Getting ready for take off? Stop at your health food store first. Flying for long distances, especially through several time zones,
is very stressing to the body. But you can arrive refreshed, thanks to these natural remedies:
Reset Your Body Clock with Natural Remedies
Before taking your trip, load up on antioxidant vitamins A (10,000
IU) , C, E (400 IU), and the mineral selenium. This will help protect you
against free radical damage caused by radiation during the flight. Take an
anti-stress high-potency B-complex (50 mg) vitamin with 1,000 mg of
time-release vitamin C.
On the plane. A high carbohydrate meal will make it easier to sleep either on the plane or at your destination. The plane's environment will probably be lower in oxygen than the regular atmosphere and also quite dry, which may cause you to become dehydrated. If you drink alcoholic beverages it will make you even more dehydrated. So during the flight (and afterward) be sure to drink plenty
of fluids, especially water, to rehydrate your body.
When you land. If you arrive during the
day, get some sunlight to recharge your batteries. This will help you adjust to
the new time zone. A lavender or rosemary aromatherapy bath, clay mask, followed by a
quick cold shower will make you feel refreshed. The Chinese patent formula Cerebral
Tonic Pills can also be used to help overcome jet lag. Allow yourself a day or so to adjust to a new time zone.
Homeopathic remedies that can help jet lag include:
Arnica
: For
the shock and stress of changing time zones.
Cocculus:
Hollow empty feeling, irritable, weak, foggy. Nausea
and faintness.
Nux vomica: Nervous debility with trembling. No
desire for food. Irritable and constipated.
Phosphorus: Dizzy, sluggish, absent minded
and cloudy. Dizzy in morning. May have vomiting. Natural food stores
carry homeopathic combinations to help overcome jet lag.
Sleep Easier
Before you go, adjust your sleep routine to the new time zone.
Also, try to schedule your arrival for 9 PM so you can get a rejuvenating
night´s sleep. If you are traveling across time zones, take up to 8 mg of
melatonin at bedtime at your destination. Melatonin is manufactured in the
brain during periods of darkness (the level of the hormone melatonin decreases
with age, people over the age of 50 are more susceptible to jet lag) to promote
sleep. Usage for four days after arriving makes you less sleepy, more efficient
at work, and less moody. Melatonin helps re-set your body clock and facilitates
deep and restful sleep. For best results, take 30 minutes before bedtime. An
Epsom salt bath will also help you sleep. Do not take if you are driving,
operating machinery, or before work.
If you have any questions or concerns please see your health practitioner.
Happy Travels!
Chrystle
Here's a book to take on your flight! SCENT to KILL: A Natural Remedies Mystery. Here's the scoop!
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Willow McQuade, naturopathic doctor, along with her hunky
ex-cop boyfriend Jackson Spade, attend a party for a psychic TV show that is
filming on Long Island’s idyllic East End. However, Willow is much more
interested in visiting the estate’s lavender farm, seeking inspiration for the
new aromatherapy workshops she'll be holding at her store, Nature’s Way Market
& Café.
Before the party is over, Roger Bixby one
of the producers is dead and the police suspect murder. Roger was working on
the show, MJ’s Mind, with Carly Bixby, his ex-wife and the new
girlfriend of Willow's ex from L.A., TV writer/producer Simon Lewis.
After Willow leaves the party, she gets
a frantic text from Simon asking for her help. Since Simon had a fight with
Roger earlier in the evening, and because of his death is now the primary
shareholder in Galaxy films, Willow's ex becomes the prime suspect. Simon begs
her to crack the case and clear him of the murder. MJ McClellan, the
psychic and star of the show also asks Willow for help. She hires Willow to
provide natural remedies, including aromatherapy, massage, acupuncture and yoga
to soothe the agitated crew of her show.
To find the killer, Willow has to deal
with ghosts in a haunted mansion, a truly dysfunctional family, death threats
and “accidents,” while trying to untangle a homicide identical to one committed
during prohibition. Thankfully, Jackson has been hired to provide security and
is there to watch her back and help Willow solve this spooky mystery.
I'm the author of SCENT TO KILL, (Gallery
Books/Simon & Schuster) the second in the NATURAL REMEDIES MYSTERY series,
DEATH DROPS: A Natural Remedies Mystery, the non-fiction title THE COMPLETE
IDIOT'S GUIDE TO NATURAL REMEDIES (Alpha, 2009), co-author of BEAT SUGAR
ADDICTION NOW! (Fairwinds Press, 2010), currently in its fourth printing, the
BEAT SUGAR ADDICTION NOW!COOKBOOK (Fairwinds Press, 2012) and THE COUNTRY
ALMANAC OF HOME REMEDIES (Fairwinds, 2011). My magazine articles
featuring natural remedies have appeared in many national publications
including Natural Health, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, Better Homes & Gardens and
Remedy. Visit www.chrystlefiedler.com.
2 comments:
Wish I'd had some of this information before my trip to RWA National, Chrystle, since the conference was way across the country from where I live. I'll keep it in mind for my next journey.
Sometimes some people can't really take it, even those people who are well traveled sometimes they still cannot manage to control their jet lags. Thank you for this natural remedies you've shared. I believe this would help every one.
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