Vicks VapoRub may help ease cold symptoms like nose and sinus congestion when used on the chest and throat. It will likely not work to help ease cold symptoms when used on the feet. Learn more ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Molina Ortiz, MD There is no scientific proof that putting Vicks VapoRub on your feet will help ease a cough and other cold symptoms. However, there is some ...

Q: I tried putting Vicks VapoRub on the soles of my feet to calm a cough last night. It did absolutely nothing for me. If anything, my cough got worse. My feet felt like they were on fire, and the ...

A friend suggested I use Vicks VapoRub — on my feet. Instead of rubbing on my chest and neck as I did as a child, I slathered the stinky goo on the bottom of my feet and put on a pair of socks.

Does Putting Vicks VapoRub On Your Feet Cure A Cough? Dan Seitz Senior Contributor Twitter. January 8, 2016. Shutterstock.

Q: I tried putting Vicks VapoRub on the soles of my feet to calm a cough last night. It did absolutely nothing for me. If anything, my cough got worse. My feet felt like they were on fire, and the ...

This advisory that applying Vicks Vaporub (a brand of mentholated topical cream) to the bottom of one's feet at bedtime, then covering those feet with socks, will stop persistent nighttime coughs ...

I was sleeping and my feet were dangling over the edge of the bed. As a prank, my daughter, seven years old at the time, rubbed Vicks VapoRub on them. I awoke to a burning tingle around my toes ...

Q: You have written about using Vicks VapoRub on the soles of the feet to stop a nighttime cough. When I have trouble falling asleep, I do the same thing. I smear a layer of Vicks on the soles of ...