike Rau / fotolia.com) The wrap with chamomile Another way to do something about nausea. For a strong chamomile tea is cooked and soaked with a cotton cloth, this wrung out and then covered with the stomach. A hot water bottle or a warmed cherry stone pillow support the warming effect. In this application, the chamomile can be replaced by the peppermint. It is also possible to mix chamomile and peppermint tea.
Another effective home remedy for nausea is the Oil wraps with lavender. The lavender essential oil from the flowers of the medicinal plant has a soothing, analgesic and anti-inflammatory action.
Instructions for oil wraps with lavender
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Tea for nausea
Different teas can counteract the nausea from the inside out. Which flavor is well tolerated with a dull feeling in the stomach and / or nausea is quite different from case to case. Furthermore, the fluid intake by the feeling of nausea is sometimes difficult.
Chamomile and peppermint
Especially helpful are peppermint and chamomile tea. The best known is the peppermint tea, which was previously used for malaise, nausea and acute vomiting. The healing effect of the plant is primarily due to the essential oil in the leaves, which mainly consists of the substances menthol, menthyl acetate and menthofuran. The peppermint oil stimulates digestion, has a relaxing effect and relieves nausea.
Important: So that the gastrointestinal tract is not additionally burdened by the menthol, care should be taken that the tea is not made too strong, but rather thin.
Recipe for peppermint tea
Danger: For babies and toddlers, however, this tea is contraindicated due to the menthol it contains. Instead, other tried and tested teas such as fennel, anise and cumin, which most children like to drink, are offered here. |
Freshly brewed peppermint tea is a proven home remedy for stomach problems and nausea due to the contained essential oils. (Image: karepa / fotolia.com) ginger tea
Ginger is considered a reliable home remedy for cold and discomfort in the digestive tract such as loss of appetite and feeling of fullness. In case of nausea, the spicy tuber has also proved to be an easy-to-use and effective remedy.
Recipe for ginger tea
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If you like sharpness, you can also use the ginger straight. Either a piece of fresh root is cut off, peeled and chewed, or rather the sweeter version, the candied ginger, gripped.
Tea mixture for nausea due to nervousness
If the nausea is triggered by inner restlessness, the following tea mixture is recommended:
Recipe for soothing tea
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Kreuzkümmeltee
Cumin is mainly known from the Turkish cuisine. Not only does it enrich food, it also helps treat digestive problems by relieving and relieving nausea. A teaspoon of this is boiled with half a liter of water for ten minutes and the decoction then drunk slowly, in small sips.
Full bath in case of nausea
Effective relief against malaise can be provided by hydrotherapy applications. Especially baths with lemon balm leaves and yarrow and the so-called salt bath are especially worth mentioning.
A simple home remedy for nausea is a full bath with lemon balm leaves and yarrow. Each is doused with two heaping tablespoons in a pot of one liter of boiling water. Let the mixture soak for about 10 minutes, then add it to the bathwater after straining.
Another bathing variant is the salt bath with cardamom. To this end, about 400 grams of sea salt and some cream, to which five drops of high-quality cardamom oil have been added, are added to the bath water. Important: Make sure you have a bathing temperature of 37 ° C as much as possible and a maximum bathing time of twenty minutes.
Melissa spirit and rice water
Often is still in the medicine chest of the well-known melissa spirit. This one must not go unmentioned here either. Likewise, the Swedish herbs (Swedish bitters) after Maria Treben are among the proven natural remedies that are used for nausea.
Swedish herbs are a traditional natural remedy for nausea. The herbs or the already finished Swedish bitters are available in the pharmacy. (Image: TwilightArtPictures / fotolia.com) In Asia, drinking rice water is a proven remedy for nausea. To do this, cook half a cup of rice with a full cup of water for fifteen to twenty minutes and then drink the rice water.
Schüssler salts
Although Schüssler salts are not typical home remedies, they are easy to use and also very helpful. If you are feeling sick while driving, at sea, on the bus or on the train, salt no. 9 (sodium phosphoricum) is often taken.
If the malaise is especially noticeable in the morning, a combination of # 8 (sodium chloratum) and # 9 (sodium phosphoricum) will help. As general nausea, No. 2 (Calcium Phosphoricum), No. 4 (potassium chlorate) and No. 7 (Magnesium Phosphoricum) have been proven.
Acupuncture and acupressure
The most well-known acupuncture / acupressure point for nausea is the pericardium 6. This is located on the inside of the forearm, between the two palpable tendons, three fingers wide under the flexion fold of the wrist.
If the point is pressed for one to two minutes, the symptoms can be alleviated, with a repeated repetition of the application is possible. In acupuncture, the therapist uses special acupuncture needles, which are targeted to the pericardium 6.
The effect of acupressure has made the bracelets against nausea, so-called "Sea Bands" advantage. These are applied to each wrist. A small plastic nub is attached to the band, which is placed correctly on the acupuncture point, simulating it uninterruptedly and thus making the malaise disappear. A method that offers a side-effect-free solution, especially for travel sickness, to cope with the annoying complaints.
Pregnancy and nausea
Although only natural home remedies are mentioned here, not all are suitable for pregnant women. For example, the ginger. He is said to have a labor-stimulating effect. Similarly, pregnant women should refrain from using cardamom oil and saffron.
During pregnancy, some home remedies, such as Cardamom oil should not be used. To avoid risks. should therefore be consulted before taking a doctor. (Image: highwaystarz / fotolia.com) In case of nausea in pregnancy, it is important to avoid heavy diet and rather to take small, light meals throughout the day. A dry biscuit and a sip of mint tea in the morning (even before getting up) can help curb morning sickness a bit. Likewise, the taster of fresh essential oils such as lemon, tangerine and orange helps. A walk in the fresh air can quickly give relief. If the nausea is only to be borne while lying down, the windows should be opened again and again to provide sufficient fresh air.
Further home remedies and naturopathic treatment approaches for nausea can be found in the "Heilpraxis Ratgeber für Magen und Darm". Here you can buy the guide. General Tips
For those who are often ill, it is best to eat only small meals. Tied soups, bananas, rusks and toast are recommended. A lot of liquid in the form of still water is just as important. Raw vegetables or raw fruits, alcohol, coffee, nicotine, fat, spicy - all this should be avoided as far as possible. If the home remedies have no effect, it is important to see a doctor immediately. (sw, nr, last updated on 24.11.2016)