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Echinacea Complex

by New Sun · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 80-1
  • DSLD label 203938
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Echinacea Complex by New Sun lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 385 mg of echinacea angustifolia, 385 mg of echinacea purpurea and 70 mg of myrrh. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2019.

What is in Echinacea Complex?

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).

Echinacea Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 203938, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Echinacea angustifolia385 mgEchinacea angustifolia in Echinacea Complex against 199 products385 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 245 mg, the median 100 mg.385 mg

Higher than 83% of 199 products listing echinacea angustifolia (median 100 mg).

Echinacea purpurea385 mgEchinacea purpurea in Echinacea Complex against 484 products385 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.385 mg

Higher than 67% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea (median 200 mg).

Myrrh70 mgMyrrh in Echinacea Complex against 48 products70 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 86.25 mg to 987.25 mg, the median 250 mg.70 mg

81% of 48 products listing myrrh give more (median 250 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 203938 (entered June 24, 2019), 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 one serving 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Echinacea Complex's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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: As a dietary supplement, take two capsules with each meal.
Warnings
Do not use if safety seal is missing or broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Warning: Do not take if pregnant, nursing or experiencing excessive uterine bleeding.
Avoid this product if you are allergic to sunflowers, ragweed, or daisy-like flowers.
Not intended for use by persons under the age of 18.
Continuous use of this product for more than 2 weeks of each month is not recommended.
If you are taking any medications or experiencing health issues, consult your doctor before use.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 203938.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Capsule.

How many labels does Echinacea Complex have?

2 labels are on file under this name since August 24, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 203938 (current) Entered June 24, 2019 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 80-1
  2. Label 12373 Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market December 5, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 80-1

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

Who makes it?

The label names New Sun, Inc. (distributor), Hendersonville, NC. All New Sun products.

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