Vicks Vaporrub

Some of us have used Vicks Vaporrub 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 Vaporrub 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 ef fective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.

That is a new one on me. I had never heard of it being put on the bottom of feet.

I have always used it on my chest, neck, back, forehead, etc. when clogged.

I had a grandfather that when winter hit out came the Vicks bottle. He carried one with him everywhere he went. He could often be seen taking out a scoop with a finger and placing in mouth and swallowing it. I DO NOT advocate doing what he done and have NEVER done it -- but it is one of my memories of my grandpa.

It works for toe-nail fungus and also for eczema like in your ears, outside edge of nostrils...

Earwax remover, car polish, bug repellent, cancer cure...
Hey, this stuff is pretty versatile!


No doubt about the foot use for coughs, though.

sleepycarol wrote:That is a new one on me. I had never heard of it being put on the bottom of feet.

I have always used it on my chest, neck, back, forehead, etc. when clogged.

I had a grandfather that when winter hit out came the Vicks bottle. He carried one with him everywhere he went. He could often be seen taking out a scoop with a finger and placing in mouth and swallowing it. I DO NOT advocate doing what he done and have NEVER done it -- but it is one of my memories of my grandpa.

I don't know if I would put Vick's in my mouth either but years ago even though the label clearly stated not to put it in your nose I still did it when my nose was very congested but once the Vick's made it from my nose down to my throat; it didn't taste good.



Stevoreno
Biloxi, Mississippi
11/30/07

A few weeks ago I felt like I was coming down with a cold and got out my jar of Vicks. Smeared it on my chest and put on flannel jammies and slept great. A few days later I was looking at the jar for some reason and noticed the expiration date of June 2003 I never knew this stuff expired! I tossed it and bought a new one, with an expiration date of 2009. Made me check out my medicine cabinet for other things I wouldn't think expired

I tried it on toenail fungus when I was pregnant because the doc wouldnt prescribe anything.....didnt work. It took a round of meds after my daughter was born to knock it out.

Bonnie wrote:A few weeks ago I felt like I was coming down with a cold and got out my jar of Vicks. Smeared it on my chest and put on flannel jammies and slept great. A few days later I was looking at the jar for some reason and noticed the expiration date of June 2003 I never knew this stuff expired! I tossed it and bought a new one, with an expiration date of 2009. Made me check out my medicine cabinet for other things I wouldn't think expired

You'd be amazed at just how many products there are out there which have expiration dates on them but at the same time I have to trust my local pharmacist when I have my prescriptions filled because I have no way of knowing when the pills in my bottles will actually expire. They sent out a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenols to me once; it was February 2005; I had the flu and was sick as a dog.

The expiration date on my bottle of Tylenols was November 2004 which would make you wonder 2 things; either their employees don't pay attention to those expiration dates or my pharmacy doesn't move that many Tylenol products. I called them back and asked them to send out another bottle with a good expiration date; they sent me out another one with a better date.

It must be hard for them to compete with a Walgreens just down the road and a Super Wal-Mart directly across the street. Yea you gotta pay attention to those expiration dates. Try figuring out the expiration date on a can of Del-Monte vegetables with one of those Julian dates on it. You'll end up calling Del-Monte if you want to know their expiration date.




Stevoreno
Biloxi, Mississippi
11/30/07

You are going to laugh... but ... well I rub Vicks on my feet and calves (if my Restless legs act up)... lol... yep... and ... I put a bar of Ivory Soap under my bottom sheet... lol.. look up "Restless Legs and Ivory Soap" and you will find it works for many people.

Vicks reminds me of when I was a little girl, and I had a cold, my mom would put Vicks on my chest and then put a warm washcloth on it. It was soothing and was a great feeling. Just like chewing St. Joseph's baby aspirin (the orange flavor)... lol.

Maybe it's just me.... but I HATE the way that stuff smells.

I think I'd rather smell a cow-patty

wabmorgan wrote:Maybe it's just me.... but I HATE the way that stuff smells.

I think I'd rather smell a cow-patty

Dude!

Youv'e been on that ranch way too long

It might have something to do with what you used as a kid (if they vicks you up when you had a cold). My mom couldn't stand Vicks cause that is what her dad used on them and so she used Mentholatum on us kids. I hate that smell. I love the smell of Vicks -- and it brings back pleasant memories of grandpa.

sleepycarol wrote:It might have something to do with what you used as a kid (if they vicks you up when you had a cold). My mom couldn't stand Vicks cause that is what her dad used on them and so she used Mentholatum on us kids. I hate that smell. I love the smell of Vicks -- and it brings back pleasant memories of grandpa.

LOLOL!! My grandma must have owned stock in Ben-Gay. She used it for everything!! She even rubbed it on her forehead for headaches. When we visited her, there was always an argument over who had to rub her back down that night. Even when I washed my hands afterward, it seemed that it took awhile to get that smell off.

Since living in Arizona, I've struggled with extremely dry skin. I especially have dry heels. I put Vicks on my heels and put socks on before I go to bed. I've put it on my toenail which had fungus too. (I got that from one pedicure at #1 Nail , who I now call #1 Fungus.) I thought I saw an improvement, but I thought it was in my head. After reading Vicks could make it go away, I think I will keep trying it.

wagmorgan, there is NO WAY cow patty smells better than Vicks.

DreamStalker wrote:

wabmorgan wrote:Maybe it's just me.... but I HATE the way that stuff smells.

I think I'd rather smell a cow-patty

Dude!

Youv'e been on that ranch way too long

jimbassett wrote: 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 Vaporrub 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 ef fective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.

Jim,

The above wording in your posting is exact wording from an email flying around the Internet in March 2007. Were you the source of that original widely distributed email claim about Vicks? If not, have you really tried this on children and adults with 100% effectiveness within five minutes?

The full wording of that March 2007 email can be found at snopes.com. Snopes is a fabulous resource to check the validity of email chain letters, urban legends, etc. They do a great job of researching and labeling these items as True, False, or Undetermined. Here is the link to the Vicks claim:

http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/vaporub.asp

Snopes has labeled the Vicks on the feet as a treatment for nighttime coughing claim as Undetermined.

Here is another interesting analysis of the Vicks on the feet claim at Urban Legends:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medica ... _cough.htm