PlainVitamins

Black Cohosh

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 4 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  • DSLD label 334506
  • Serving 0.7 ml
  • 168 servings

Black Cohosh by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 590 mg of black cohosh rhizome, rootlet extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 24, 2025.

What is in Black Cohosh?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 0.7 ml. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Black Cohosh: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 334506, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Black Cohosh Rhizome, Rootlet Extractas Actaea racemosa Rhizome Extract, Actaea racemosa Rootlet Extractextraction rate 140 mg herb per 0.7 ml. dry herb/menstruum ratio: 1:5, certified organic590 mgBlack Cohosh in Black Cohosh against 431 products590 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 160 mg, the median 80 mg.590 mg

Higher than 96% of 431 products listing black cohosh (median 80 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,360 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 334506 (entered July 24, 2025), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 590 mg of black cohosh is higher than 96% of the 431 black cohosh products that print an amount; 17 list more.

The NIH database records 2 to 4 servings a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested use Shake well before using Adults: Add 1 squeeze of the dropper bulb to 2 oz. of water or juice, 2 to 4 times per day. Best taken between meals.
Warnings
Caution: Seek expert medical advice before taking during pregnancy.
Keep out of the reach of children
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free
Storage
Store away from heat & light

Source: label statements in DSLD label 334506.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cane Alcohol, Water, Distilled.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Black Cohosh have?

16 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 334506 (current) Entered July 24, 2025 · on the market · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  2. Label 307445 Entered December 21, 2024 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  3. Label 220130 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market February 13, 2024 · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  4. Label 201496 Entered June 24, 2019 · off the market November 27, 2023 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  5. Label 200911 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market January 27, 2020 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  6. Label 81788 Entered December 22, 2017 · off the market July 17, 2018 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  7. Label 65406 Entered October 22, 2016 · off the market November 27, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  8. Label 53902 Entered November 24, 2015 · off the market September 26, 2016 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  9. Label 42942 Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market October 12, 2017 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  10. Label 42621 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market November 16, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  11. Label 39421 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 17, 2015 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  12. Label 39420 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 17, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  13. Label 32820 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market October 28, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0
  14. Label 23020 Entered June 25, 2013 · on the market · 8 fl. Oz.
  15. Label 23019 Entered June 25, 2013 · off the market October 28, 2014 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00110 0
  16. Label 23017 Entered June 25, 2013 · off the market April 14, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00011 0

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Herb Pharm (manufacturer), Williams, OR. All Herb Pharm products.

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