Vicks VapoRub
Camphor rub for congestion
Vicks VapoRub is a mentholated topical ointment marketed for relief of cough and congestion.
Applied to the chest or throat, its vapors are inhaled to ease breathing during colds.
The distinctive camphor-eucalyptus smell evokes childhood sick days for many: Mom rubbed VapoRub on my chest whenever I had a cold.
Sometimes shortened to VapoRub or Vicks.
- mentholCooling agent from plants
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- coldLow temperature state
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medication delivery method
Vicks VapoRubpill
Solid medicine dose
tablet · oral medication · capsule · cough syrup · Tylenol
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