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By Kim Franke-Folstad

Published: January 31, 2008

People who have never experienced seasickness always seem to know just how to cure it.

"Focus on the horizon," they tell you, or, "Stand in the center of the boat and let the fresh air blow over your face."

These things are difficult to do, of course, when you're hanging your head over the rail and retching.

A better solution might be to pull a tube of QueaseEASE from your pocket and take a few deep breaths. (Better yet, do this before you reach the retching stage.) A registered nurse came up with the product's formula: a combination of peppermint, spearmint, lavender and ginger oils designed to help ease nausea from chemotherapy, morning sickness and motion sickness.

We asked a frequent boater friend to try QueaseEASE, and she said it really does work for seasickness. A much larger (but still small) QueaseEASE trial was also successful: A test on 114 hospital patients found it helped reduce postoperative nausea.

The tube is small enough to fit in a pocket, tackle box or glove box. QueaseEASE is drug-free and won't make you drowsy like some other motion sickness treatments. (We recommend talking to your doctor before trying it if you're pregnant, however.)

It isn't cheap — one tube costs $14.99 (order online at soothing-scents.com). But it might be worth a try if nausea is making you miserable.

Kim Franke-Folstad

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