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Essiac Daily Drops

by Rene's Naturals · liquid · 2 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 290186
  • Serving 1 ml (30 drops)
  • 59 servings

Essiac Daily Drops by Rene's Naturals lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 ml, such as 380 mg of burdock, 30 mg of sheep sorrel extract, 12 mg of slippery elm and 10 mg of turkey rhubarb. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 22, 2023.

What is in Essiac Daily Drops?

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

Essiac Daily Drops: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 290186, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Burdock(organic)(1:2)380 mgBurdock in Essiac Daily Drops against 302 products380 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 76 mg to 400 mg, the median 145 mg.380 mg

Higher than 71% of 302 products listing burdock (median 145 mg). Per day at the most servings: 760 mg.

Sheep Sorrel extract1:530 mg
Slippery Elmwild crafted (1:5)12 mgSlippery Elm in Essiac Daily Drops against 232 products12 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 300 mg, the median 150 mg.12 mg

97% of 232 products listing slippery elm give more (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 24 mg.

Turkey Rhubarb(organic)(1:3)10 mgChinese Rhubarb in Essiac Daily Drops against 86 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 33 mg to 450 mg, the median 100 mg.10 mg

87% of 86 products listing chinese rhubarb give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 20 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 290186 (entered June 22, 2023), 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:

  • 97% of the 232 products that print an amount of slippery elm list more than its 12 mg of slippery elm (median 150 mg).
  • 87% of the 86 products that print an amount of chinese rhubarb list more than its 10 mg of turkey rhubarb (filed by NIH under chinese rhubarb) (median 100 mg).

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
Instructions: Take 30 drops (1ml) in water or twice daily based as needed.
Warnings
Do not take if pregnant.
Allergens and what it does not contain
100% Natural GMO Free Product Non-irradiated Gluten free
Alcohol free concentrated formula

Source: label statements in DSLD label 290186.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Glycerin, Water, Deionized.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): cGMP Registered Good Manufacturing Practice.

How many labels does Essiac Daily Drops have?

One label is on file, entered on June 22, 2023.

  1. Label 290186 (current) Entered June 22, 2023 · on the market · 2 fluid ounces

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

Who makes it?

The label names ESSIAC FROM CANADA INT'L (distributor), Ottawa, Ontario. All Rene's Naturals products.

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