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Nausea is often caused by a number of factors, including headaches such as migraine, stress, motion sickness, morning sickness for pregnant women, medical treatment like chemotherapy, and eating the wrong types of food. There are several homemade treatments for nausea, and this does not simply mean having to puke everything out and expecting to feel better afterwards. While doing this may work effectively for some people, it is also more advisable to pinpoint which factors have caused the nauseous feeling in the first place. This will help you keep away from the aggravating causes in the future.
If you suddenly feel nauseous after eating something, eating ginger and sipping ginger tea are just some of the easy ways that you can manage your feeling of nausea. Making homemade ginger tea is easy, you can boil sliced ginger in a pot of water and drink the dark yellow tea afterwards. Whenever you feel nausea, keep away from dairy products and oily foods. As much as possible, eat something light like warmed non-creamy soups and crackers if your nausea is caused by an empty stomach or missed mealtimes. Taking things lightly might be better than stuffing your stomach with heavy meals all at once.
If you feel nausea from motion sickness, you can try relaxing for a while and then resting the back of your head on a level surface. Honey and apple cider vinegar can help alleviate the sick feeling, however if you do not fancy the taste of apple cider you can try sipping warm rice water instead. As you are cooking rice, scoop up the boiling broth and after pouring it in a cup, sip the liquid slowly while it is still hot. Another means would be to take 1-2 tablespoons of sugar syrup. This will be most ideal when you feel nauseous on an empty stomach.
Other good ideas for home remedies:
1. Make a cup of tea and add ginger root into it. Drink slowly and try to relax.
2. Drink a lot of chamomile tea when you have stomach aches and nausea. You will experience an instant relief.
3. Boil white rice in water and drink the rice water for relief.
4. Squeeze 1 lemon and drink the fresh lemon juice.
5. Mix 1 tea-spoon of apple cider vinegar in a cup of water and drink up.
6. Mix black pepper and salt in one glass of water, add lemon juice, stir and drink slowly.
7. Add peppermint to a cup of warm water, mix well and drink until you feel better.
8. Eat salty crackers and drink tea, this will relax your stomach and stop the nausea attack.
9. Cut a lemon slice and suck on it until you feel better.
10. Drink 1 glass of water very slowly.
It is important for you to sort out the factors that have contributed to your present state of nausea. If you suddenly feel nauseous due to some offensive smell, avoid the smell altogether. You can slice a lemon or an orange and smell their relaxing aromas instead. Keep yourself situated in a well-ventilated area away from smoke, dust, and other unpleasant odors like mold and spices. There are also over the counter medications for your nausea problems, like charcoal tablets, and Maalox. Your doctor can also prescribe anti-nausea medications for recurring nausea like Compazine, Trilafon, and Zofran.
A Muscle cramp is an involuntary, painful contraction of the muscles which produce a hard, bulging muscle. Muscle twitching, also called fasciculation is the result of spontaneous local muscle contractions that are involuntary. The muscle cramp usually only affects the individual muscle groups connected to a particular motor neuron.
Anyone who has experienced a muscle cramp (charley horse) can attest to the fact that it can be quite painful. Muscle cramps occur when muscles involuntarily contract and cannot relax.
The skeletal muscles (those over which we have voluntary control) are most prone to cramping. The skeletal muscles in the calf, thigh, and arch of the foot are most notorious sites of cramps.
Causes of Muscle Cramps
·Dietary deficiencies of calcium, magnesium, potassium, Vitamin D and Vitamin B6 and deficiency of oxygen in the tissues are the main causes.
·Nervous irritability.
·Mental stress and other psychic factors.
Muscle cramps are very common among endurance athletes (i.e., marathon runners and triathletes) and older people who perform strenuous physical activities.
Athletes are more likely to get cramps in the preseason when the body is not conditioned and therefore more subject to fatigue. Cramps often develop near the end of intense or prolonged exercise, or 4-6 hours later.
Older people are more susceptible to muscle cramps due to normal muscle loss (atrophy) that begins in the mid-40s and accelerates with inactivity. As you age, your muscles cannot work as hard or as quickly as they used to. The body also loses some of its sense of thirst and its ability to sense and respond to changes in temperature.
Exercise is also beneficial for muscle cramps. Lie flat on the back in a bed with the feet elevated for 2 minutes. Sit on the edge of the bed with the legs dangling till they become pink. Move the feet up and down. Flex the ankles in and out. Massage the feet, toes and lower legs. Lie back on the bed and cover with blankets for 2 minutes. The exercise should be repeated 4 times a day.
Gently massaging the muscle will often help it to relax, as will applying warmth from a heating pad or hot soak. If the cramp is associated with fluid loss, as is often the case with vigorous physical activity, fluid and electrolyte (especially sodium and potassium) replacement is essential. Medicines are not generally needed to treat an ordinary cramp that is active since most cramps subside spontaneously before enough medicine would be absorbed to even have an effect.
For relief from cramps at night, turn over in bed on your back. Point toes toward the ceiling or get up and walk around or get into a tub of hot water until the cramp subsides.
Herbal Medicines
Massage is the best treatment for relaxation of the contracted muscles. This can be done at home itself. It should be done by rubbing medicated oils on the affected muscles.
Garlic Oil: 10 to 15 Garlic cloves should be crushed and added to 50 ml of any cooking oil and boiled on slow fire till half of the oil remains, and filtered. This is-one- of the effective home remedies for massage and gives immediate relief.