Originally Posted by
BonnieLass
Not a pilot, but worked part time at a flying school...... a flying instructor (the late Bob Walker at Rogers Aviation at Cranfield) used to tell new students to always have a pack of Polo mints with them to sort any ear issues and either eat or drink something with ginger in it to stop any potential nausea (ginger beer, ginger ale, crystallised ginger....even a packet of ginger biscuits would do). He would always make sure that any students who did feel queasy during a flight were fed from his "emergency ginger stash" in the aircraft's door pocket.
There might be medical creditability of ginger suppressing nausea, but even a placebo effect can prevent motion sickness of an anxious person.