# Need advice for preventing air sickness- flying next week

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-preventing-air-sickness-flying-next-week/563171>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 6, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-preventing-air-sickness-flying-next-week/563171 "2010-12-06T18:22:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-preventing-air-sickness-flying-next-week/563171/21 "2010-12-09T14:42:08Z")

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i’m one of the lucky ones who doesn’t get motion or sea sickness, but i’m very curious. why does ginger work?

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**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-preventing-air-sickness-flying-next-week/563171/22 "2010-12-09T15:19:07Z")

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> [@Mauvaise](#):
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> According to the link the placebo was “plausible” because it helped Grant, but not Adam.
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> Ginger, on the other hand,
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> I forgot that they tested on Grant as well. I was only remembering that nothing but ginger worked for Adam. I did say it’s been a few years.

Which means that since the placebo worked on Grant it is possible that the ginger pill worked for him due of the placebo effect, not because ginger was effective in his case. Also, you were incorrect when you first described the show since you stated that dramamine was including in the testing (it was not) and you implied that it wasn’t effective.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-preventing-air-sickness-flying-next-week/563171/23 "2010-12-13T22:16:52Z")

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> [@Scubaqueen](#):
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> i’m one of the lucky ones who doesn’t get motion or sea sickness, but i’m very curious. why does ginger work?

It soothes the stomach. Since motion sickness is related to the inner ear, I have no idea WHY it works, but it keeps you from barfing.

Ginger caps in hand, and I’m going to start taking them the day before we fly! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-preventing-air-sickness-flying-next-week/563171/24 "2010-12-13T22:34:21Z")

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Eat bananas. They won’t stop the queasiness, but they taste good coming up.

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