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I went back east over Christmas break and the cold weather inevitably brings getting sick. I was staying at my parent’s house, which at any given time could have up to nine or 10 people in it. So as you can imagine, when one gets sick, all get sick. When it was my turn to have the runny nose, cough and congestion, I wasn’t coping well. Every time I would lie down to go to sleep, I would cough. I tried to prop myself up with pillows, but then I couldn’t fall asleep.
My mother told me that a friend of the family had told her that if you rub Vick’s Vapor Rub on the bottom of your feet and then put socks on, you will sleep like a baby. Being desperate to get some sleep, I was game. My mother, being the angel that she is, lathered my feet up with Vick’s, I put on my socks and was off to bed.
I had the best night’s sleep I have had in a long time. I don’t know how it scientifically or medically works, but it does! Before I fell asleep, I was getting faint whiffs of the Vick’s and then it was lights out.
The next time you’re sick and can’t sleep, don’t even waste the time putting Vick’s Vapor Rub on your throat and chest like the label tells you to. Go right for your feet and get ready to have a peaceful night’s sleep.
