While crouping, older children and adults should eat only soup and crackers. Cover with water and boil all this until the chicken is done. Rubbing the child's chest, back and under the feet with Mentholatum or Vicks Vaporub also gives symptomatic relief to nighttime croup or cough. You should put socks on the child's feet after using the rub. Wearing a flannel type pajama shirt seems to help the rub to be more effective on the back and chest.
Heated air is the culprit in bringing on and making croup worse.
There also seems to be some psychological factors involved with wart disappearance especially in children. Bleach has many topical uses, including in a mild solution for drying up poison ivy or soaking cure for athlete's foot. A variety of insect bites can be treated with ammonia, as well as bee and jelly fish stings. He said it is a natural neutralizer, almost instantly deadening the pain of a bite or sting. A similar effect can also be achieved with baking soda, another neutralizer.