"riverman" wrote in message ...
"Oci-One Kanubi" wrote in message
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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!


Myron, ol' blood, I wooden deny for a moment that putting
mind-altering substances into yer body (by way of yer mouth and
stomach) will alter yer mind.

I am making the assumptions that (1) most gastro problems are the
result either of an acid imbalance or of some kinda critter breeding
in the gut, and (2) alkaline tablets can deal with the acid imbalance,
and, perhaps, capsaicin can deal with the viri or amoebae, but that
(3) seasickness involves a third mechanism altogether, a psychosomatic
mechanism.

I cannot see any real reason to assume that a treatment that attacks
one of the three mechanisms should necessarily attack another. I
mean, s'pose capsaicin works by killing amoebae or viri. Not
unreasonable? OK, but there ARE NO such amoebae or viri (other than
the normal denizens of that dark and disgusting place) in a
motion-sick stomach if the sickness is purely psychosomatic, so how
can capsaicin kill them and sove yer problem?

As a test, next time you are knee-crawlin' and pot-huggin' due to some
tainted food, stick on a Dramamine patch. Proven to reduce
sea-sickness symptoms, I'll bet you a shiny new Sacajawea yankee
dollar that it won't do a thing for acid imbalance or ralphincritters.
In fact, I'll bet Dramamine works exactly because it IS one of those
psychomeds (I'm not so certain about thise one, so this time the bet
is only a shiny 2000 Maryland US quarter[I reserve the right to
substitute a Massachusetts quarter if I have to]).


-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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