 [ Symptoms ] my daughter is five and every two weeks she gets a runny nose bad cough and high fever why is this happening  doctors say flu allergies but never give her anything for it she keeps getting sick we keep taking her back to doctor this last time she went they said they thought they heard crackling in her chest x ray showed not enough to require medicine shes sick for three or four more days gets better than exactly seven days later same thing all over again high fever bad cough runny nose the times in between her getting sick seems to be getting shorter doctor just sends her home what do i do [ Disease ] you probably will not find it it most likely was black tar that used to be sold in metal containers as a grandfather myself i remember this from my youth you can use hot water compresses for the same effect there is an ointment you can get from your pharmacist it looks like the black tar but has a different name it is kept behind the counter and works wonders the black tar salve that you are talking about is called ichthammol ointment 20 walgreen pharmacy has it it works wonders