FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL CHEWING GUM FOR MOTION SICKNESS

One of the most prevalent medical conditions that everyone will experience at some point in their lives is motion sickness. This is a common and complicated syndrome that manifests in reaction to perceived or actual motion. All communities, all ages, and all socioeconomic classes see it. A group of symptoms known as "motion sickness" are brought on by the body, inner ear, and eyes sending different signals to the brain. Malaise, anorexia, nausea, yawing, sighing, increased salivation, burping, headaches, and occasionally vomiting are the typical symptoms of motion sickness.

A chewing gum with herbal medication is a portable medication delivery device. It has the potential to be used to administer medication to the oral cavity either locally or consistently. Over the course of the year, herbal chewing gum has become more widely accepted as a medication delivery method. Herbal chewing gum now contains a number of ingredients. The study's objective was to create herbal chewing gum with cinnamon oil and demonstrate how effective its antibacterial properties are at low dosages. Because the bacteria that causes tooth decay, Streptococcus mutans, is more susceptible to the antibacterial properties of cinnamon oil. Various ratios of honey and cinnamon oil are used to make the herbal chewing gum with cinnamon oil. Several characteristics of the prepared chewing gum are assessed, including color, stickiness, weight variation, and hardness; in-vitro drug release was carried out by modification dissolution apparatus.

Keywords: Chewing gum, cinnamon oil, Antibacterial, Gum base, Patient compliance, excellent drug delivery system.