They say mothers know best. Indeed, our mothers seem to have magical healing powers. We may find the best of doctors and a whole lot of tips on the internet about how to heal ourselves when we fall sick, but when it comes to finding cure to common aliments, we all immediately run to our mommies. Even as adults. Here are some thing that prove that your mother is the best doctor in the whole wide world.

Your mother taught you that steam is the best cure for a blocked nose. And there's nothing better than steam and the motherly touch of Vicks vaporub added to it.

And when you have fever, her cold compressions do the job best.