Love Hate Feeling Nepal Helicopters: Motion Sickness Remedies

Flying in a Nepal helicopters ride is like a love-hate feeling. An exciting and overwhelming experience. I use Medicated oils to overcome my discomfort and motion sickness. It contains of peppermint, Menthol Crystal and Tea-seed oil. It my best natural remedies.

These compound work well to ease your motion sickness. You can place two or three drops of medicated oil in your wrist and inhale the scent to reduce your nausea. These natural remedies work well for me.

Menthol crystal compound by peppermint oil. These crystals are a natural product that originate from wild mint essential oil extraction (a flowering mint plant). Mint Family use as an herbal remedy for a long time. It can bring down your blood pressure.

The incredible experience to see the beauty of a Himalayan Mountain in a quick time and without spent many days walking up and walking down through a remote area in Himalayan.

First time experience scenic helicopter tour in Nepal, can give you anxiety feeling because bumpy ride, spatial disorientation, and all the noise sound, is discomfort.

Helicopter’s movement make your inner ear, what you see with your eyes, what you feel with your skin and other joint sensors in your body sent mismatch of information and messages to your brain. That’s why you feel sick.

The soothe effect of mint believed to reduce queasy stomachs and relieve anxiety.

73, 7% medicated oil compound by peppermint. It have a powerful scent of peppermint. The scent have the numbing effect which can relax your muscles.

Choose small size medicated oils, 12 ml and bring in your zipper pocket or your small bum bag.

You also can apply before your flight.

To help you relax before your Heli ride, apply several drops on your abdomen with gentle massage. Don’t put too much, because the strong mints maybe irritate your skin. You can place 2 drops of medicated oil. It is enough.

You can add later.

Prepare also tissue with 2 or 3 drops of medicated oil and bring with you during your bumpy Heli ride.

I prefer to drop the medicated oil on my wrist and my neck.

Inhale when you feel discomfort, to relieve motion sickness. This work very well for me.

After helicopter ride, if you still feel nausea and discomfort, then you can do gentle message with little drops of medicated oil or inhale the smell of medicated oils.

Ride scenic helicopter in Nepal is a unique experience. Its unique experience compare to Himalaya mountain flight using fixed-wing aircraft.

I believe you don’t want to lose the best moment to capture the mix of mesmerizing Himalayan Mountain views, Sacred Lake, dessert and green forest in 360 degrees, with your own eyes.

Focus to take pictures, don’t use phone, small chat with your friends, put your eyes on horizon, take special medicine and choosing seat also can help you reduce nausea because of motion sickness.

But sometime, you cannot choose your seat because the pilot will arrange your seat based on your weight to make a balance, and you ride with other peoples (join/sharing group)

That’s why medicated oil, natural remedies which work for me, maybe also work well for you.

The Natural Compound: Peppermint, Menthol & “Hak Yau”

Like I write in my previous article here, The Bad and The Great: Is a Nepal Helicopter Tour right for you?

Flying over Himalayan, see 360 panoramic view may can be your bucket list. But ride helicopter in Nepal also can give you “hate” and “love” feeling.

Hate feeling, because helicopter can make a striking turn which can you see and feel. It can change altitude and the noisy sound come from the rotor blades.

But, Nepal scenic helicopter tour also can give you incredible love feeling. It can change your perspective that provides a different, beautiful view of Himalayan Mountain in a fresh angle, that people are want to capture that picture in memory.

If you feel nausea, want to vomit, got a headache, feel dizzy and your body start produce cold sweat, then it could be motion or air sickness.

It common happen when you fly, traveling by car in a mountain, and when you are sailing.

Medicated oils contain of three main compound: 17, 5% of menthol, 73,7% of peppermint oil, and 8, 8% of “Hak Yau” per 1 ml.

 “Hak Yau” contain of 15% Gardenia Fruntus, 8% Dragonis Sanguis and 77% tea-seed Oil.

In China traditional medicine, Gardeniae Fruntus, a fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, has been used to reduce inflammation and headache.

Dragonis Sanguis used in clinical practice as a remedy for blood circulation and relief pain.

While tea seed oil, as it is the essential oil from the seeds of the tea plant, help to lower the blood pressure.

Here the simple steps to massage using medicated oils:

• Drop 2-3 medicated oil on your wrist.
• Find acupuncture point on your wrist. It is in the middle, between the tendons that extend to the arms. Use your index and middle fingers and press on the inside of your wrist.
• Massage for a moment, then press at this point for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Then release.

Drug Free Device: Wearable Relief Band

You also can wearable acupressure band. Drop 2-3 medicated oils under your acupressure band.

It is a knitted elasticized wrist band which is a natural and drug free device that helps ease the symptoms of nausea and vomiting in adults and children.

If you wish, you also can try to use high-tech wearable band. It is Reliefband® (FDA proven) to prevent and treat nausea associated with motion

Both acupressure band and Reliefband® can pressure and stimulates acupressure in your wrist.

The different is Reliefband® sends electrical through your wrist. It looks like a watch, but it to fight nausea from motion sickness as well morning sickness.

Other things to help reduce your nausea: Advice for First-Time Helicopter Passengers

Flying in a Nepal helicopters ride is an overwhelming and exciting experience.

Sometimes you feel nervous. You can try to reduce your anxiety through deep breathing. If you are very anxious, your doctor may prescribe anti-anxiety medication to help you during the flight.

You may also find it helpful to have a chat with the person next to you on the flight.

Here some guidelines, that maybe work for you to help avoid nausea

• Choose forward-facing seat or The center seat

These seats recommended for people prone to getting nausea during flights. Tell your Pilot you are prone to motion sickness, and if possible ask to get the center seat or forward-facing seat.

• Eat less before flight. Don’t go with full or empty stomach. You can suck on peppermints candies during the flight.
• Go to helipad early so you are not in a rush. This make yourself comfortable, don’t be late. Listening to music also help you relax before flight.
• If you wish, take special medicine to prevent nausea. But ask your doctor first.

I once took medicine but felt sleepy afterwards.

• Wear mask. Fumes from helicopter fuel sometimes can make you feel dizzy.
• Take sick sacks with you
• If you want to record or take pictures, use LCD screen instead viewfinder. Peoples found, taking a picture through viewfinder make you feel dizzy.
• Bring your sight looked away to the horizon, look outside as far ahead as possible. Motion detection is more difficult if the focus of your attention is at a distance.

My Last Thought

Riding a scenic helicopter in Nepal is a fresh experience.

When the aircraft lifts off, these helicopters ride offers a much better view of Himalayan Mountain, Valleys, Himalayan sacred lakes and green Forest.

The mix of great visibility and its lower cruising speed deliver a remarkable experience.

You have a splendid chance to win over any motion sickness you may have in the beginning.

My natural remedies using medicated oils to reduce my nausea its works best for me.

The soothe effect of mint believed to reduce queasy stomachs and relieve anxiety.

73, 7% medicated oil compound by peppermint. It have a powerful scent of peppermint. The scent have the numbing effect which can relax your muscles.

I do not intend the information that I write in these blogs to treat or cure any disease related to motion sickness. It is base on my experience.

Love hate feeling because exciting and overwhelming experience when the first time you ride Nepal helicopters ride. It can make you feel discomfort.

But if you are prepared, then flying in a scenic Nepal helicopter ride can be a pleasant experience.

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