Using a Home Remedy for Nausea
Kitchen Cupboard Home Remedies for Nausea
A home remedy for nausea using items found in your kitchen is an easy way to get relief. Home remedies for nausea are safe and inexpensive.
There are many causes for nausea, some are temporary like morning sickness and stomach viruses, but some causes are more long term. Chronic nausea is often a result of medical therapies like chemotherapy and conditions like appendicitis.
Foods That Help Nausea
Certain foods have a calming effect on nausea, and such remedies are safe for use by children, as well as pregnant or lactating women.
- Plain saltine crackers are a simple remedy for nausea.
- Dry toast is a mainstay for recovering from a bout with gastrointestinal flu.
- Blackberries and black raspberries may be a way to get relief with a remedy for nausea. Mashing the fruit and eating small bites is one way these fruits can be used as a home remedy for nausea.
- Eating peppermint candy can also provide relief especially if the nausea is caused by over eating. That is why we have "after dinner mints."
Drink Tea for Nausea
Another way to get relief with a home remedy for nausea is to drink tea. Some herbal teas have been used for centuries to relieve nausea and upset stomach.
- Ginger tea is a common way to get relief with a home remedy for nausea. Adding a slice of fresh ginger, a small chunk of crystallized ginger or a teaspoon of ground ginger to your favorite tea will calm an upset stomach quickly.
- Raspberry and blackberry leaves made into a mild tea works fast to relieve an upset stomach.
- Other herbal teas that are used as nausea remedies include chamomile which is great when nausea is caused by stress. See Benefits of Chamomile.
- Catnip is great for indigestion and can be given to babies for colic.
- Slippery Elm provides some relief from the cramping that sometimes occurs with nausea caused by stomach viruses.
- Mint - Making a weak tea from peppermint, spearmint or wintergreen leaves is a tasty way to get relief with a remedy for nausea.
Fluids Can Help Nausea
If your stomach is upset due to a flu-bug, drinking clear, lukewarm fluids will help.
Black raspberry and blackberry juice mixed with non-cola soft drinks like ginger ale is a simple remedy for nausea. These juices can also be added to clear electrolyte fluid replacements. This is especially good for young children and seniors if they have a gastrointestinal flu.
Flat, clear, lukewarm soda pop is an easy way to get relief for nausea.
Drinking lukewarm rice water that is made from boiling rice in water for about 15 minutes is another natural remedy.
The syrup used to make fountain pop with has been used for decades for upset stomachs. These syrups contain carbohydrates and are great for nausea. Diabetics should avoid using this remedy.
If the nausea does not go away in a few days, pregnant and nursing women and parents of children should consult a physician before using herbal remedies.
Native Remedies makes a home remedy for nausea called
QueaseX Anti Nausea Drops. It is a FDA approved homeopathic remedy that relieves nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps. Put a few drops on the tongue and it begins to soothe the stomach immediately. Queasex is safe for even pregnant women and nursing mothers. It is excellent for motion sickness in cars or boats.
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