Rediscovering Vicks Vaporub again

Way back in the far-flung town of Madrid, Surigao del Sur (yes, there's a Madrid in Mindanao! hehe), I grew up inhaling Vicks vaporub when I had a flu, a cough, a blocked nose or a runny nose. It was a staple in our medicine kit along with my mother's other ointments and lotions. I never minded the smell. In fact it was more like a comfort medicine.

When I went to college in Manila, away from my parents, I left behind vicks vaporub. Not that I needed it during those times. I can't seem remember having had a flu. It's either my memory's really rusty now or I was really healthy then.

When I started work, I got flu almost every year. With vicks being a thousand miles away from my mind, I of course turned to the well-known cure: cough and cold syrups and tablets. Since it worked for me, all was well.

Until EJ and I got sick last week. It was the longest time I had the cough and cold and both EJ and I were miserable for a more than a week.

We brought EJ to see a pediatrician and we religiously followed the medication but it didn't seem to work. He even finished a bottle of cough syrup already but he was still coughing like crazy. I was about to buy him another bottle in the pharmacy when I saw vicks vaporub again. I bought it immediately and applied it to EJ and myself during bedtime.


It was a big relief, literally. It was like being home again in the province. EJ and I were able to sleep peacefully for the first time that night.

Thank goodness I found this again. Starting from now, this will become a staple in our medicine kit too. So should you. :)