G'Day Craig and Paddlewise, Someone asked for references on sea sickness and ginger. I was running some literature searches at work and near days end so what the heck did a quick run. Here's what turned up: two directly relevant research articles and a review. Two studies isn't much to judge a technique. However, taken with the review and many other articles on the efficacy of ginger for treating nausea, it supports what you and many of us have found, at least as far as throwing up and cold sweats are concerned. Are you sitting comfortably - now imagine you are a volunteer naval cadet or misguided tourist on the high seas, about to partake of some mysterious medications: - EXTRACTS FROM REFERENCE 1 "In a double-blind randomized placebo trial, the effect of the powdered rhizome of ginger (Zingiber officinale) was tested on seasickness. Eighty naval cadets, unaccustomed to sailing in heavy seas reported during voyages on the high seas, symptoms of seasickness every hour for 4 consecutive hours after ingestion of 1 g of the drug or placebo." "Ginger root reduced the tendency to vomiting and cold sweating significantly better than placebo" "Remarkably fewer symptoms of nausea and vertigo were reported after ginger root ingestion, but the difference was not statistically significant EXTRACTS FROM REFERENCE 3 "The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of seven drugs frequently used for the prevention of seasickness: the drugs were namely cinnarizine, cinnarizine with domperidone, cyclizine, dimenhydrinate with caffeine, ginger root, meclozine with caffeine, and scopolamine." "The setting was in Andenes (Norway) during a time period from July to September 1992. Subjects were 1741 tourist volunteers who were joining a whale safari. The main outcome measures were vomiting, malaise (modified Graybiel criteria), and subjective reports of adverse events." "Six of the seven medications may be recommended for prevention of seasickness; scopolamine TTS seems the least attractive." My but those medical researchers do have fun on the high seas! REFERENCES BELOW >From Web of Knowledge REF1 Title: GINGER ROOT AGAINST SEASICKNESS - A CONTROLLED TRIAL ON THE OPEN SEA Author(s): GRONTVED, A; BRASK, T; KAMBSKARD, J, et al. Source: ACTA OTO-LARYNGOLOGICA Volume: 105 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 45-49 Published: JAN-FEB 1988 Times Cited: 57 REF2 Title: Efficacy of ginger for nausea and vomiting: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials Author(s): Ernst, E; Pittler, MH Source: BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA Volume: 84 Issue: 3 Pages: 367-371 Published: MAR 2000 Times Cited: 64 >From PubMed REF3 (Review) Comparison of Seven Commonly Used Agents for Prophylaxis of Seasickness. Schmid R, Schick T, Steffen R, Tschopp A, Wilk T. J Travel Med. 1994 Dec 1;1(4):203-206. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:36 AM, rebyl_kayak < rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com> wrote: > > > My but those medical researchers do have fun on the high seas... Thanks, Peter. Craig *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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