The candied stuff can be found in most natural foods stores, including the bulk sections of enlightened supermarkets, etc. Powdered ginger will have lost a lot of its punch from evaporation/oxidation. I've never tried ginger as an anti-nausea treatment. Certainly works to calm my tummy, though. Some folks can not tolerate it at all. Scope patches work well for me, but they do make me a bit weird. My son worked as a charterboat deckhand out of Depoe Bay, OR one season and was on the stuff for almost 2 months straight. Not recommended. Scope (aka scopolamine) is strictly a prescription item: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine Dramamine works for some, but has some of the same side effects of scope. Being OTC, it is an easier find. Takes a while to work, so you need to dose up the night before. Ditto for a scope patch. Dramamine (aka dimenhydrinate): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimenhydrinate -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jul 05 2009 - 19:29:40 PDT
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