I am currently suffering a terrible case of man flu, despite not being a man. I expect to be dead at any moment...lol
however in the event I manage to survive this, during the night I resorted to an old wives tale of putting Vicks on the soles of the feet then socks to help to ease coughing etc.
I am assuming it's totally the placebo affect, but funnily enough it does APPEAR to provide some relief.
What puzzles me is this is something I only did for the first time last year, and was extremely sceptical at the time. It certainly does make your imminent demise feel less likely.
So, iF this is placebo, why did it provide so much relief, when I had no expectations of success?
I am currently in the tropics, wearing socks is the last thing you want to do at night.
Just looked at snopes who have it as unproven.....
however in the event I manage to survive this, during the night I resorted to an old wives tale of putting Vicks on the soles of the feet then socks to help to ease coughing etc.
I am assuming it's totally the placebo affect, but funnily enough it does APPEAR to provide some relief.
What puzzles me is this is something I only did for the first time last year, and was extremely sceptical at the time. It certainly does make your imminent demise feel less likely.
So, iF this is placebo, why did it provide so much relief, when I had no expectations of success?
I am currently in the tropics, wearing socks is the last thing you want to do at night.
Just looked at snopes who have it as unproven.....
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