vapor rub

[grace]

I got this in an e-mail and thought it was interesting...and I hear it works.

 VICKS VAPO RUB INTERESTING  During a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you can 'taste' it.    

Some of us have used Vicks Vapo rub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. But I've never heard of this. And don't laugh, it works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren't sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapo rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime, then cover with socks. Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly..

Just happened to tune in A.M. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs so, I listened. It was a surprise finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly.

My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes and believe me, this was a deep, ( incredibly annoying!) every few seconds uncontrollable cough, and she slept cough-free for ho ur s every night that she used it.

[Charles Sloan]

I will try this out, thanks for the tip.

[Imabear]

On the feet huh?
My mom always rubbed it on our chests, and she had a Vicks vaporizer, which was a steam humidifier.  It was very different than the ones out on the market today.

[grace]

That is how it was used on me too...My dad even put it in our mouth and up our nose. I like the feet.

They say if you rub garlic on your feet you can taste it in just minutes..have not tried this one.

[Charles Sloan]

My mom always rubbed it on our chests, and she had a Vicks vaporizer, which was a steam humidifier.  It was very different than the ones out on the market today.

We just got one of those vaporizers, just to humidify the room.

[Jaime]

When I was small and got a cough, my mom would rub my chest with Vicks and then fold one of my dad's hankerchiefs in half in the form of a triangle and safety pin it around my neck. What was that all about???