Vicks VapoRub

As you will have read from my last review, I am suffering from a very nasty cold and very stuffed and blocked nose so I decided to turn to my old favourite, the Vicks VapoRub. I have been using this ever since I was a child whenever I had a cold and now I can't go through one without the healing powers of the eucalyptus! Vicks was actually created in the 1880's by an American pharmacist to treat colds and pneumonia. The ingredients include Camphor and menthol, both known to be cough suppressants and topical analgesics and Eucalyptus which is just a cough suppressant. Vicks comes in a little jar and can be described as a jelly like substance or ...  Read the complete review

It’s that time of year when we all start to get the snuffles, we feel shaky and get a nasty cough. I haven’t been so lucky this year and seem to have had one cold after another. Not really a problem to some but I have asthma and can guarantee that after a few days it will be on my chest and I will be coughing like a trooper for weeks. The worst thing for me is the blocked nose as I find that I lose a lot of sleep which seems to make me feel so drained and yucky. I have now learned that at the first sign of snuffles and congestion Vicks can completely alter the way I sleep and relax. VICKS VAPORUB ------------------------- The chances are ...  Read the complete review

Whenever me or my sisters had a cold when we were little, my mother always used to cover us in Vicks VapoRub, so over Christmas and New Year when I had a terrible cold, I dug my little pot out and thought it would be worth a try. The product comes in a shiny metallic green box, and inside is a little blue tub with a screw top lid containing the VapoRub (and I'm taking the spelling from the box, not from the way Dooyoo have written it). VapoRub can be used to relieve the symptoms of Nasal Catarrh, Sore Throat, Congestion and 'coughs due to colds', and it contains a mixture of eucalyptus, menthol and camphor. The VapoRub is a sort of clear, ...  Read the complete review

It’s that time of year again when the dreaded snot lurgy goes into overdrive and most of us will come down with varying degrees of the unpleasant head cold. For some (mainly women) the cold, no matter how severe, is shrugged off as *the sniffles* for others (mostly men) the virus is something altogether more dastardly and has them requesting they be buried not cremated. Luckily there are countless over the counter medications that help with all the different levels of cold severity and one of the most trusted weapons in the fight against this most contagious affliction is Vicks Inhaler. These little godsends seem to have been around forever. Many ...  Read the complete review

How did I come across this?? EASY! Whenever I'm ill!! It is a nice "rub" for when you are ill, and soothes your flu or cold symptoms- AND IT'S FAB! ~~~Tub design And Appearance~~~ It is in a small cylindrical tub with a turning cap, and inside is the Vapourub! This might be a simple design and its "useful" and cheap to make, but there is a flaw! When it is half full (or half empty, depending on whether you are optimistic) it is difficult to get it out, if you use your finger, you just end up digging into it, which is NOT nice... due to its consistency!! It is translucent to opaque, and has a slight tinge, of white, ...  Read the complete review