I read an article about rubbing Vicks Vaporub in your soles at night before sleeping to prevent cough. A couple of nights ago, my hubby had been coughing and can’t sleep. I remember about the Vicks Vaporub so I rubbed it to my hubby’s soles and put on his socks and afterwards he fell asleep and only coughed once in a while. I tell you it’s effective.

Here’s the article that I read:

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 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 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. 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 hours 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