Staring blankly off into the distance is sometimes a good thing: Mainly when you’re feeling motion sickness in a car or train.
The German health magazine Neue Apotheken Illustrierte recommends picking a faraway point and focusing on it to feel better; if that’s too boring, put some headphones in and listen to music or a podcast.
What will make the feeling worse, it says, is reading a book or watching a film on a tablet. Another good idea to help against feeling ill while travelling is to take a break and get some air.
Of course, plane passengers don’t have this option. In that case, they should just try to go up and down the aisles a bit. A seat with less shaking could be beneficial too. These are usually found far up in the front of the plane, as well as in the centre aisles.
And last but not least, prepare for a tough journey that’s likely to give you travel sickness by avoiding alcohol and milk products, as well as making sure you have food in your stomach, but not too much.
Medication can generally help as a last resort, but it also makes you tired. If you need to stay alert during your journey, it’s better to avoid it altogether, or try to find an alternative, like ginger root. – dpa
