12 Amazing Uses & Benefits of Vicks VapoRub You Must Know
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- Here are 12 amazing uses and benefits of Vicks VapoRub you must know! This healing ointment is a must-have item in every home. It is a well-known brand that has been around for over 100 years. It’s easy to find at any store, and it’s a great way to get relief from colds, congestion, and other common ailments. But did you know there are many other ways to use Vicks VapoRub?
That’s right! It can be used for various things, from soothing muscle pain and joint pain to relieving headaches, fading stretch marks, and even treating athletes’ foot and nail fungus! So, if you want to learn more about the amazing uses and benefits of Vicks VapoRub, you’ve come to the right place! Check out this video and let us know your favorite ways to use Vicks VapoRub!
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When I had a cold, my dear old Mum would put Vicks into a bowl and pour over some hot water. She would put a towel over my head and over the bowl. I am now 75 years old and still use this method.
Me too, or on my chest and back as a child before going to bed as you body warms it releases and rises up to be inhaled
your mum and dud
Some humidifiers have a place to put Vicks in it. Basically doing the same thing.
I rub it under my feet then i found out it's good for my neuropathy. I just thought i had sore feet from walking
Me Too! The best ever! Still use it!
Before antibiotic this stuff saved more lives from pneumonia than anything else. This was all my mother would used along with a old scratchy wool towel to cover it. I still use it for nasal congestion most nights so I can breath through my nose.
breathe, not breath. Breathe is what you do. Breath is what you take.
I’ve had congestion issues and I started rubbing it under my nose and seems to help.
@whatfreedom7
Yup me too
@@whatfreedom7
Yup , me too
@@whatfreedom7 rub it in your chest as well
My Dad knew the greatness of Vick’s Vaporub back in the 70’s. He always said every medicine cabinet should have a jar of Vick’s. All of the menthol (volatile) oils you listed have amazing properties such as, anti microbial, anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti viral (warts), and anti mucus.
When I was 12 my Dad pierced my ears for me. He used an upholstery needle for the correct sized hole and upholstery thread for it’s thickness. He tied the thread off and slathered Vick’s on them and pulling them through to get the Vick’s inside. He told me to wash them with soap n water in the shower thoroughly, dry them off n reapply the Vick’s every day. After 3 weeks he cut the strings out n I wore my first pair of earrings, that he made for me. He was a silversmith/ jeweler.
I have always kept a jar of Vick’s in my home. It really is great for so many things! 💯✨👍🏽
Awe, that’s the sweetest story ❤❤❤❤
@@Michelle-uh7zy , thank you. 💝
He was so right ! My dad said the same thing !
It's not made as strong as long ago,almost everything that worked before is either not manufactured anymore or not made as potent.
My thoughts exactly.
😅😮😮😢😂 5:13 😅
I noticed that also…it quickly loses its scent and kinda evaporates once you put it on. When i was younger it used to be much stronger.
@@Dani-dg4ut True 👍
So What Use it Double Strength!!
For some unfortunate reason I was born with Pneumonia 1 (as it was called in 1960). And I was always susceptible to getting sick and having strep throat. My Sweet Mamma always rubbed Vicks on and around my throat. And then wrapped a sock around it and I would start feeling better in a day or so. She also would boil Vicks in a pan on the stove. To let that aroma go through our old house and let me tell ya it worked too. Because our sinuses would be clear and it always made me and my 7 siblings feel better. 😊 She was such a smart lady! 🥰 I love and miss her. 😉
I thought that pneumonia was still called pneumonia!
What is it called now?
@@JaEDLanc
I’m sorry if you got confused. Yes it’s still called pneumonia. But in 1960 when I was born. That’s what it was called. At least that’s what my oldest sister told me. I thought it sounded a little odd too. But medical terms for these illnesses changes so quickly it seems. And now you don’t hear about numbers being used with them anymore.
Your Mother Knew What You and everyone in your family needed too bad so many don’t realize this !
What a wonderful mother!❤️
When you have a really bad cough that’s keeping you awake at night apply a good amount of Vicks Vaporub to the soles of your feet then cover with socks it will stop the cough and you end up having a goodnights sleep, it really does work.
Thanks I’ve tried it an it works 🙌🏽
Me too Helen, it works l been doing that for years
I suffer from heart n lung disease I use inhaler and gym spray but I've found now by rubbing Vicks vapour on the sole of my feet at night actually helps with my breathing as I can get very conjested can't breath it's not nice Vicks vapour rub helps so much I recommend anyone who has breathing or coughing problems to try it it works for me that's for sure
G t n spray for heart sorry for the misspelling (not gym spray)
Hi Susan, how does the Vicks on the soles of you feet help with your breathing? Gets absorbed via the feet and finds it's way breathing passages? Curious?
From what I understand, if you rub Vick's Vaporub on your feet, it can actually help with coughing.
yes it does I use it it works
find a chart with reflex zones and see where the area for lungs is. That' s where you apply it, then put socks on and go to bed.
When you have a really bad cough that’s keeping you awake at night apply a good amount of Vicks Vaporub to the soles of your feet then cover with socks it will stop the cough and you end up having a goodnights sleep it really does work.
@@helendavis6901 Thank you for sharing Helen. I'm definitely going to try this next time I have a bad cough. 😊👍👍
And it helps with nerve pain too 👍
I drill holes in the lid and put the entire jar under my motorcycle cover when I put it away for the winter. I keeps mice away so there are no nests, stored food, mouse poop, or chewed wiring. I put a couple in my shed and basement too.
Im going to try this, Thanks for sharing...
What a good idea
Camphor cake in every vehicle and gun safe prevents moisture and rust
My late mom was a depression baby and she used Vicks for everything. She put it on her forehead for headaches and migraines. She put it up her nose to breathe better at night. She put it on her chest for a cold, and she put it on her toe nailed to help stop fungus on your toe nails!!
I have at least 2 jars always handy so when a headache starts I rub some Vicks on my temples, forehead and just above my top lip and in only a few minutes I feel fine😁 totally without any negative side effects! One jars on my bedside table and the other in my purse. Don't leave home without it, hee, heeee
My mom used Vick’s on us as children , to this day I associate the Sent of Vick’s with Love ❤️ and comfort .
I slept in a bed with my Nan until she died when I was 6. Every night she would put Vicks either side of my nose. I’m 54 now and I still put it on every night for no reason other than it reminds me of my Nan. And it makes me feel safe x
I'll be 72, I remember my late mom used Vicks all the time for me & my sister & brother when we're sick. This stuff works for us and I still use it myself, always have Vicks handy.💖💖💖
This was great, thank YOU! We have always used Vicks rub for our colds, (Mom is 99 and I'm 67) but these remedies were wonderful, especially for aches and sore mucles pain.
I use it also for keeping gnats off of my horse & donkeys ears! Just cover inside of ears with it… works great too!
The best one:
As a disaster volunteer, I learned in the 1999 Izmit, Turkey earthquake that putting some Vicks inside your dust mask helps to deal with the smell of dead bodies in large scale disasters.
I heard homicide detectives put a scoop in each nostril when going onto scenes when decomp has begun.
My Mom used Vick's on me when I was stuffy. She also used pine tar potice talk about a smell but they worked.
May God bless everyone!
Chapped lips, dry hair. Put it on your damp hair by lightly running your fingers and hands over and thru your hair, avoiding the scalp area. Using a blow dryer on cool sculpt your style. You’ll be amazed how silky, shiny, less frizzy and tame your hair will be. It’s my go to.
Well, it turns out that the ointment that I have only known so far to treat flu and colds is more than just that, thank you for the information, I will try it soon!
Oh another one, when we was kids in the 1970's my mum would put vicks on the tip of a spoon, dip it in sugar & we would eat it to get rid of a sore throat.
Magic stuff, cheap and efficient, grew up with it - today I am a fan of Tiger Balm and Siang Pure Oil....
An old trick we used it for when I was in college and we had to stay awake studying of working on a protect was to rub very gently a tiny amount below your eyes, NOT YOUR EYELID, below it. The menthol vapor makes your sleepy eyes wake up.
I wanted to add that if you are using vicks vaporub for muscle ,neck .... pain you must cover the area with a piece of cloth under you wearings to keep it warm this will relief the pain , it's better to use vicks before going to bed, don't rub vicks and go outdoor, it could make you feel worse .thanks for the video🙋♀️❤
Yes, it opens the pores so be sure to wash it off with warm soapy washcloth before going out into cold weather.
Vicks Vapor Rub is also great for tooth aches! I tried it and it works great!
I love this stuff! As a child it was used for the usual colds, etc. and didn't use it for years because pharma always had something better, right? A recent flu occurred and I tried it again and wow, I forgot how good it smelled and worked overnight with a bandana around the neck. I seem to remember having it put in a humidifier with warm water. I must say I did notice it's not as strong as it used to be. I wish that had not changed. I will never be without this again.
I love my VapoRub! I put it on my Arches feet. Keeps my air way clear! Every night ♥️♥️♥️ thank you for sharing
If you have a toothache and can't get to a dentist right away, at bedtime rub some Vicks on the spot on your jaw where it hurts. It will soon numb the pain so you can sleep. Because it is not as strong as it used to be, you might need to reapply a little if you wake up overnight. Works for me.
Must tell my daughter she is in pain
@@MargaretNolan-hs8mh😊😊😊😊
I have used it for years for sunburns. Be careful around eyes and sentitive areas
Wow wow I didn't know I always feeling lots of pain in my neck and my knee thank you so much 👍👍👍👍
My mother would always put it on our chest an back , and my father had her put it on the bottom of our feet seed to work colds cleared up pretty fast I did same thing with my kids they have done it with their . I do agree it’s not the same formula it was stronger . I love the smell of Vicks.
For some reason when us kids got sick our Vietnamese mother scraped this stuff on our back.... with a penny. We learnt pretty quick not to get sick. Years later we all told her it was unnecessary but her argument was we grew up healthy. Can't argue with that.
Yeah my ex was Vietnamese she did it with green oil and a coin whenever I had the flu, looked like I'd been wipped 😂
Unfortunately, the VapoRub you have in the US is extremely weak, not the full strength the way is it
suppose to be. I know coming from Europe the VapoRub is very strong and full capacity on the
ingredient. I believe it is made probably in China. Maybe the US should consider making
the VapoRub genuine in the future.
Maybe we don't make it like other countries because too much of the ingredients can be toxic if too much or you are exposed high levels of the ingredients
@@samanthashaw8329 Sounds like BS to me since it was used that way for a long time, they always discontinue or change things that work too good. Take Theraflu for example before it was pulled off the market for a year and it's ingredients changed.
@@Kaiser499TV one reason it's not as strong because scientists learned that too much of certain ingredients can be harmful.
In America food and drug administration regulates or sets the max amount of medicine active ingredients
Greetings from the FED led by Big Pharma!
In Germany Wick contains this: 2,75 g Levomenthol, 5,0 g Campher, 5,0 g Terpentinöl und 1,5 g Eucalyptusöl in 100 g.
@@samanthashaw8329 That's right. Camphor, can be toxic, especially to children.
Thank you for the advice I will be using Vicks more often.
For cracked heels best thing is Vaseline it works like a majic. I have never used Vicks on cracked heels but am a regular user of Vaseline after my shower. It clears in a day or two. TRY IT.
I am a 83 year old male and I have been putting Vicks in my nostrils every night for the past 30 years at least, after my wife and I had very bad flu for 2 weeks. Since then I haven’t had even a bad cold, the skin inside my nose has not been affected by the nightly application.
i just googled it and that's not good.
@@dianam9028 ... Neither is the food that they sell in the supermarkets, if something help people are going to use it.
@Diana Google is not good!
Petroleum-based oils like Vicks VapoRub can cause a rare form of pneumonia called exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) when applied to the nose or nostrils.
I do that every night since I was born, and I can't sleep if I don't put some on my nose.
I love vicks. I have been using it along time ago.😍
I’ve used it on hemorrhoids for several years! Relieves the itch and swelling!
Been using this for years . Fixes almost everything. The humble vicks is the best.
That is so true.the strength is not the same anymore.
Ohhhhh, I used to love Vicks Vaporub. It has been 15 years since two doctors at Emory Hospital told me to NEVER use it again. I can still remember the smell, though.❤️
I have been using Vicks for many years. In the winter if I get a stuffy nose I rub it on my chest while I sleep. I just sprained my ankle and I rub Vicks on my very painful ligaments and it helps ease the pain. I rub it on any place that hurts. It is wonderful, I love the smell. I use it all the time. Nice video I never heard it for bug bites. Thanks.
Thank you for the tips❤
I have a jar from the early-1960s & still use it regularly.
Nice. Guess my one from 2yrs ago isn't old after all lol
It must be a bucket size jar 😂
What ,Once a year?
Dr Scott l guess l won't throw away the old jars l keep them
Thank you! Going to stock up on this little miracle in the blue jar! 😉
Enjoyed this video!
😉👍🏽
Thank you for the great important information. I use Vicks a lot but I will use it a lot more now....
My dog just recently had an accident ,he ran into a plank chest eye of course he wasn’t watching where he was going he swelled up pretty much straight ,I pulled out the Vick’s and plastered it all on the chest bone it warmed it up straight away put him on the lounge and his pillow and he slept for ten hrs next day did it again,very sore to touch by the next day he was up walking around slowly best stuff ever
Amazing upload
I really enjojed watching your Video . Who would have thought Vicks Vapor Rub could do so many things at one time .. How Cool Is That !!'
Thank You 🙏 Sure Need this!
All you mention about Vicks vaporub are all correct. I can attest of that
I can sure use this after work
Nothing Like Vicks® Vapo Rub. I dont go anywhere without it.
Thank for your good advice
When my nose is stuffy from dust, etc., I just dab a little under my nostrils! Works every time!
My cat loves Vicks. It wouldn’t keep her away, but I love it too.
Thanks for the useful informations
The other day a glad was up in my neck & i rubbed some vicks on it & within a few minutes the pain had gone... & later that day it started hurting again so i rubbed some more on & it got rid of the pain again after a few minutes! So it works...
Vicks is my go to to for alot of stuff. My dad would rub a really thick coat of vicks on our chest when we had a bad cold back in the 60"s, warm a washrag on the old wood stove a really thin king heater, that's what was the brand of the wood stove, and put that really warm cloth on over the vick, i hated it so much but it really helped. Back in the day people would swallow a dollop of vick to help if they had a bad chest cold, the flu and bad sore throat. I absolutely love it now. I have it in my ourse, my bedroom, kithen. It's some great stuff❤
Of today’s meds Vicks is still the strongest over off brands
Thank you for your post, just so happens I have some on hand, I used on my son when he was congested, never heard using it for feet fungus, so I got it out and applied it on my toes and feet, I'll tell you if it works, even if it doesn't I going to use this, it's my go to for colds, and now I'm trying it on my feet with my clean socks, I'll hopefully let ya'll if it works. I used to as a kid, my grandma would use it on me for my asthma we'd boil it with water and put a towel over it to help me breath and control my wheezing and after a bit I could deep, it worked then and I'm sure it works now. Again, thank you for this post. I found this very very, useful
You can add a half a cup of bleach to your shower water. Like close the drain, add the bleach so your feet can soak while you shower. At the end of your shower, open your drain so you can rinse your feet. Dry your feet thoroughly. Once completely dry generously add Vicks vapor rub or any non brand to your toes and then your whole foot. CLEAN WHITE SOCKS EVERY NIGHT. You should see improvement in 7 days or even sooner. Spray all of your shoes with 91% alcohol. Be sure your socks are being sterilized when you wash them. If not grab a mop buck or trash can, put a scoop or two of any brand OXI CLEAN let your socks soak for 30 minutes. Then pour the entire mixture in the washer and wash as usual. Dry socks on high! You have to kill other spaces and things that have the fungus on it or have been exposed. The bleach soak should take care of the tub/shower that may have it. But you would need to keep floor rugs clean and sterilized and dry.
Thanks very much
Also great for repelling annoying humans. It repels all humans!
@Ray Perkins
Hummm… I wonder if that would work in repelling Pumpkin Head Trumpty Dumpty? 😂
YOU ARE RIGHT-i HAVE HATED IT ALL MY LIFE
Tha ben gay haha
same with Embrocation. Smell it a mile off.
Wouldn't repel me , I love the smell of that stuff
Thank you for the Info
I put on skin tags and it work great
Also use for toe nail fungus put on affected nail wrap in a plaster and repeat until the nail returns to normal…
what kind of plaster?
Works, though it takes a long time. Be patient.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@craig2481 sorry just seen your question just a normal plaster you would use for a cut. Leave on for 3 to four days at a time it clears quite quickly one month.
@@beany2456 Here in the US we call a plaster a "band-aid* or "bandage". I was thinking plaster like you put on the wall. haha
Great tips work well.
Thankful like n love it. Very useful to me n I’m doing some of it.
THANK YOU GOOD COMMENTS.
Appy for dry skin works very good.
Thank you….never knew about all these uses.
Watching from JAMAICA🇯🇲👍👍👍👍👍❤
i use Vicks VapoRub every night i have copd and i have to say Vicks VapoRub helps me a lot ☺👍
Thanks for sharing 😊
Then I was in the USCG we would rub it under our nose to help mask the smells when we had to pick up a decaying body out of the water. You will never smell anything worse in you life as a body that have been floating around in the water for a couple weeks.
So useful video thank you for sharing my friend ❤❤❤
I put Vicks vaporub around my eyes before going to sleep,it feels good and cool.
Thanks for these brilliant ideas I normally just use it when I have a cold
Wow vicks really good for a lots of things
Vicks, Hot water and a plastic disposable bowl to clear sinus or blockages inside the nose. Or use Vick under the nose to block nasty fowling smell while cleaning the bathroom
I would eat this stuff if I could. I love vicks and use it all the time even when I don’t have a cold or need Pain relief
It helps with itching psoriasis ..
I never knew you could use ut for muscle aches or it soothes the pain. I will try it.
They talk about applying Vicks after a shower, twice a day. If you are not going to be around other people, then that is OK. But, if you are, then the smell might be overwhelming, especially if you become overheated. I agree with some of the other Commentors, that Vicks is nowhere near as strong as it once was.
Why would you worry about other people around you if it helps whatever your using it for
Thank you
Always used this. My little life saver Xxxx
Superb 👍
Helps get rid of blood bruises. They fade away after a few days.
I’ll go along with all but the door squeak.
Putting anything other than graphite into a lock or hinge, will, over time cause them to gum up and dry out causing stiffness and squeaking….
Thankyou though, for some of the skin treatments; I get dry skin, and it did help. Also, the dandruff tip, too. That has cut down my dry scalp and itching.
I don’t use Vicks on squeaky doors, I use cooking oil and have done for over 30 years and not a problem
This is great stuff, ñ u can buy it at Ur local store, I use it all the time, thank u for sharing it.
I use Vicks on my knees, heels , elbows, when I get sick or a cold
Outstanding
Old remedies seem to work I know my family has used them for years and still work great right on
very soothing for.....
When I had a cold my grandmother use to tell me to put some on my finger and swallow it. And it worked too.
You also use wd-40 for door squeaks on hedges
Apply liberally around office cubicle to ward off supervisor. Lend it to colleagues.
you win!
I clean my morning dry eyes by putting some Vicks underneath (where you feel the bone) my eyes and letting the vapor cause my eyes to tear. I also use it if they become dry during the day. It really gets the tears flowing.
It clears up warts too.
I find it good for FADING BRUISES.