50g Vicks VapoRub.

Vicks is a line of over-the-counter medications owned by the US company Procter & Gamble. Vicks manufactures NyQuil and its sister medication, DayQuil. The Vicks brand also produces Formula 44 cough medicines, Vicks brand cough drops, and a number of inhaled breathing treatments. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 114 KB)By Richard Wheeler (Zephyris) 2007. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 114 KB)By Richard Wheeler (Zephyris) 2007. ... Over-the-counter substances, also abbreviated OTC, are drugs and other medical remedies that may be sold without a prescription and without a visit to a medical professional, in contrast to prescription only medicines (POM). ... Oral medication A medication is a licenced drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Procter & Gamble Co. ... NyQuil LiquiCaps NyQuil, produced by the Vicks company, is the brand name of a family of cold medicine designed to help relieve many symptoms of the common cold. ... Vicks DayQuil is a medicine designed to help relieve many symptoms of a cold that is to be taken orally in either liquid or LiquiCap (capsule) form, during the day. ... A cough medicine is a drug used to treat coughing and related conditions. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

VapoRub

The brand is most widely known for the signature "VapoRub" ointment, a mentholated topical creme intended to assist with minor medical conditions that temporarily impair breathing, including the common cold. It is applied to the chest, often immediately before sleeping, or inhaled by melting it in very hot water. An ointment is a viscous semisolid preparation used topically on a variety of body surfaces. ... Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ... In medicine, a topical medication is applied to body surfaces such as the skin or mucous membranes such as the vagina, nasopharynx, or the eye. ... A cream is a topical preparation usually for application to the skin. ... // Acute viral nasopharyngitis, often known as the common cold, is a mild viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system (nose and throat). ...

VapoRub was created in the 1880s by Lunsford Richardson, a Selma, North Carolina pharmacist, as a salve for treating colds and pneumonia. Richardson later moved to Greensboro, North Carolina and began marketing it as Vicks VapoRub, named in honor of his brother-in-law, Dr. Joshua Vick, a Selma physician. In 1948, Edward Mabry became president of Vicks, then known as the Vicks Chemical Company. In 1985, it was sold to Procter & Gamble. VapoRub is currently manufactured and packaged in Mexico. // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Lunsford Richardson , 1854-1919, was a pharmacist from Selma, North Carolina and the founder of Vick Chemical Company ( which became Richardson Vicks Inc ). He died August 20, 1919. ... Selma is a town located in Johnston County, North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... Look up Salve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Salve is a medical ointment used to soothe the eyes or other body surface. ... // Acute viral nasopharyngitis, often known as the common cold, is a mild viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system (nose and throat). ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ... Downtown Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina (IPA: ), is the largest city in and county seat of Guilford County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Edward Mabry, born Edward Loughlin Mabry in 1897, was an American author, poet, and chemical tycoon. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Vicks is also popular among ecstasy users, who may concentrate the vapors to heighten the effects of the drug [1], sometimes with deleterious results to the upper respiratory tract.[2] MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine), most commonly known by the street names ecstasy/extasy, E, X, or XTC, is a semisynthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family, whose primary effect is believed to be the stimulation of secretion, as well as inhibition of re-uptake, of large amounts of serotonin... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Active Ingredients:

• Camphor 4.8% (Cough suppressant and topical analgesic)
• Eucalyptus 1.2% (Cough suppressant)
• Menthol 2.6% (Cough suppressant and topical analgesic)

Inactive Ingredients R-phrases 11-20/21/22-36/37/38 S-phrases 16-26-36 RTECS number EX1260000 (R) EX1250000 (S) Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... This article is about the plant genus. ... Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ...

• Cedarleaf oil
• Nutmeg oil
• special Petrolatum
• Thymol
• Turpentine oil

Binomial name Thuja occidentalis L. Uses Eastern Arborvitae is very widely used as an ornamental tree, particularly for screens and hedges. ... Species About 100 species, including: Myristica argentea Myristica fragrans Myristica malabarica The nutmegs Myristica are a genus of evergreen trees indigenous to tropical southeast Asia and Australasia. ... Vaseline is a well-known brand of petrolatum (petroleum jelly) originally produced by Chesebrough-Ponds, which was purchased by Unilever in 1987. ... Thymol is a phenol derivative of cymene, C10H13OH, isomeric with carvacrol, found in oil of thyme, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a pleasant aromatic odor and strong antiseptic properties. ... For the band, click Turpentine (band). ...

External links

• Vicks brand website