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How To Get Rid Of Vertigo: 17 All-Natural Remedies

how to get rid of vertigo

Ever feel like the room is spinning, after getting up too quickly in the morning?

Typically, dizziness only occurs after intense movement or during motion sickness. But for some people, dizzy spells can come out of nowhere.

This, combined with feeling off balance, is referred to as vertigo. It’s different from other types of dizziness because you don’t have to be moving to experience it (1). Many wonder how to get rid of vertigo, but it isn’t exactly straightforward.

While vertigo spells can come and go, some things can trigger it. For one, getting up too quickly, being nauseous, excess exercise, stress, and lack of sleep can exasperate the condition.

Debilitating as it may be, vertigo is a symptom, not a condition in itself. Oddly enough, some types of vertigo can disappear without conventional treatment (2).

How To Know It’s Vertigo

The most common cause of vertigo is an inner ear problem. Specifically, it’s usually caused by a problem in the balance organs of the inner ear. This is referred to as peripheral vertigo.

Alternately, it can be caused by a dysfunction in the central nervous system. This is called central vertigo.

Vertigo may feel like regular dizziness at first, but it’s usually accompanied by hearing loss, tinnitus, nausea, vomiting or a feeling of fullness in the ear.

Peripheral vertigo occurs when the labyrinth of the inner ear is offset by inflammation, infection, injury or drug toxicity. This can also occur from fluid build up or crystals of calcium carbonate within inner ear fluid.

On the other hand, central vertigo occurs when there’s a disturbance in brainstem and cerebellum. It can also occur when messages going to and from the thalamus aren’t properly transmitted. This may or may not be accompanied by headaches and migraines.

While these are the most common causes, vertigo can occur due to other reasons. These include stroke and transient ischemic attack, cerebellar brain tumor, acoustic neuroma and multiple sclerosis.

Symptoms of vertigo include:

  • Spinning
  • Tilting
  • Swaying
  • Being unbalanced
  • Being pulled to one direction
  • Feeling nauseated
  • Vomiting
  • Abnormal or jerking eye movements (nystagmus)
  • Headache
  • Sweating
  • Ringing in the ears or hearing loss

If you experience any of these symptoms, talk to your doctor right away and consider asking for a formal diagnosis.

How To Get Rid Of Vertigo: 21 Remedies

While your doctor may recommend antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, or even surgery, try these remedies first. If you don’t know what’s causing your condition, try a few and see what works!

1. Half Somersault

This exercise for vertigo treatment at home gained popularity in 2012 after CBS4 Health Specialist Kathy Walsh reported on it. It should give you instant relief and it can be done anywhere!

  1. Sitting on your knees, straighten your back and tilt your head to look at the ceiling.
  2. Bring your ear upside down between your palms and your arms to your elbows to the side as if you were doing a somersault.
  3. Turn your head to face your left elbow.
  4. Once you’re no longer dizzy, raise your head to back level.
  5. Wait until you are no longer dizzy and sit back quickly.

2. Shanmukhi Mudra

Yoga is a great way to find your balance, overcome your limitations and readjust your body. This pose work wonders for your sinuses too!

  1. To do it, sit comfortably on a meditation cushion and sit with your legs crossed and your spine straight.
  2. Bring your right foot on top of your left thigh and vice-versa.
  3. Close your eyes and place your hands on your knees.
  4. Hold for a few breaths.
  5. Raise your arms in front of your face with your elbows out to the side.
  6. Close your ears using your thumbs, close your eyelids using your index fingers, and your nostrils with your middle fingers. Use your last two fingers from each hand to close your mouth.
  7. Release your middle fingers and breathe in deeply. Close your nostrils with your fingers and hold the breath as long as comfortable. Release your middle fingers and breathe out.
  8. Repeat the cycle for a full 5-10 minutes.
  9. Finish off my going back to the original position with your hands on your knees.

3. Nadi Shodhan Pranayama

This pose relaxes your mind through breathing one nostril at a time. It can also help you calm down during a dizzy spell.

  7. Nadi Shodhan pranayama. Continue inhaling and exhaling from alternate nostrils.

4. Salamba Sirsasana



5. Halasana



6. Paschimottanasana



7. Shavasana

This pose is great to practice before bed to relieve stress and promote better sleep. If your vertigo is making you feel distressed or frustrated, this pose will help you relax. If you’re trying the other poses on this list, do this one last.


8. Brandt-Daroff Exercise

This exercise is great if you suffer from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo(BPPV) or labyrinthitis. It works by helping your body get used to the confusing signals that are causing your vertigo. It’s actually used in clinics worldwide (3).

  1. Start in an upright, seated position.
  3. Remain in this position for about 30 seconds (or until the vertigo subsides, whichever is longer).
  4. Then move back to the seated position.
  5. Repeat on the other side.

9. Epley Maneuver

This is one of the most common exercises conducted by doctors and therapists to help move calcium crystals out of your ear canal.

  2. Quickly lie down, face up, with your head on the bed (still at the 45-degree angle). The pillow should be under your shoulders. Wait 30 seconds (for any vertigo to stop).
  4. Turn your head and body on its side to the right, so you’re looking at the floor. Wait 30 seconds.
  6. Do on the right side if your right ear bothers you.
  7. Repeat three times before going to bed each night,
    until you’ve gone 24 hours without dizziness.

10. Gaze Stabilization Exercises

These vertigo treatment exercises retrain your brain to not trigger dizziness when you move too quickly. Skip the video below to 1:47 for the exercises.

  1. Sitting still, move your eye from one side of the room to the other, back and forth, about 10 times.
  2. Follow up by looking up and down about ten times, keeping your head still.
  3. Next, look from one corner of the room to the other in a diagonal fashion. Repeat on the other side.
  4. Focus on a spot on the wall in front of you and move your head side to side while focussing on the spot. Repeat, moving your head up and down and then diagonally.

11. Acupressure

Acupressure can slowly help reset your nervous system to relieve vertigo and improve sensory communication. These points also relieve anxiety.

Here are a few points to try:

Third eye: Bring your thumb to the area on your brow between your eyes and hold with steady pressure for 2 minutes.

Pericardium 6: Find the crease where your hand meets your forearm and measure two and a half finger’s width from the crease. Apply steady pressure to the spot, between your tendons using your middle finger. Hold for 1-2 minutes. Repeat on the other forearm multiple times a day.

12. Lymph Drainage Massage

Vertigo can be caused by a build-up of lymph in the inner ear. If you aren’t too active, your lymph might not drain as it should. Move it along with this simple massage.

12. Drain Your Sinuses

Like lymph, congested fluids in your sinuses can put pressure on your ears and eyes and worsen vertigo. Here is a simple 20-second remedy to clear them right up (4)!

  1. To stop a sinus headache in its tracks, push your tongue against the roof of your mouth as you press your thumb right between your eyebrows.
  2. Hold the pressure for 20 seconds. When you release, it will stimulate the vormer bone in your nasal cavity and cause it to vibrate. Immediately, your sinuses will drain into your nose and throat and give some relief.
  3. Repeat every hour or so as needed to treat sinus headaches and sinus pressure.

13. Get Enough Sleep

Being sleep deprived can confuse your brain and worsen vertigo. Since vertigo can also cause sleep deprivation, these essential oils can help you out.


  • 4 ounces of magnesium oil
  • 10 drops Lavender Essential Oil
  • 10 drops Roman Chamomile Essential oil


  1. Mix all the ingredients into a 4 ounce (or larger) glass spray bottle. Cover and shake until the oils mingle thoroughly.
  2. Spray 3-5 times on the bottom of each foot to cover the whole surface before heading to bed.

14. Eat Anti-inflammatory Foods

If inflammation is putting pressure on your brain or your inner ear, it’s important to watch what you eat.

While there are plenty of foods you can eat every day to fight inflammation, this drink is a great place to start.


  • 1/2 Teaspoon of Fresh or Powdered, Organic Ginger
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of Organic Cinnamon Bark or Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Organic Turmeric Powder
  • 1 Teaspoon of Organic, Unrefined, Unbleached, Non-deodorized Coconut Oil
  • 1 Teaspoon Organic Honey
  • 1 Cup of Hot Water

Steeping Instructions:

  1. Bring the water to a boil in a tea pot or sauce pan.
  2. Place the ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon is a small, ceramic or glass bowl.
  3. Pour hot water over spices, cover the bowl, and allow the mixture to steep for at least 10 minutes.
  4. Strain tea off of the spices into a large mug and melt coconut oil as well as honey into the tea.
  5. Discard used spices and enjoy.

15. Stay Hydrated

Dehydration can worsen vertigo and is also a side effect of Benign positional vertigo. It’s also a primary cause of headaches (5).

Stay hydrated with this electrolyte-packed watermelon slushie.


  • 2 Cups of frozen watermelon chunks
  • 2 Cups coconut water


    Serve and enjoy!

16. Clean Your Ears

Vertigo can be experienced temporarily when fluid builds up during an ear infection or if you ear canal is clogged with wax. The remedy below works well, but should not be attempted if you suffer from a perforated ear drum.


  • White vinegar
  • Rubbing alcohol


  1. Take a small container and fill it halfway with white vinegar and equal parts rubbing alcohol.
  2. Tilt your head to one side, so your ear is level and will hold the liquid inside, then gently pour in about a teaspoon or a few drops of the mixture.
  3. Stay still for one minute, then sit back up and allow the liquid to drain from the ear.
  4. Repeat twice a day until the discomfort and vertigo subsides.

17. Natural Antibiotics

If you’re feeling dizzy because of an ear infection, treat it in as little as two days with this simple remedy.

Ingredients :

  • A few drops of tea tree oil
  • Two tablespoons of olive oil

How To Use:

  1. Mix the tea tree oil and olive oil in a small bowl.
  2. Place the bowl in a larger bowl filled with boiled water, making sure the water and oil don’t mix.
  3. Once warm (but not hot), gently pour the oil into the ear and wait 5 minutes.
  4. Lay down with the painful ear against a towel-covered pillow until the whole mixture comes out.
  5. Repeat 2-3 times a day for two days.

There you have it! Now you know how to treat vertigo! Since many things can cause vertigo, don’t knock any of them until you try them! During treatment, avoid sudden movements and lower the intensity of your workouts.

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