Nausea is a queasy and awful feeling in the stomach that makes you feel as if you are going to vomit. The common causes of nausea or the pukish feeling could be a stomach infection, motion sickness, sea sickness, food poisoning, having too much food or drinks or during pregnancy. Cause aside, the most annoying feature of nausea is that it makes you starve, due to a lingering subconscious fear of vomiting. Thus, to get rid of this pukish feeling, opting for commonly used home remedies for nausea and vomiting, is foremost on the mind.
Nausea if taken to a doctor is treated with a group of drugs known as anti-emetics. However, there are also a few, simple home remedies for nausea which can help you get rid of this uneasy pukish feeling quickly, and that too without any adverse effects. However, one should keep in mind that most of these remedies help in only relieving the symptom, without curing the disease or the underlying triggering factor. Hence, you might need to consult a physician to find out the cause and treat the underlying disease, if nausea persists.
Home remedies for Nausea and Vomiting
1. Ginger(Adrak)
Ginger has been used since the ancient times for relieving nausea. It acts on the muscles of your stomach and improves their tone. It also aids the secretion of digestive enzymes and neutralizes acids in the stomach. Apart from this, it also speeds up the movement of food from the stomach into the intestines. A combination of these factors helps in relieving nausea and vomiting. Ginger is considered as one of the best home remedies for nausea during pregnancy or during the course of chemotherapy for cancer.
How to Use: You can consume ginger in several ways. You can make ginger tea by adding 1-2, 1/2 inch pieces of ginger to a cup of hot boiling water. Once the water level is reduced to half, strain and drink it hot. You can also eat a piece of candied or fresh ginger, or you can consume it in the form of ginger ale.
Tip#: Dried salty ginger, often available in form of digestive churan’s is a good option for relieving nausea.
2. Lemon(Nimbu)
The refreshing aroma of lemons is an instant remedy for nausea. The smell of lemon is considered so appealing and fresh that it is used in a number of perfumes and other cleaning products. Apart from its fragrance, one of its chief ingredients is citric acid, which is known to soothe the stomach and help in digestion.
How to Use: Lemon juice slightly warmed if taken during constipation helps stimulate your intestines and removes pukish and nauseating feeling. Other options of taking lemon for nausea include lemon tea, lemonade, lemon tarts and lemon popsicles.
Tip#: Cut lemon into the half. Squeeze some juice out of one of the halves. Now sprinkle some black salt and black pepper powder on that piece of lemon. Suck on this piece of lemon, it gives immediate relief from that pukish feeling.
Be careful though. Excessive intake of lemon in any form can worsen your nausea. Hence, be careful and it is best to go slow despite being the cheapest and most easily available home remedy for nausea.
3. Crackers (Snacks)
Crackers are dry snacks that have relatively higher content of starch, like bread, toast, etc. These dry food items are known to absorb the stomach acids that cause nausea. Apart from this, they are usually bland in nature (they don’t even have a strong smell or taste). This helps in relieving excessive hunger (which could be the cause of nausea) while keeping nausea in check.
How to use: Just nibbling on few crackers will help kick that nauseous feeling. Always prefer salty and dry crackers, as the salt helps restore the sodium levels that may have depleted due to vomiting or diarrhea.
Tip#: Have a cracker before going to sleep to avoid morning nausea. This is one of the simplest home remedies for nausea during pregnancy.
4. Curry leaves(Kaddi patta)
Curry leaves(Kaddi patta) is an essential part of Indian cooking. Apart from adding wonderful aroma and flavor to Indian dishes, curry leaves are also known to have carminative properties which help settle nausea due to the gas formation in the stomach.
How to use: Crush 10-15 curry leaves, make a paste and extract its juice, now add few drops of lemon juice and honey to it. Drink 1tbsp of this mixture whenever you feel nauseated or pukish.
Tip#: Apart from improving indigestion, Curry leaves are known to help in weight loss and hair growth.
5. Mint leaves(Pudina)
Mint leaves comprise of menthol which helps soothing the irritable stomach. Mint is rich in essential oils that promote digestion by relaxing the muscles of the stomach. This also allows food to pass through the stomach quickly. All these factors work together to relieve nausea.
How to use: Mint leaves can be consumed in several different ways. You can either directly chew on a few sprigs of mint leaves or drink mint tea. You can also try lemonade with a hint of mint. Sniffing peppermint oil aroma is also known to ease nausea. Peppermint tea is one of the best home remedies for nausea, as it is easy to prepare and has other aromatic components too that can soothe your stomach.
Tip#: Having mint coriander ginger chutney is an effective way to combat pukish feeling.
6. Cardamom(Chotti/Green Elaichi)
Cardamom seeds help in calming the stomach because of their anti-emetic and carminative properties. This is one of the readily available home remedies for nausea.
How to use: You can eat 2-3 elaichies raw, it will help ease the nauseous feeling.
Tip#: Eating raw elaichi with saunf(fennel seeds) helps relieve nausea and any kind of bloating.
So, the next time, when your stomach decides to act funny and make you pukish, rush to your kitchen and try these wonderful home remedies for nausea and vomiting; instead of heading to the pharmacy. A word of caution, though: If you are severely dehydrated, suffering from a viral or bacterial infection or if you have reflux disease, worsening nausea or vomiting, it is better to consult your doctor for treatment of the cause. As mentioned before, these home remedies will be helpful in soothing the symptoms, but might not take care of the underlying disease.
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