What you ask. This flippin’ cold! My whole family is down and out with a cold that can hang on better than - I don’t know what. I would like to have something clever to say, but I don’t. I have been hacking away along my daughter (and now my husband too) for TWO WEEKS.

I’m trying to think of a surefire way to get rid of this cough. I can’t stand all the coughing all-night-long.

I was given one idea yesterday.

Not to Vapo rub - to Vapo eat. Someone actually told me that eating raw vicks will cure you? Was that cure you or kill you?

I read the ingredients.

Ingredients
Active Ingredients (Purpose)
Camphor 4.8% (Cough suppressant and topical analgesic)
Eucalyptus oil 1.2% (Cough suppressant)
Menthol 2.6% (Cough suppressant and topical analgesic)

And was almost convinced until I got to the Inactive Ingredients.

Inactive Ingredients
Cedarleaf oil, nutmeg oil, special petrolatum, thymol, turpentine oil

Special petrolatum and turpentine oil does not sound healthy to me. Fair enough since they clearly say not to ingest it.

Maybe I’ll just wait it out. Any other ideas - or should I eat the Vicks?

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