Traveller's 'funny tummy' - reviewing the evidence for complementary medicine.

Marc Cohen

Journal: Australian family physician 2007;36(5):335-6

PMID: 17492067

Abstract

The gastrointestinal system is sensitive to both the place and means of travel and traveller's diarrhoea and motion sickness are among the most prevalent travel related conditions. There is now evidence to suggest that both of these ailments may be treated with safe and inexpensive complementary medicines.

Address: Complementary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia. [email protected]

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https://medlineplus.gov/diarrhea.html

MeSH Terms: Australia, Developing Countries, Diarrhea, Evidence-Based Medicine, Family Practice, Zingiber officinale, Humans, Motion Sickness, Probiotics, Travel