How to Stop Seasickness

According to the University of Maryland Medical Clinic, motion sickness is the body's response to real or perceived movement. Motion sickness occurs most frequently on moving boats, trains and cars. While traveling by boat, motion sickness can occur when your body senses the movement of the boat but your eyes are focused on stationary items. This condition is common but can be disturbing to those who travel often or for long periods of time.

Things You'll Need

• Dry crackers or carbonated beverages
• Ginger extract

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Instructions

• 1

  Find a seat where you can look over the side of the boat. Do not smoke or sit near people who are smoking, says the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).

• 2

  Rest your head against the back of the seat to keep it still. Focus your eyes on the horizon, and do not read, according to MayoClinic.com.

• 3

  Eat dry crackers, and drink a carbonated beverage. Avoid eating spicy or greasy foods and drinking alcohol, says the UMMC.

• 4

  Take ginger extract to ease symptoms of nausea. Ginger is a traditional remedy for motion sickness and nausea and can be taken in capsule form in 250 mg doses three times daily to ease symptoms, according to the UMMC.