NHS doctor reveals 20p motion sickness hack - and all you need to do is smell it
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA doctor has shared a cheap hack that can banish that awful motion sickness feeling within minutes - and all you need to do is smell it.
Taking to TikTok, Dr Karan Raj aka @dr.karanr, an NHS surgeon and lecturer at Sunderland University, suggests smelling a certain citrus fruit which you probably already have in your home, and if not, you can pick it up for as little as 20p in many supermarkets.
Reacting to a woman smelling a lemon in the car, he says that not only will a lemon work, some other fruits might also work.
The health expert explains: "When you sniff on a lemon, the olfactory system picks up those citrusy aromas. The olfactory system it’s also closely related to the limbic system which regulates nausea. "So inhaling that lemon scent stimulates the limbic system to help relieve nausea.
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