Last week, my 5-year old daughter, Willow, came down sick with that nasty crud that's been going around the Yakima Valley.

I tried all my usual tactics to help her feel better from all of the coughing, sneezing and fever that she was enduring: Children's Tylenol. That helped a lot with the fever, but she still had the sneezing, runny nose and coughing.

Desperate to try any home remedy to make her feel better, I dipped into the old Pinterest files and found a link that suggested rubbing Vick's VapoRub on your your feet and wearing socks to bed to stop all the coughing at night.

GUESS WHAT? It WORKED like a gem!

Here are some other weird home remedies that our listeners right here in the Yakima Valley suggested for different things around the home:

FACEBOOK QUESTION OF THE DAY: We tried the Vick's VapoRub on your your feet with socks to stop a cough--and it WORKED! What weird home remedies do you know?

Posted by 107.3 KFFM on Monday, March 14, 2016

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