My dog got bit on the foot by a water moccasin. As soon as I saw the bite and the swelling I shoved seven or eight of the pills into her mouth and made her eat them. Then I made a poultice of the insights of the pills and put it directly on her foot and taped it there. The next morning I woke up the hair was missing from where the snake had bit her but the swelling has gone down her skin never split and within two days she was 100% Fine Again. I kept shoving pills in her every chance I had in those two days. I love echinacea it works excellent for snakebite. I also gave it to my children for ear infections and colds flu and any type of upper respiratory infection. Echinacea has been my friend for 30 plus years