can you give echinacea to dogs?

Question

one of my dogs has a pretty bad ear infection and i know echinacea can be used to help cure this in humans. Any advice?

Answer 1

You need a real antibotic, see if the the vet will sell you a tube of MalOtic without an office visit. It probably won't cost any more than a bottle of echinacea....

Answer 2

If it's a yeast infection, you can put a crushed and cut 1 garlic clove in extra virgin olive oil (2 tbsp) for a couple of hours and then put from 5 to 10 drops in his ear twice a day. You can also try a mix of 1 or 2 parts apple cider vinegar for 3 or 2 parts of water and put 5/10 drops in ear twice daily. Make sure you warm up that stuff a bit before putting it in the ear. Lukewarm, not hot!
I hate how people always say "go to the vet" without thinking of the consequences. Maybe they don't know how the vet industry, same as any other pharma/medical industry, experiment on animals, including dogs, by torturing and killing them in order to produce unreliable medicine. How hypocritical to make so many creatures suffer in order to MAYBE help one.

Answer 3

Studies have shown that echinacea does nothing to prevent infection. It's a placebo. Don't waste your money.

Answer 4

Don't think so for an infection and I never heard of it curing an ear infection in humans. Dog should have an antibiotic for the infection. Primarily used for colds in humans I think.

Answer 5

hi!
very good advise below. You have to be careful.

My Golden suffered from ear infections along with allergies. I used Hollistic medicine. You also have to be careful when bathing them. I put cotton in his ears. Good Luck

Answer 6

Contact holistic practitioner Marina Zacharias at > http://www.naturalrearing.com/how_to_contact_us.htm
she will know and answer your email quickly..
I sure wouldn't without first knowing..Many of our meds are very dangerous to dogs..