How to get rid of nausea without pills?
Nausea is associated with a variety of conditions. It can occur during pregnancy, with flu, bowel diseases. Sometimes even nervous strain leads to nausea. Before taking any measures to eliminate it, you need to carefully listen to your body and understand what other signals it is giving.
If nausea is accompanied by diarrhea, or ends with vomiting, and the state of health does not improve after a day, it is necessary to seek medical help. When, besides nausea, no other symptoms bother a person, you can try to get rid of it at home. Sometimes taking herbal decoctions, using gentle dishes, performing acupressure helps to cope with an unpleasant feeling.
Content:
- What kind of water relieves nausea?
- How to eat right to relieve nausea?
- Medicines to combat nausea
- Other methods of dealing with nausea
- When should you see a doctor?
What kind of water relieves nausea?
If the body is dehydrated, it can lead to nausea. To cope with this condition, you need to drink as much water as possible. It should be at room temperature. Herbal teas can help relieve nausea.
The liquid should be warm. Drinking too cold or too hot will only exacerbate the discomfort. Do not take too much water at a time. You need to consume it in small portions throughout the day.
If you feel so sick that there is no way to eat food, then you can replace it with chicken, beef or vegetable broth. This drink is a source of energy for the body.
When dehydration threatens a child, you need to consult a doctor. The doctor will prescribe rehydration drugs (Regidron, Resol, Pedialyte, etc.). Parents should remember that children with vomiting and diarrhea can become dehydrated very quickly.
To restore the water-salt balance, an adult can take the drug Gatorade.
Ginger and mint tea for nausea
Ginger tea can help relieve nausea. A pregnant woman can safely take such a drink, although it is still better to consult a doctor. For expectant mothers, the volume of ginger tea per day should not exceed 1-2 glasses. Ordinary people can bring them to 4-6 cups.
Ginger-based drink options:
- You need to peel and cut 1 / 2-1 teaspoon of ginger and pour boiling water over it. To improve the taste of the drink, you can add lemon and honey to it.
- Instead of ginger, you can use supplements based on it (250-1000 mg per day). The dose should be divided by 4 times.
Instead of ginger tea, you can make a drink with mint leaves. A teaspoon of dry raw materials is required for a glass of boiling water. The tea will taste better if you add honey or lemon to it.
If you don't want to make tea yourself, you can buy a ready-made drink in the store. Before offering it to children, you should consult a doctor.
You can increase the beneficial properties of mint tea and improve the functioning of the digestive system by adding 1/4 teaspoon of cumin to it. Mint itself is a drug used to treat GERD and dyspeptic disorders.
Dill tea for nausea
You can make a drink with dill or fennel seeds. To prepare it, pour a glass of cold water into a saucepan and add a teaspoon of plant seeds to it. Bring the water slowly to a boil. Then the gas is reduced and the seeds are boiled for another 5 minutes. The finished drink is filtered, cooled and taken orally. You can improve its taste with honey and lemon.
It must be remembered that dill seeds have an estrogenic effect, so pregnant women need to take tea based on them with caution. Before starting such treatment, you must consult a doctor.
Chamomile tea for nausea
Chamomile tea helps to cope with nausea. It can be purchased at the pharmacy and in the store. Such a drink is allowed for children, but they should not be given too strong tea.
Chamomile tea is not consumed during pregnancy, as it is a source of phytoestrogens. You should not drink chamomile tea while being treated with blood thinners.
Cinnamon tea for nausea
To prepare such tea, you need to pour a glass of cold water into a saucepan and add a teaspoon of raw materials in powder form, or one cinnamon stick. When the water boils, it will be necessary to keep the drink on the fire for another 5 minutes. Then the tea is filtered, cooled and taken orally.
It is not recommended to use cinnamon tea to treat nausea during pregnancy.
How to eat right to relieve nausea?
To cope with nausea, you need to introduce more soft foods into the diet. Foods such as bananas, rice, crackers, and applesauce are well absorbed by the stomach. Such a diet should not last long, as it is not balanced. It should only be used to relieve nausea. Gradually, the diet needs to be expanded by introducing sesame and salted crackers, whole grain breads, and skinless chicken fillets into the menu. Avoid eating spicy or spicy foods as they can increase nausea.
Portions should be small, but you should eat regularly throughout the day. This will help relieve nausea. Snacks with light meals make it possible to prevent hunger and at the same time not to overeat.
Do not go to bed immediately after eating. Digestion processes will be slowed down, which can provoke abdominal pain, as well as worsen the person's condition. Before taking a horizontal position, you need to wait at least 30 minutes, which should elapse after the last meal.
Sodium contributes to increased nausea, so you need to avoid foods that contain too much of it. More than 1500 mg of this substance should not enter the body per day.
Fatty foods can provoke and increase nausea. Therefore, the less fat in food, the better. Meals should be prepared without adding butter and vegetable oil. You should choose low-fat dairy products and lean meats. It is important to remove the skin from the chicken. Fast food products do no less harm to the body.
To cope with nausea, you need to give up foods that cause it. You can determine them if you listen to your body. Most often, nausea increases after eating tomatoes, chocolate, eggs, ice cream. This also includes acidic foods such as marinades and orange juice.
However, there are foods that, on the contrary, relieve nausea. So, to combat an unpleasant symptom, you can make milk toast. This soft and tasty slice of bread not only eliminates nausea, but also relieves stomach pain, if any. Milk envelops its walls perfectly, but it is not recommended to drink it in its pure form, as this can lead to intestinal upset and aggravate the situation.
Toast making method:
- Preheat a glass of milk, but do not boil it.
- Separately, you need to dry the bread in a frying pan, and then grease it with butter that does not contain salt.
- The fried bread is then crushed into milk, stirred and eaten slowly.
If a person has gastroenteritis or other diseases of the digestive tract, then it is better to refuse such a recipe, since milk is contraindicated with them.
A slice of lemon is good for relieving nausea. It is best if it is frozen or just chilled. The strong smell of citrus fruit works better than many anti-nausea pills.
Cut the lemon into 2 halves and smell it. The frozen lemon wedge can be slowly sucked in the mouth.
Medicines to combat nausea
At the pharmacy, you can buy medicines that can help you cope with nausea.
They are available without a prescription:
- Bismuth subsalicylate. Relief after taking it comes quickly, almost instantly.
- Anti-nausea medicine. It contains dextrose, phosphoric acid and fructose, as well as some additives. Such a tool can even be purchased at a regular store.
If the state of health does not improve, then you should definitely visit a doctor.
He will prescribe one of the following medicines:
- Promethazine hydrochloride (suppositories, syrup, tablets, injection).
- Chlorpromazine (candles).
- Prochlorperazine (tablets and suppositories).
- Metoclopramide hydrochloride (syrup, tablets, injection).
Dimenhydrinate or Scopolamine can be taken to combat motion sickness in transport.
Other methods of dealing with nausea
Aromatherapy for nausea
Aromatherapy helps to cope with unpleasant feelings. Inhaling herbal oils with a soothing effect can significantly improve your well-being.
For this purpose, you can apply:
- Peppermint oil.
- Lavender oil.
- Lemon oil.
These products can be applied to the wrist and temples. However, before using the oil for the first time, you need to make sure that it is not allergic to it. To do this, a small amount of the product is applied to the wrist and the body's reaction is monitored. If after a while the skin does not become irritated or itchy, the therapy can be continued.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is another method of getting rid of nausea. The procedure should be carried out by a professional. It is based on traditional Chinese medicine, which views the human body as a concentration of energy fields. Influencing certain points allows you to cope with any problems.
To get rid of nausea, you need to work out point P6 or Nei-guan, which means "inner gate". It sits on the wrist, just below the fold, just below the base of the palm.
For independent study of this active point, you need to turn your hand with the palm towards you. Then you need to find the middle between the two tendons. You need to press on it for 10-20 seconds with your index and middle fingers. The procedure is carried out with the left and right hands in turn.
You can find special acupressure bracelets on sale. They allow you to keep your hands free, as they independently affect the active points of the wrist. This bracelet can be used to combat motion sickness and seasickness.
Breathing exercises
Breathing exercises can help relieve nausea. Studies show that such gymnastics allows you to cope with nausea after undergoing surgery.
Exercises to combat nausea:
- You need to lie on your back, put pillows under your knees and under your neck. The pose should be as comfortable as possible for the person.
- Hands are folded on the stomach, palms down, fingers should be connected. Each time a person takes a breath, he will feel that his fingers are diverging in different directions. This will indicate that he is doing the exercise correctly.
- Breathe in slowly, slightly inflating the stomach. You need to breathe in the way children breathe. During inhalation, not only the chest should be involved, but also the diaphragm. Its pressure encourages more air to enter the lungs.
You can just take deep breaths. Air will cleanse your lungs, oxygenate your body, and reduce nausea. The environment should be calm and relaxing. You need to close your eyes and think about something pleasant. All gadgets, including a mobile phone, should not distract a person. They must be removed to the side. Breathe in with your nose, it should be deep. The breath is held, and then the air is slowly exhaled through the mouth. You need to breathe in this way for several minutes.
Distracting activities
Sometimes, to cope with nausea, you just need to shift your attention. You can watch a movie, call a friend, or do something that doesn't require mental or physical strain.
It is not recommended to do work that requires increased concentration of attention. You should not read, write, count, etc. Fatigue will only provoke an increase in the feeling of nausea. The same rule applies to physical effort.
Exercise and yoga for nausea
You can deal with nausea with yoga exercises or stretching your back and neck muscles.
Practical recommendations for their implementation:
- You need to sit on the floor with your legs crossed and your face down. Then, the upper body is tilted forward so that it is at an angle of 45 ° C in relation to the legs. You need to put a chair in front of you, on which you fold your arms. You need to bend forward as much as the flexibility of the body allows. This exercise will stretch your upper back.
- To work your neck muscles, you need to place your palms on your hips and relax your shoulders. The head is tilted first to one shoulder and then to the other. In this case, the free shoulder must be pulled down, lingering in this position for half a minute. Repeat the exercise 4 times.
- Lifting your legs up helps to cope with nausea. To perform the exercise, you need to lie on your back with your legs extended upward along the wall. You need to press against it with your buttocks and coccyx. You need to stay in this position for 5 minutes. It is important to breathe calmly.
These exercises can not only cope with nausea, but also perfectly relax the muscles of the whole body.
Air purification
Sometimes the nausea is caused by external irritants that are present in the air. A person may feel sick from inhaling strong odors or fumes, as well as chemicals.
Nausea can result from prolonged exposure to heat or high humidity. If you exclude the impact on the body of such irritants, it will be possible to get rid of the unpleasant feeling without any additional measures.
Compress
Nausea can be dealt with by applying a cool compress to the back of the body. This is especially true in the case when an unpleasant sensation arises against the background of a high body temperature. The coolness will make it possible to reduce it and improve your well-being.
Moisten a towel or any other clean cloth with water. Then you should lie on your back and put a towel under your neck.
Recreation
Stress and increased fatigue can lead to the fact that a person begins to vomit from time to time. Work overload, physical fatigue, anxiety and anxiety negatively affect health.
Sometimes, just relaxing and resting is enough to get rid of the obsessive nausea.
Lie down immediately after the onset of nausea. Excessive physical activity will only make the situation worse. You can sit comfortably in a chair, in a bed, or on a sofa.
When should you see a doctor?
If you cannot cope with nausea on your own and the condition continues to worsen, you should consult a doctor.
Pathologies that require medical attention and may be accompanied by nausea:
- Appendicitis.
- Intestinal obstruction.
- Cancers of the digestive system or brain.
- Intoxication of the body.
- Stomach ulcer.
If nausea is accompanied by vomiting, then you should not hesitate to see a doctor. When the vomit turns dark and resembles coffee grounds, the person needs emergency help.
There are other causes of nausea that do not require immediate medical advice, but as far as possible, you still need to consult a specialist.
These conditions include:
- Allergy to food.
- Hypersensitivity to drug components.
- GERD and heartburn.
- Pregnancy.
- Mild intestinal infections.
- Migraine.
- Seasickness.
If the symptoms of discomfort persist after 24 hours and the condition continues to worsen, you should consult a doctor.
The author of the article: Gorshenina Elena Ivanovna | Gastroenterologist
Education: Diploma in the specialty "General Medicine" received at the Russian State Medical University named after N. I. Pirogova (2005). Postgraduate studies in the specialty "Gastroenterology" - educational and scientific medical center.
