 [ Symptoms ] does rubbing vicks vapor rub on the bottom of your feet when you have a cold work if so can i do this on my 1 yr old  my 1 year old has a cold with runnystuffy nose and cough many mothers including my own have told me to rub vicks on the bottom of her feet and put socks on her at bed time i have done it on mine but did not notice a difference i only did it a couple of nights though  thank you  c [ Disease ] no it will not work or help the cold symptoms it will just make his feet smell like vicks do not tell your mother or grandmother that i told you this but vicks on the feet is absolutely worthless just try it it worked for my kids rub on feet and put on socks and within a 10 20 minutes the cough will lessen also marshamallow root is good for cough & chest congestion it sells in extract form