Can babies with a cold soak in patchouli water?

Babies with colds should not be bathed in this type of liquid, mainly because it is not effective in the treatment of colds. The relevant cold treatment should be given oral medication to have a certain effect, if used to take a bath then the drug is diluted, the skin can not absorb the ingredients of the drug. In addition, this kind of drug contains alcohol components, and infants and young children with sensitive skin are prone to alcohol allergies, triggering skin redness, swelling, itching and other uncomfortable symptoms. Because of the volatile effect of alcohol, if the baby bath is not timely to dry the water on the skin and timely skin warming, may aggravate the symptoms of the baby’s cold, caused by the aggravation of cold symptoms.