The Lawrence review of natural products lists ginger citing 2 several studies. 1. thirty six subjects in a double blinded trial rec'd either 940 mg powdered ginger, 100mg dramamine or placebo and were place blindfolded in a rotating chair. The ginger group stayed in the chair an average of 5.5 minutes compaired to 3.5 minutes for dramamine or 1.5 minutes for placebo. the authors conclude that ginger reduces the G/I sensations of nausea and thus delays/prevents the onset of motion sickness. Once the vomiting center is activated, symptoms progressed at the same rate for both groups. 2. for the treatment of morning sickness due to pregnancy, a dose of 250 mg four times daily or placebo was given to a study group. the women were asked to state which treatment they preferred and 70% subjectively preferred the ginger treatment noting greater symptomatic relief. Dosing in studies is generally with powdered root, but can be taken by chewing the root itself, teas, lozenges, or *real* ginger ale. I've got more info, but don't feel like digging today and that's probably more than enough anyway. dave *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 06 1998 - 18:09:58 PDT
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