Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Vicks.............

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. If you have grandchildren, pass this on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed at how it works.
TRY IT THE NEXT TIME YOU GET A BAD COLD.

7 comments:

Andrea said...

how interesting! our nurse told us to try that when aiden got his cold and it really did work but i've always wondered why!(even the nurse didn't know why it worked...) i had never even heard of that before! and it works on adults too, huh? i'll have to try it next time :)

Kyle & Shanna said...

That is interesting. I might have to try that haha.

M&EMS said...

I actually have done this when I had bronchitis. It helps a lot. Sounds a little crazy, but when you are miserable, you will try anything!

Parry's said...

My friend shared this idea with me! It seemed to help my little girl better than the cough medicines. Coughs are so annoying!

Jeff and Lea said...

Thanks for this! I have a cold right now. I will try it tonight.

Meggie said...

That is so good to know. Avery really hasn't ever had a cough, but I'll have to remember that if she gets one. Thanks! I'm so excited for you to find out what your baby is. It is so fun to see the baby on the ultrasound!

Keri said...

I've done this on more than one occasion, and it really does work!