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Treatment of morning sickness takes a variety of forms including dietary changes, regulation of sleeping and eating cycles and the addition of certain supplements and herbs to the diet. In any case, natural herbal remedies are often the best option and provide care for a balanced healthy as well as morning sickness treatment

What is Morning Sickness?

Morning sickness is defined as nausea and vomiting that occurs anytime throughout the day during pregnancy. The condition typically begins during the first month of pregnancy and continues into the third or fourth month. The specific cause of morning sickness is unknown, but it is likely tied to hormone changes as well as blood sugar drops experienced early in pregnancy. Stress, fatigue, traveling and specific foods can contribute to morning sickness as well.

Natural Cures for Nausea during Pregnancy

Typically considered a result of hormonal changes associated with pregnancy, treating morning sickness typically involves settling the stomach to offer relief. Several calming options are available; however, three of the most effective include ginger, lemon juice and red raspberry leaf tea

Ginger

A popular and time-tested spice and herbal remedy, ginger has been used for years as a remedy for stomach upset, diarrhea and nausea. Ginger is comprised of powerful oils and compounds – gingerols and shogaols – that innately calm the stomach and digestive system. One gram of ginger daily is often enough to curb both nausea and vomiting in pregnant women.

Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is another particularly effective nausea treatment. Lemons contain specific neutralizing acids that generate bicarbonates in the stomach, in turn relieving nausea caused by a number of conditions. Lemon juice can be added in tea or taken directly from the lemon itself.

Red Raspberry Leaf Tea

A supplement that is healthful for pregnancies in a variety of ways, it also helps treat nausea. Red raspberry is filled with an assortment of vitamins and minerals including magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A and vitamin B complex. The array of minerals support the body’s functioning and balance the necessary nutrients needed in the pregnant body to deter illness.

Morning sickness is a common condition that involves unpleasant symptoms, particularly nausea and vomiting. When treated with natural methods; however, the condition can largely be avoided.

The comments below reflect the personal experiences and opinions of readers and do not represent medical advice or the views of this website. The information shared has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any disease or health condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical concerns.
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Potato

Posted by Mama To Many (Tn) on 09/10/2020
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While I am on the subject of potatoes, I learned recently that potatoes are a remedy for morning sickness! Somehow I never heard of this when I was having my babies, but my daughter in law is dealing with morning sickness and a mutual friend suggested potatoes. She said her midwife told her about them. She said she often ate a baked potato for breakfast in pregnancy. My daugther in law has found this to be helpful.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. A baked potato is often a first food that I offer to a child who has been sick. It goes down easily and provides some calories and nutrients without being too heavy.

My favorite way to prepare potatoes, if I want something a little more fancy than a baked potato, is to cube the potatoes and toss with olive oil and salt and pepper and bake at 400 till they are beginning to crisp on the outside but are still soft on the inside. When I make these, no matter how many I make, they all get eaten. (And make amazing leftovers for breakfast with some eggs. :)) I am going to make some for my daughter in law tomorrow evening.

Molybdenum

Posted by C (Co) on 08/01/2017
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Back in early 2016, I was looking into molybdenum and noticed that a regional diet study had found lower morning sickness in areas where the diets were high in legumes and whole grains, which happen to be the best commonly-eaten food sources of molybdenum (element #42). The grains that are high in molybdenum are oats and barley, not wheat, which would explain why this connection hasn't been made before. Molybdenum is used by five known enzymes in the body, one of which is sulfite oxidase. Sulfite oxidase, which converts sulfite to sulfate, catalyzes the final step in the process of breaking down endogenous (made in the body) hydrogen sulfide all the way down to sulfate (which is recycled or excreted in urine). Sulfites are known for making people sick, including with nausea, and recent research into hydrogen sulfide has found that it's important to angiogenesis (making new blood vessels from existing ones, so very important when the placenta is being formed) and keeping the uterine muscles from contracting. It looks as though morning sickness might be partly a result of excessive sulfite in our bodies due to not being able to break it down fast enough. Foods that interfere with sulfite oxidase (sulfites and nitrites, especially) do seem to be common triggers for nausea in morning sickness and motion sickness.

So to apply this to morning sickness, eat more legumes/liver/cream/barley/oats/nuts and avoid sulfites (all over the place in processed foods) and nitrites. If you want to try taking molybdenum as a supplement, talk to your OB/GYN first because pregnancy is no time to experiment with large, chronic doses of anything.


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