Vicks Vaporub
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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 Vaporub 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 having 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. |