Save The Baby (Page 2) (Top voted first)
UpdatedMedicine for cough and cold; it was last known to be out on the market in 1980
I would love this recipe too - my 3 year old battles croup all the time and we want this medicine so badly!!
They have it on Amazon.
Ellen I would love to have the recipe for your save the baby my mom used it on me 66 years ago best rub there ever was
Hello if anyone has the recipe for save the baby please could you let me know . Thanks
My mother rubbed it on my chest and back when I was a kid then on top of that gave it to me melted on a spoonful of sugar (no joke). The camphor may not bee good for you but neither is so much crud in your lungs that you can't lay flat or breath. I wish I could find the original right now as I have a horrid lung funk. I have found nothing in the last 20 years that worked like Save the Baby. I can't imagine that camphor could be as bad for you as high fructose corn syrup or some of the artificial colors/flavors in our "food". Sometimes I think the government needs to go find a different sandbox to play in and leave our tried and true folk remedies alone. It's not like you take it everyday or for even a week at a time. I remember my chest clearing in a matter of a few days.
I grew up in upstate NY. As a kid in the 70's my parents always used this product for me when I was sick. Since having my own kids, I've often thought about it and looked for it in various pharmacies in NY and Ohio. I was never able to find it, and the staff would have no idea what I was looking for. So glad I found this site with the pharmacy info. Thank you!
Do you still have the recipe and be willing to share please?
A site by the name of elydrugs carries 'Save The Baby'
Is there any way that you can share the recipe you came up with? We have a great herb store locally so I'm sure I can find everything I need to make it :)
Check out a product called VETRX for farm animals, compare the ingredients, I think you might be very surprised. Available at tractor supply and many other farm stores, as well as amazon.
I forgot to mention, the VETRX states "Based on a formula in use since 1874".
Now isn't that quite a coincidence :-)
I too remember Save the Baby as being made in Watervaliet. (I'm from Troy, across the river.) The salve they sell online doesn't seem to be the same as the liquid in a clear bottle with the red and black printed label. I now use Vicks, but it lacks the comfort of the familiar bottle that I remember from my childhood.
Re: Ben Bond (# 13)
Pretty cool!! Do you know what the house number was? I live on 24th st and our house is over 100 years old so just curious.
Re: linda (# 1)
My Great Grandfather invented Save the baby. He had it in his basement and gave it to my Aunt and Mom growing up he was a Doctor.
Re: Tanya (# 18)
I have tried it. It is definately not as strong or as good as the liquid. It is expensive and no better than Vicks Vapo Rub which is cheaperm
When I was a kid, I remember my mother warming a bottle of Save The Baby in a pan of water and rubbing it on my chest and throat, then pinning pieces of flannel around my neck whenever I had a cold. I hated it - but I guess it worked. I am now 74. My husband's grandmother was a relative, I believe, to the heiress of the original Save The Baby - and we are trying to find out who that was. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks ....
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