When Charles Darwin sailed on the HMS Beagle in the early 1800’s, he did not have the luxury of modern medicine like Dramamine. He wrote that his sea sickness remedy was to constantly keep busy. In this way, he was too preoccupied to pay any attention to his physical misery. Although this sea sickness treatment worked for a genius like Charles Darwin, it would not work for about 99.9% of the rest of us. However, we don’t have to resort to drugs if we really don’t want to. We could wear a bracelet as our sea sickness remedy.
Not Exactly Tiffany’s
You can’t just use any arm candy or bangle as a sea sickness remedy bracelet. You need to get a special one from your drug store or online marine supply store. A sea sickness remedy bracelet presses down on a certain acupressure point on your arm. When this point is stimulated, many people discover that they are no longer nauseated. Some bracelets come with magnets and some don’t. The effectiveness of magnets is debatable.
If the thought of a sea sickness remedy bracelet doesn’t interest you, there are also watches available that stimulate the same acupressure point. They are not cheap, but at least you’ll always know what time it is. Both watches and bracelets are made in different sizes for adult or children’s arms.
The P6 Acupressure Point
The particular point in the arm that sea sickness remedy bracelets, bands or watches press on it technically called the P6 point in the jargon of acupressurists and acupuncturists. Acupressure is an offshoot of the older acupuncture system of therapy. They are based on the idea that energy flows through our bodies much in the same way that electricity flows through a battery. When the battery isn’t working right, the electricity can’t flow.
The interesting thing about acupressure and acupuncture is that they were developed thousands of years before the invention of the electric battery. The pressure points act as conduits and receptors for your body’s battery. It’s all quite complicated, but the sea sickness remedy acupressure bands, bracelets and watches help simplify things.
Believe it or not, not all of these acupressure sea sickness remedies are waterproof. Some are more for planes, trains and automobiles than they are for boats. Some might only be water resistant and not water proof. Odds are, if you have a history of sea sickness, you won’t be going in the water during any time you’re not feeling well.
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