Most people think air, land and sea sickness start in the stomach. Wrong! Guess again. Constant jarring of the semicircular canals in the ears cause inner balance problems that produce those awful motion sickness symptoms. What to do? Go suck a lemon! Really! That's one of the time-tested remedies. Here are a few more that might help you get through that miserable feeling.

Pull out and pinch the skin in the middle of your inner wrist, about an inch from your palm. Keep pulling and pinching alternate wrists until you feel better.
A cup of peppermint or chamomile tea may calm the stomach and alleviate nausea.
Take ginger in capsule form half an hour to an hour before the trip.
Take vitamin B6 for three days prior to the trip.
Suck a piece of peeled ginger root.
Wear motion sickness bands on your wrists.

Make Things Spicy
Mix 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a cup of warm water or a cup of soup and force yourself to finish it, even if you think it'll finish you. It won't. But it may stop the nausea.

At the first sign of motion sickness, take a metal comb or wire brush and run the teeth over the backs of your hands, particularly the area from the thumb to the first finger, including the web of skin in between both fingers. You may have relief in five to 10 minutes.

Briskly massage the fourth and fifth fingers of each hand, with particular emphasis on the vicinity of the pinkies knuckle. You may feel relief within 15 minutes.

During a bout of motion sickness, suck a lemon or drink some fresh-squeezed lemon juice to relieve the queasiness.

To avoid the misery of motion sickness, a doctor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, recommends taking two or three capsules of powdered ginger a half-hour before the expected motion. Or stir ? teaspoon of ginger powder into 8 ounces of warm water and drink it about 20 minutes before you travel.

Here's a we-don't-know-why-it-works-but-it-does remedy-tape an umeboshi (that's a Japanese pickled plum) directly on your navel, right before you board a bus, train, car, plane or ship, and it should prevent motion sickness. Umeboshi plums are available at health food stores and at Asian markets.

Incidentally, the plums are very rich in calcium and iron. Of course, to reap those benefits, one must eat them, rather than tape them to one's tummy.