Using Homebrand Vicks Vaporub in an unexpected way!
Here we reveal how to get your child to sleep at night when they are coughing...
It works no matter how old your child is.
First put your child to bed just like normal. Don't hint that you'll be in later, just let them try to sleep first. Just let them cough for 15-20 minutes.
When they continue coughing after these 15-20 minutes head in with your Vicks Vaporub or Homebrand equivalent and apply the ointment liberally to their FEET. Yes their FEET ONLY. NOT their chest or back or anywhere else.
Now you want to spread it relatively thickly all over the bottom, top and sides of their feet as well as their ankles. Then slip on some socks so their bed doesn't stink of the stuff and tiptoe back out.
It usually takes about 15-20 minutes to kick in but then the coughing will suddenly stop and they will fall fast asleep.
It works no matter how old your child is.
First put your child to bed just like normal. Don't hint that you'll be in later, just let them try to sleep first. Just let them cough for 15-20 minutes.
When they continue coughing after these 15-20 minutes head in with your Vicks Vaporub or Homebrand equivalent and apply the ointment liberally to their FEET. Yes their FEET ONLY. NOT their chest or back or anywhere else.
Now you want to spread it relatively thickly all over the bottom, top and sides of their feet as well as their ankles. Then slip on some socks so their bed doesn't stink of the stuff and tiptoe back out.
It usually takes about 15-20 minutes to kick in but then the coughing will suddenly stop and they will fall fast asleep.
How It Works...
In these steps above I've given some very specific instructions without the reasoning behind each step. Rest assured there is a strong motivation as to why all the steps are included and why they are described this way, to accentuate the benefits and strengthen the results. Here I explain how it works.
In Chinese Acupuncture needles are used to balance the energy of the body and bring about health, but in actual fact, not only needles can be used. Ice, heat, or fingers (acupressure) are also effective. In the case when a child is coughing at night, the body has brought extra energy to the lungs to help expel pathogens or germs from the lungs, which is experienced as a cough. The problem is that the body often over compensates and brings too much energy to the lungs and the child coughs so much they can't fall asleep. This overcompensation of the body is common and is also the reason for hay fever, other allergy symptoms, shock (when the body draws all the blood from the extremities), and many other common health issues.
The ingredients in Vicks Vaporub cause warmth (even though sometimes it can feel cool), and when applied to the feet, brings the excess energy in the lungs to the feet (furthest point away from the lungs). Without excess energy in the lungs, coughing temporarily stops and allows your child to sleep. Finally the reason to not apply the Vicks Vaporub to the feet when the child first sleeps is that often the child is not ready to sleep when they first go to bed and spend some time winding down before they actually sleep. Allowing your child to lay in bed for 15-20 minutes before applying this remedy allows your child to wind down ready to sleep, so that when this remedy is applied the child falls asleep in the 15-20 minute window that this remedy is actually effective for.
So why doesn't your child start coughing after the effects of the Vicks Vaporub wear off? Because they are now asleep, and more importantly, relaxed so that the body is less prone to the overcompensating that causes that never ending cough.
Please comment below and tell me about how well this worked for you. If there is something you would like explained or anything you would like me to elaborate on, leave a comment below! If you have another great trick you use to stop your child coughing, let us all know and leave a comment below!
Unfortunately this little trick doesn't work during the day, however I do have an amazingly effective (natural of course!) way to curb a daytime cough I learned while I was living in China that I'll be explaining later on.
In the meantime please share this post with your friends, I'm sure at least one of your friends has a child who coughs at night when they have a cold!
If you haven't already subscribed, for FREE, to receiving info on on how to relieve your child's asthma naturally, you can sign up below.
In Chinese Acupuncture needles are used to balance the energy of the body and bring about health, but in actual fact, not only needles can be used. Ice, heat, or fingers (acupressure) are also effective. In the case when a child is coughing at night, the body has brought extra energy to the lungs to help expel pathogens or germs from the lungs, which is experienced as a cough. The problem is that the body often over compensates and brings too much energy to the lungs and the child coughs so much they can't fall asleep. This overcompensation of the body is common and is also the reason for hay fever, other allergy symptoms, shock (when the body draws all the blood from the extremities), and many other common health issues.
The ingredients in Vicks Vaporub cause warmth (even though sometimes it can feel cool), and when applied to the feet, brings the excess energy in the lungs to the feet (furthest point away from the lungs). Without excess energy in the lungs, coughing temporarily stops and allows your child to sleep. Finally the reason to not apply the Vicks Vaporub to the feet when the child first sleeps is that often the child is not ready to sleep when they first go to bed and spend some time winding down before they actually sleep. Allowing your child to lay in bed for 15-20 minutes before applying this remedy allows your child to wind down ready to sleep, so that when this remedy is applied the child falls asleep in the 15-20 minute window that this remedy is actually effective for.
So why doesn't your child start coughing after the effects of the Vicks Vaporub wear off? Because they are now asleep, and more importantly, relaxed so that the body is less prone to the overcompensating that causes that never ending cough.
Please comment below and tell me about how well this worked for you. If there is something you would like explained or anything you would like me to elaborate on, leave a comment below! If you have another great trick you use to stop your child coughing, let us all know and leave a comment below!
Unfortunately this little trick doesn't work during the day, however I do have an amazingly effective (natural of course!) way to curb a daytime cough I learned while I was living in China that I'll be explaining later on.
In the meantime please share this post with your friends, I'm sure at least one of your friends has a child who coughs at night when they have a cold!
If you haven't already subscribed, for FREE, to receiving info on on how to relieve your child's asthma naturally, you can sign up below.
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Childhood Asthma Clinic |
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