Preventing Carsickness

Mind is All

If you or one of your children have a tendency to get carsick, you know what a nuisance it can be. After all, getting carsick can turn a simple trip to school or to the store into a fiasco, and it can make a road trip practically impossible. These tips will help you naturally chase carsickness away as soon as you feel it setting in - regardless of whether you deal with carsickness frequently or only every so often.

Fresh air: One of the best ways to make carsickness go away is to open the windows and get some air flowing in the car. You will usually find the carsickness goes away right away when you roll down the windows.

Focus faraway: If fresh air does not seem to be doing the trick, try turning your focus to a point that is far away. Many people will naturally put down their head when they start to feel carsick, but this can actually make things much worse. By focusing on a faraway point - especially if you add this to the fresh air - will often make you feel a lot better than before.

Food therapy: There are certain foods that will do nothing to help you feel better, other foods that will make you feel worse, and some foods that will improve your situation. Just as you would with an upset stomach, you can drink ginger ale to feel better with carsickness, and you can drink water and eat saltine crackers. In addition to these, ginger snap cookies and ginger root capsules will do a lot to help a carsick stomach.

Cool cloth: If none of these work, you can try putting a cool, damp cloth over your forehead (and even over your eyes). If you (or someone you travel with!) is prone to carsickness, you should keep a cooler in the car - filled with ice - and also keep a cloth on hand.

Carsickness has the ability to ruin a trip, but this does not mean you have to allow it to; follow these tips, and chase away carsickness!