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Cindy (Illinois, USA) on 05/04/2021:
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I was out of swabs - which were 70% - so just took a whiff of bottled alcohol but it was 91%. That was not pleasant. It DID fix the nausea but YIKES! So, don't do that. I cut it half and half with filtered water since it was just the very last of the bottle. I only ever used it to clean nail clippers, pruning shears and things like that but I just plain drank WAY too much coffee and yuck! So I drank a glass of water, which helped somewhat, but jumped on here to see what "The Awesomeness" had to say about nausea and discovered the alcohol swab solution! Except, I was out of swabs so...I had no idea there was such a difference between 91% and 70%. Of course, I'd never actually sniffed it on purpose I checked the swabs and it's much milder so...if you use it out of the bottle and it's 91%, you're going to want to cut it with some water first.
Cie (Miami, Florida ) on 11/11/2017:
Toni (Oakley, Ca ) on 04/18/2017:
My granddaughter used this remedy and it almost worked immediately. Her nausea disappeared, and it was an easy thing to do.
Jose G (California) on 03/28/2016:
Desperate, I checked here at Earthclinic and thank God I did! This trick with rubbing alcohol worked like a charm!
Here's what I did:
At home I grabbed the bottle of rubbing alcohol (that's 70% isopropyl alcohol & 30% water - standard ratio), and took a sniff. I repeated a few times over the next hour and a half, and the nausea disappeared!
Before I left for work I made myself a "just in case" dose of alcohol. I took a paper towel, folded it into thirds, and placed it into a sandwich bag. Then I added a splash of rubbing alcohol so that the paper towel was fully saturated. That went in my pocket, should I feel nauseous at work. I did end up going to the restroom and using once there. Worked fine.
Thank you so much to those who shared this gem of a remedy. You have been a life saver!
Haleyamazing (Concord, Ca.) on 02/28/2014:
Dee (Houston, Tx) on 10/24/2013:
I have nausea due to pregnancy. I soaked a cotton ball in alcohol and sniffed it a few times. I didn't notice much difference, if any. This is my 4th pregnancy, and I never vomit. I just have a sick feeling all day long. I was taking turmeric pills 2-3 times per day at first. They helped for a few days, but then I started getting reflux so bad that I would spit them up about 10 minutes later. When they would stay down, I would notice I had an offensive body odor the next day. I am waiting for acupressure bands to arrive in the mail. I hope those help. Otherwise, I will just have to deal with the nausea for 6 more weeks.
Elaine (Chicago, Illinois) on 04/13/2013:
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Alan (Freehold, New Jersey) on 08/03/2012:
Eager to help I decided to google cures for nausea and came upon your website. After reading all the posts about the use of alcohol packets to cure this condition, I decided to give it a try. I poured a small amount of rubbing alcohol on a gauze pad in a bowl for her to sniff. It was amazing, the nausea stopped almost immediately.
This was a simple folk remedy that really works and should be given more exposure to help the thousands of people who suffer from nausea every day.
Matt (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) on 05/21/2012:
Angelajd (Baton Rouge, La) on 01/24/2012: