I think I posted this miracle cough cure before, but...

[TreasonousBastard]

I just did it again.

I read on some oddball health site that rubbing Vick's Vap-O-Rub on the soles of your feet stops a coughing attack. Sounded silly, but I tried it and it worked.

Just worked again tonight. Terrible dry cough as i get to the end of this cold I've had. Stopped it in one minute flat.

Now, the theory is that the stuff in that stuff is absorbed faster through the soles and gets to work immediately. I mentioned it during a trip to the VA hospital and the reaction was "Yeah, we know and we all do that."

So, why don't you publicize it as a treatment?"

"It's not officially a treatment, so we can't advise you to do it, but we might do it if you have an attack while you're here and no one's looking."

Yea! Modern medicine.

But, if you have a bad cough, give it a shot.

[Suich]

1. Thanks!!!

I'd forgotten all about that. I remember using the Vicks 4 or 5 years ago and it worked great!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Thanks! I have a terrible cough, think I'm getting bronchitis...

My mother used to smear Vicks on us when we were kids, along with cranking up the vaporizer. Just added Vicks to my shopping list, certainly worth a try!

[C Moon]

3. Me too!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Let us know if it helps - I've never heard of this before...

[ZombieHorde]

5. I feel skeptical,

but I may try it if any of my kids get a bad cough.

[Dorian Gray]

9. I get the bad cough...

It doesn't help all that much, but the smell is soothing (reminds me of childhood sickness), and I still do it anyhow. (Though i get terrible coughs/bronchitis every year, so I'll try everything during the months I'm trying to get better.)

[ErikJ]

6. Best natural cure for cough is drink lots of water.

I had a bad cough when I was touring Norway. I went to a pharmacist and asked him if there was any meds for cough and he said no, just drink lots of water. So I did and it worked. Not sure why but I think the body needs more water when fighting colds.

[Chemisse]

7. I think it provides more liquid to make the cough loosen up.

And then you can cough the stuff out and be done with it.

[Silent3]

8. Either way you don't get to sleep.

Up all night coughing, or up all night peeing. You can't win!

[ellenrr]

10. I have another 'miracle cure'

I found it on internet. It works.

In the past there were times when I had a dry cough that would not stop.
There were times when I thot I would have to call ER bec. the cough would go on for so long.

The treatment is this: a spoonful of garlic powder+honey.

It works immediately and quiets the cough for hours. At least for me it did. Nothing else would work.