I had bought this herb after reading on a chinchilla forum that it can help reduce inflammation and helps animals recover from a URI quicker. Squeakles was already on an antibiotic, a systemic NSAID, and two nose drops - one to reduce inflammation and the other an antibiotic. The meds from her doctor worked well for the first three days, then gradually her sneezing came back. She never got as bad as she was before the appointment, but she never completely improved. Once her antibiotic course finished after a month, these herbs came in and we used 1/4tsp over the course of the day broken into 4-5 feedings. Not only does she absolutely LOVE the stuff, but I honestly think it helped more than any of the meds from her actual veterinarian. She has a recheck tomorrow to get chest X-rays again and a culture…should be interesting to see how the lungs look. I swear she is just overall happier, sleeping less, and more like herself and this wasn’t the case until she started the echinacea! (Also have been supplementing nettle and rose hips to boost the immune system and I’m sure that’s helped a big part as well!) all my 9 chinnies loooooove all these herbs…not a single one will turn any of them down! Customer for life haha! Also everything smells soooo fresh and good, makes me wanna be a chin!