Echinacea
Echinacea is safe for short-term treatment of symptoms but may not actually be effective (Sholto & Cunningham, 2019). A meta-analysis of 24 random control trials (RCTs) provided doubt on the efficacy of treating upper respiratory infections with echinacea (Sholto & Cunningham, 2019). A Cochrane review of the literature in 2014 provided evidence that echinacea was as effective as the placebo used in the studies (DeGeorge et al., 2019). I would recommend the mother use nasal saline irrigation and NSAIDs to treat the symptoms her child experiences (DeGeorge et al., 2019).