136. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Nov 03, 2009, 11:33 am PST

I can't believe that ginger is not on here. Ginger is a good one for nausea and motion sickness. I usually don't go for these herbal remedy crap because it takes eating tons of it to get any real benefit, beside the fact that theres no scientific evidence, and some natural things CAN be dangerous (black cohosh, ma huang, guarana, etc. all used in Chinese medicine that are now known to be toxic or causing very bad side effects) Remember that even some poisons are natural; so natural doesn't necessarily equal good! I still don't know if this is a placebo effect or if there is truth to it but when I chew ginger extract gum or dried ginger pieces, my motion sickness goes away within minutes. I also find that, although I don't use it myself, marijuana does have health benefits for those who suffer from cancer with sickness from chemo therapy, insomnia, anorexia/bulimia, plus a myriad of other ailments. Helped my grandfather greatly with the severe nausea when he was in for radiation (he had brain cancer) and he used less of the narcotic pain medicines for cancer when he used marijuana. The doc recommended a vaporizer so the smoke wasn't damaging him. I find it very funny though the person who posted saying they are interested in herbology but not mj & think there is a good reason for it being illegal! That is such a crock!! Nothing that helps someone overcome an affliction or alleviate the suffering of a dying cancer patient should be illegal for medicinal use.

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