Can Vicks Rubbed on Feet Help A Cough?

My Grandpa was a firm believer in using Vicks for almost every affliction. To help a cough. You rub it on the soles of your feet, then put some socks on.














When my children were little. I used this. It worked really well. However, I did not take them outside with it on. If we did have to go anywhere, I made sure to give them a bath first, to wash away the vicks.

Most of the time, it takes being desperate, to try something like this. That is what I would call what happened with me. It was after my first child was born. I had a difficult time in the delivery. She was a 7 pound baby, but she was turned wrong. We are blessed to both be here today. I had hemorrhoids the size of golf balls, afterwards. I was miserable. My Grandpa said "Put some Vicks on them, it will help." I was not to thrilled at the thought of that. A couple days went by, I kept thinking of what my grandpa said. So I broke down and tried it. Oh my the cooling sensation. The effects of applying Vicks directly onto a hemorrhoid (when the skin isn’t broken) is an almost instant cooling and soothing sensation and hemorrhoid shrinkage. In some cases, shrinkage has been stated as being instantaneous, reducing the hemorrhoid in size dramatically, as much as 50% in some cases within a few minutes.

How have you used Vicks?