PlainVitamins

Chickweed 400 mg

by NOW · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04635 2
  • DSLD label 42878
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Chickweed 400 mg by NOW lists one ingredient: 800 mg of chickweed per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 25, 2015.

What is in Chickweed 400 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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).

Chickweed 400 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 42878, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Chickweed800 mgChickweed in Chickweed 400 mg against 38 products800 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 170 mg to 995.75 mg, the median 450 mg.800 mg

Higher than 63% of 38 products listing chickweed (median 450 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,600 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 42878 (entered February 25, 2015), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records 1 to 2 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 Usage: Take 2 capsules 1 to 2 times daily.
Capsules may be opened and added to hot water and consumed as a tea or applied to the skin as a salve in any ointment base, such as olive oil.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/ nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 42878.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): QUALITY GMP ASSURED.

How many labels does Chickweed 400 mg have?

3 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 42878 (current) Entered February 25, 2015 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04635 2
  2. Label 28785 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04635 2
  3. Label 13400 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market October 2, 2012 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04635 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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