Its the camphor in it that kills ticks, camphor is very potent. It used
to be, Vicks had a higher concentration of camphor, but the FDA got all
angry because it was curing stuff, so they limited any sale in the US to
be 10% or less refined camphor. The US version of Tiger Balm is very
poor quality, the one you get off Ebay from Thailand, now that's the
good stuff. Around 20% camphor!
If you have an asian grocery store around, you can find "Monkey Holding
Peach" which is even more potent than any of them. It's purely
medicinal, and amazing.. Stops pains in seconds, stops headaches. I
think it is around 25% camphor, along with other good stuff in it. I
have a few satchels of it around here.
Vicks today, is a distant cousin of the vastly more effective medicinal
Vicks from days past before the FDA tyranny.
Ode Coyote wrote:
I just found out that Vicks Vapo Rub kills ticks just as well as it
kills Mange mites...makes em slippery enough to tug out easy too...and
no more itching.
Ode
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