Karvol Vapour Rub with Menthol

Karvol Vapour rub I bought a tub of Karvol vapour rub when a local chemist was moving so selling all its stock off very cheap. With a young child you know that you are going to be getting coughs and colds and this seemed like a good stock item to have for such times. The rub is suitable for babies over six months of age. The vapour rub comes in a tub with a screw top lid so you must be careful where you store this if you have young children around. It uses the traditional blue and a green colour for labelling and lid so is recognisable brand on the shelf. The tub holds 45g of vapour rub. The ... more

I recently run out of my tub of Vicks VapoRub and decided to give another brand a try to see if they were just as good as Vicks. I settled on Karvol vapour rub, I use the Karvol drops for my daughter so thought this could be just as good. Different uses There are two different ways in which you could use Karvols vapour rub, either rubbing it directly on the skin, or inhaling the vapours. The rub on method can be used for babies over the age of 6 months, simply rub a small amount onto their chests. For older children and adults, rub a good amount on your chest and back. The inhalation method is ... more

I normally use Snuffle Babe on my daughter when she has a cold but we ran out after the last cold she had and I never got round to replacing it! Typically when we have none in, my daughter gets a real stinker of a cold and is being kept awake at night with her blocked up nose! I went to buy a tub of snuffle babe and the shop assistant looked at me like I was speaking foreign and had never even heard of it so she directed me towards Karvol Vapour Rub. I ended up having to buy it as I didn't have time to call anywhere else for our usual product. Karvol Vapour Rub comes packed in a small ... more