2 year old girl. She has a cold that has persisted for 3 weeks. Can I give her echinacea?

34-year-old woman4 years ago

Slightly runny nose, coughs at night especially. We often blow our nose at the babyvac with saline water and at the daycare also with saline water.

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Alexandre Chagnon · 4 years ago

Hello Ma'am,

No, I do not recommend Echinacea at this age.

Instead, we're going to change the BabyVac technique to this one: https://www.chusj.org/getmedia/d81f7af6-a93c-4e86-9011-f523e13279a8/depliant_F-886_hygiene-nasale.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf (much more effective).

Doing it 3-5 times a day will see improvement in less than 24 hours.

Happy day,

Alexandre Chagnon, pharmacist

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