ginger root for nausea, anyone?

NatureGrrl

I posted this in the wrong forum so I thought I'd try again here.... hope it's ok to duplicate post.

There has been a much-publicized study on the use of ginger root used as a preventive anti-nausea med. The key is taking it before and into chemo, not just when nausea hits after.

Oddly, before I even heard about this study, my body has been asking for ginger, and I've found a soda that has real ginger in it (not just flavoring), and I've found that soothing.

Just wondering if anyone has tried the capsules and what your results have been.

I bought a small bottle of purified powdered ginger, and wow, do they smell strong! Since I'm just out of chemo #3 I figure I can save these for a preventive use for A/C #4 but was curious if anyone else has gone this route.

I'm only having mild nausea twinges and am controlling it with small doses of ativan (rather than waiting until I really am sure I'm nauseous!) but figure if ginger will prevent even mild twinges ahead of the fact in the future, it's worth doing.

Thanks for any input.

Carol

TXBadboob

Naturegrrl, I don't know about the pills, but I munched on ginger snaps the days I felt nauseaus, just small bites, and it definitely made it better.  I got these at Whole Foods, so not so much sugar and additives.  I tried ginger ale, but I got the regular brand, not so good.  Good luck and prayers through your chemo.

Deen

HeidiSue

Naturegrrl, I'm on CMF and have only had one IV tx and a few days of the po cytoxan so far but I've been taking ginger since 3 days before I started and haven't had any nausea to speak of.  I mince some fresh ginger and put it in a gel capsule I bought at PCC and take one in the am.  For what it's worth, a friend of mine who is a nutritionist told me it's important to buy organic ginger because they use alot of pesticides to grow ginger because it's prone to fungus.  Hope this helps.

Heidi