This is totally amazing! We hear about more and more uses for Vicks... Our mom's put it on our chests when we had a cold, it helped us breathe better. Well, during a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils, for 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 this 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 your feet at bedtime, then cover with socks. Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and this will last longer than many very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep more soundly. It almost acts like a warm cozy blanket.
I happened to hear on the radio how cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs. Why not try something safe and simple. This 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 children, so they could sleep soundly. There is allot of sickness going around right now, so if you happen to catch it, you have to try this. It works.