PlainVitamins

Coptis

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 1 fluid ounce

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  • DSLD label 307485
  • Serving 0.7 ml (1 squeeze of the dropper bulb)
  • 42 servings

Coptis by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 645 mg of coptis rhizome without rootlet extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 22, 2024.

What is in Coptis?

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).

Coptis: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 307485, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Coptis Rhizome without Rootlet Extractas Coptis chinensis Rhizome without Rootlet ExtractExtraction rate 140 mg herb per 0.7 ml. Dry herb / menstruum ratio: 1:5. Certified organic645 mgChinese Goldthread in Coptis against 51 products645 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 595 mg, the median 110 mg.645 mg

Higher than 75% of 51 products listing chinese goldthread (median 110 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,580 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 307485 (entered February 22, 2024), 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?

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 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 4 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 or nursing.
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 307485.

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 Coptis have?

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

  1. Label 307485 (current) Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  2. Label 307486 Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00138 4
  3. Label 210135 Entered November 21, 2019 · on the market · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00138 4
  4. Label 210134 Entered November 21, 2019 · on the market · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  5. Label 204246 Entered June 24, 2019 · off the market August 19, 2019 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00138 4
  6. Label 199712 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market August 19, 2019 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  7. Label 65747 Entered October 22, 2016 · off the market August 8, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  8. Label 46009 Entered May 22, 2015 · off the market September 26, 2016 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  9. Label 39446 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 14, 2019 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00138 4
  10. Label 32643 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market May 19, 2015 · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90800 00070 6
  11. Label 23368 Entered September 25, 2013 · off the market October 29, 2014 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00138 4
  12. Label 23366 Entered September 25, 2013 · off the market April 14, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00070 6

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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