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Motion Sickness in Children
Preventing and Managing Motion Sickness
By Felicia Hodges
Perricelli says that natural substances can be very effective as long as they are only taken when the person is ill and not too much is dispensed at one time.
"Natural substances in small amounts given to someone who is experiencing illness can be beneficial, although large amounts can actually do more harm than good," Perricelli says. She compares the small versus large amount of any medicine to immunizations children receive from their health care providers. "Like produces like," she says. "A small amount of the weakened virus you are trying to keep your child from getting helps protect him because the body builds up a defense against it. But if you give too much of it, he may actually get sick from the disease you are trying to prevent." She suggests waiting until your child actually exhibits symptoms before going to homeopathic cures to treat motion sickness.
By raising the car seat so your child can see the direction in which you are moving, his or her inner ear fluid may not get so disturbed. But this cure does not seem to be effective if your child can only see out of the side window. The rising and falling horizon line may only contribute to the already avy inner ear fluid.