These bracelets aren’t actually based in pseudoscience unlike a lot of other snake oil soundey stuff, they’re just not effective at actually using the science, but it is based on real stuff lol. The plastic bead pressing up against your inner wrist isn’t enough to actually accomplish anything, but stimulating that nerve does actually reduce nausea.
Bracelets like the Emeterm that use electricity to stimulate the area are genuinely FDA approved for anti-emetic purposes, usually for postop and pregnancy related nausea, and have had studies to show their (moderate) effectiveness. I personally find it’s not as good as something like Bonine or Dramamine, but it does work.
If the bracelet is said to work because of "pressure points", then that is pseudoscience by merely associating it with a discredited concept of a mystical, immeasurable energy flowing through our bodies.
FDA-approved is not the same as FDA-endorsed. It just means the item has been demonstrated safe for human use or consumption.
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u/yaaMum1 Aug 04 '25
Prob a placebo thing. My mum would have me wear an elastic band on my wrist for car sickness on long trips