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Concentrated St. John's Wort

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 100 capsules

  • Off the market since February 2019 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 00655 3
  • DSLD label 17754
  • Serving 1 capsule

Concentrated St. John's Wort by Nature's Sunshine lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 300 mg of St. John's wort aerial parts extract and 100 mg of passionflower. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2013.

What is in Concentrated St. John's Wort?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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).

Concentrated St. John's Wort: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 17754, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
St. John's Wort Aerial Parts Extractas HypericinSt. John's Wort Aerial Parts Extract (Form: standardized for 0.3% hypericin) PlantPart: Aerial Parts Genus: Hyperium Species: perforatum300 mgSt. John's Wort in Concentrated St. John's Wort against 338 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 250 mg to 450 mg, the median 300 mg.300 mg

37% of 338 products listing St. John's wort give more (median 300 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg.

Passionflower100 mgPassionflower in Concentrated St. John's Wort against 562 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

38% of 562 products listing passionflower give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 17754 (entered January 25, 2013), 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 3 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?

3 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
RECOMMENDATION Take one capsule with a meal three times daily.
Warnings
WARNING: Do not use St. John's Wort while taking any prescription drugs without the advice of your prescribing physician. Do not use with prescription antidepressants, contraceptives, immunosuppressants, anticoagulants, Digoxin, blood thinners, or medications for HIV, epilepsy, or cancer.
Avoid excessive exposure to UV radiation (e.g. sunlight, tanning).
Not recommended for use by pregnant or lactating women.
Keep out of reach of children.
This bottle was sealed for your protection. Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 17754.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Capsule, Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Nature's Sunshine QUALITY, SERVICE, INTEGRITY(R); Ko PAREVE.

How many labels does Concentrated St. John's Wort have?

One label is on file, entered on January 25, 2013.

  1. Label 17754 (current) Entered January 25, 2013 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00655 3

DSLD also links this label to: Super Boron Bone Formula (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, Utah. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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