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Tabacum (tobacco)

Nicotiana tabacum

Botanical illustration of Tabacum

A classic remedy for severe motion sickness and seasickness with deathly nausea, pallor, cold sweat, and vomiting. The nausea may feel better in fresh cool air and worse from the slightest motion or tobacco smell.

Key indications

  • Best for: Nausea and vomiting from high altitude changes; thinning air or motion 
  • Deathly pale face with cold sweat
  • Nausea better from fresh cool air, worse from warmth or tobacco
  • Sinking, empty feeling in the stomach
Worse from

Motion, heat, tobacco smell, riding

Better from

Fresh cool air, lying still, uncovering

Suggested dosage

200C once per hour for three hours before travel.

General guidance only. 200ck may be substituted for 200C potencies. Stop the remedy upon significant improvement. If no improvement after 2-3 doses in acute cases or after 4-6 weeks in chronic cases, try a different remedy. Consult a experienced practitioner if you feel you need additional help for serious or persistent symptoms.