Apart from alleviating a congested chest during a cold, menthol rub can also be used to treat other pains and aches as well as stop your beloved cat from ruining your furniture. Here are some ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My mother is old school in that I grew up slathered in Vicks and put to bed at the first sign of sniffles or a cough. The rub would allow me to breathe easier when she spread it on my ...

Some smells are strong enough to break through even the stuffiest noses. You can have the cold of the century, but you’ll still be able to sense a splash of Pine-Sol or a ball of wasabi. And no matter ...

Several pediatricians recently urged parents to refrain from the traditional folk remedy of applying menthol-based products to the skin of toddlers to assuage abdominal bloating, warning that exposure ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My mother is old school in that I grew up slathered in Vicks and put to bed at the first sign of sniffles or a cough. The rub would allow me to breathe easier when she spread it on my ...

Q: Why is my cat Nala attracted to menthol? I like its coolness, so I buy shower gel and skin creams that contain menthol. Occasionally, I also use a menthol ointment on my sore muscles. Whenever I ...

One staple item most households have in their medicine cupboard is Vicks VapoRub. With flu and cold season upon us many people turn to the menthol rub to help relieve symptoms such as blocked noses ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Something with menthol, eucalyptus oil and camphor is generally used to help ease sniffles and clear ...

Menthol gives cough drops, lip balm and other drugstore remedies that cool minty taste and slight numbing quality. Now the Food and Drug Administration has taken a long-awaited step toward saying that ...