The Healthy Traveler

The Healthy Traveler helps readers locate and use remedies from pharmacies, health food stores, kitchens--even the backyard--to relieve the common ailments and stresses so often experienced when traveling. It's packed with information that readers will use again and again and is the perfect companion for business, leisure and armchair traveling. This handy traveler's guide is packed with helpful information on what to do when emergencies arise. The subjects covered range from the ordinary afflictions that travelers can experience: difficulty falling asleep, constipation, dealing with food poisoning, traveling on winding roads with a car sick companion, to the more unusual: hiking in the Rockies and experiencing altitude sickness, and preparing to dive the Great Barrier Reef while coughing up blood. Written in layperson's language with a minimum of medical jargon, The Healthy Traveler uses an easy-to-read format that allows readers to look up the information they need quickly and simply, without stress. With a step-by-step explanation of how to deal with differe