A note about motion sickness
Acupressure has not been shown to reliably prevent or treat motion sickness. If this wrist practice feels comforting while traveling, use it as an optional supportive practice alongside established travel strategies.
full ROUTINE STRUCTURE
5-Minute Travel Comfort
A slower bilateral PC6 practice with more time to settle before and after. If you’re traveling, use it as a comfort practice rather than a motion-sickness treatment.
Guided self-care with safety and location checks before the timer.
Points in this routine
Protocol note
The exact PointWell sequence, timing, and single-session format have not been directly tested as a complete clinical protocol.
Exact protocol: not validated. 300 seconds; learning, safety and check-in are outside the timer.
- Settle - 15 seconds
Get comfortable somewhere safe and let your breathing stay natural.
- Pressure - 120 seconds left
Use firm, comfortable pressure at left PC6. A small circular motion is fine. Keep the pressure steady without making it painful.
- Transition - 15 seconds
Release the left wrist and change sides without rushing.
- Pressure - 120 seconds right
Repeat the same comfortable pressure on your right wrist.
- Contextual settle - 30 seconds
Release the point and let your hands rest. If you’re a passenger, keep your head as still as comfortably practical and look toward a stable distant point rather than reading or scanning nearby.
Before you begin
PointWell offers general self-care and educational guidance and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical care.
Mild, familiar nausea or optional travel comfort.
Seek urgent medical care instead if nausea or vomiting comes with chest pain, severe abdominal pain, confusion, a high fever with a stiff neck, a severe or unusual headache, blood or coffee-ground-like vomit, green vomit, or significant dehydration.
If you keep vomiting, cannot keep fluids down, or symptoms are persistent or recurring, contact a healthcare professional.
Do not perform this routine while driving or operating a vehicle. Use it only when you can safely free your hands and attention.
Use firm but comfortable pressure at PC6. Skip broken, blistered, irritated, swollen, unusually warm, infected skin, or an IV/PICC region.
Traditional Use
PC6 (Neiguan) has long been used in East Asian medicine in connection with nausea, vomiting, and stomach-related discomfort. Traditional teaching also describes hand pressure at PC6 for motion-related nausea. Traditional use is not proof of modern efficacy.
Modern Evidence
P6 stimulation has been studied for nausea and vomiting in several clinical settings. Evidence varies by population, stimulation method, and protocol. Acupuncture, electrical stimulation, wristbands, and manual acupressure are not treated as interchangeable. Evidence for motion-sickness treatment is mixed or insufficient.
Evidence Labels
Strong traditional use
Supportive; varies by setting and intervention
Mixed / insufficient for treatment claim
Protocol Note
The exact PointWell sequence, timing, and single-session format have not been directly tested as a complete clinical protocol.
The 120-second-per-side component is close to the lower end of some patient self-acupressure guidance, but the exact PointWell five-minute sequence has not been directly validated.
Check-in
How does your nausea feel right now?
- Better
- About the same
- Worse
Immediate self-report only; not a clinical outcome, treatment response, or efficacy measure.
Completion
If you’re traveling, keep using the travel strategies that work for you. Acupressure is an optional comfort practice, not a proven motion-sickness treatment.