Vick's Vapor Rub ! You have to read to believe.

During a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot
soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and
within 20 minutes you can 'taste' it. (keep reading)

Some of us have
used Vicks Vapour Rub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and
many body parts in between. But I've never heard of this.. And don't laugh,
it works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren't
sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out
personally), put Vicks Vapour Rub generously on the bottom of the feet at
bedtime, then cover with socks.

Even persistent,
heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for
many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective
in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines.

In addition it is
extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.

Just happened to
tune in A.M. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough
medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemical makeup
of these strong drugs so, I listened. It was a surprise finding and found to be
more effective than prescribed  medicines for children at bedtime, in
addition to have a soothing and  calming effect on sick children who then
went on to sleep soundly.

My wife tried it
on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few
weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket
had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes and believe me, this
was a deep, (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds uncontrollable cough,
and she slept cough-free for hours every night that she used it..

If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed at how it works.