[AT] vicks on feet

[charlie hill]

Jim,

Around here folks use a bar of dove soap under the covers at the foot of 
their bed to stop "restless leg syndrome".  I know I laughed too but Lynn 
tried it and she swears it works.  By the way she is the clinical lab 
manager in a 350 bed hospital so she's not prone to witch craft medicine or 
anything.

Anyway since she swears by the Dove soap I  decided to try the vicks in the 
socks.  I agree it does seem to work.  I'm one of those folks that feel the 
need to understand why things work and here is what if figured out.  The 
stuff is on your feet and covered by your socks which act as a wick of 
sorts.  The fumes slowly wick out of the socks and work their way up under 
the covers where they come out near your nose.  I suspect it would  work 
more quickly on kids and other short people since their toes are closer to 
their nose.

Charlie
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 8:45 PM
Subject: [AT] vicks on feet


>A couple weeks ago there was a discussion where Vicks was rubbed on the 
>bottom of the feet to stop the night time cough. It works! I drive a school 
>bus for Baltimore County MD. A 12 year old girl on my bus was having 
>trouble sleeping due to a dry hacking . I told her about rubbing  Vicks on 
>the feet and put on socks then go to bed. Today she was back in school. She 
>tried this and she said within five minutes she was able to quit coughing 
>and go to sleep. So I mite not be able to fix my tractors with advice from 
>here all the time but their is always something good that comes out. Thanks 
>everyone Jim Hilgartner Hereford Maryland
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