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The pharmacy is the first stop
For anything minor, the French go to a pharmacy before a doctor. The green cross marks them, and the pharmacist is a trained professional who will look at a rash, ask about symptoms and hand over something suitable without an appointment — a role closer to a nurse than to a shop assistant. Most medicine sits behind the counter rather than on open shelves, so you ask rather than browse. Outside opening hours a pharmacie de garde stays open on rotation, and the address is posted in pharmacy windows and at the mairie.