Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / October 2007

I received this in an email, does anyone know if it actually works?


VICKS VAPO RUB...TRY IT, IT WORKS

I wish I'd known this when my family was young during
winter colds and coughs. I am going to try it myself.
Share with young parents. Isn't life strange. When we
had 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 at the Canada Research council
(who discovered it) aren't sure why.

To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we
found out personally), put Vicks Vaporub 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. I heard the head of the Canada Research
Council describe these findings on the part of their
scientists when they were investigating the
effectiveness and usage of prescription cough
medicines in children as compared to
alternative therapies like acupressure. 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. Polly 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 hours every night that she used it.

If you have grandchildren, pass it on. If you end up
sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely
amazed by the effect.