口服干姜粉预防晕船的效果观察

目的验证服用干姜粉预防晕船的效果。方法在航海客轮上进行双盲对照实验，志愿受试者分别口服干姜粉１ｇ、常用抗运动病药晕海宁５０ｍｇ与安慰剂淀粉１ｇ进行对比，观察对运动病具有不同敏感性的１７０名受试者服用上述３种试验用剂后晕船的受抑情况。结果对低度敏感的受试者，干姜粉、晕海宁与安慰剂均具有抗晕船效果；对中度及高度敏感的受试者，安慰剂无效，干姜粉的抗晕船效果优于晕海宁。未发现干姜粉有任何显著不良副作用。结论干姜粉具有明显的抗晕船作用，其效果强于晕海宁

Observation of the sea sickness prophylactic effect of pulvis zingiber siccus

Objective To verify the sea sickness preventing effect of orally taken dry ginger root powder.Methods A double blind control test was carried out in passenger ships on the sea. 170 voluntary testees with different sea sickness susceptibility enlisted from the passengers were given placebo(starch 1 g, p.o.), dimenhydrinate(50 mg,p.o.) or dry ginger root powder(1 g,p.o.) respectively and their sea sickness inhibitory effect compared correspondingly.Results In the testees with low sea sickness susceptibility, all the three test preparations exhibited anti sea sickness effect. In the testees with medium and high sea sickness susceptibility, however, placebo showed no effect and dry ginger root powder was superior to dimenhydrinate inhibiting sea sickness. No notable side effects were found in the testees after oral dry ginger root powder.Conclusions Dry ginger root powder has marked anti sea sickness effect which is stronger than dimenhydrinate.