"Oci-One Kanubi" wrote in message
om...

I imagine it is hogwash. Seasickness is a system malfunction that
results from internal sensory conflict; yer eyes telling you one thing
while yer inner-ear balance center is telling you something else. Why
it manifests as sweating and nausea I don't know, but the symptoms are
generated by such a completely different mechanism than that of other
forms of gastro distress that I'd have a hard time believing that they
could be cured by putting something in yer stomach.


I believe the sweating and nausea are symptoms of shock, but I don't know
the mechanism that brings them on. That being said, though, implies that
there are lots of little mechanisms in place and who knows how yer stomache
and yer brain are connected. I could imagine that the bloodflow to yer
stomache might somehow change the bloodflow in yer brain (I like these
'yer's, btw), or maybe something is absorbed into yer blood (like capisin)
then transmitted to yer brain. Maybe having some gawdawful burning sensation
in yer gut 'distracts' yer brain. Hell, if you take all those psychomeds
(and recreational versions) into account, how can you DENY that you can
affect yer brain by putting something into yer stomache!

--riverman