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FemGuard + Balance

by Designs for Health · capsule · 120 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 276158
  • Serving 4 capsules
  • 30 servings

FemGuard + Balance by Designs for Health lists 14 ingredients, 14 with an amount per serving of 4 capsules, such as 30 mg of vitamin B6, 680 mcg DFE of folate, 400 mcg of vitamin B12 and 50 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in FemGuard + Balance?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 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).

FemGuard + Balance: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 276158, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate30 mg1,765%Vitamin B6 in FemGuard + Balance against 15,277 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg30 mg

Higher than 82% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg).

Folate680 mcg DFE170%
Quatrefolicas (6S)-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate, Glucosamine Salt800 mcg
Vitamin B12as Methylcobalamin400 mcg16,667%Vitamin B12 in FemGuard + Balance against 14,425 products400 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 36 mcg.DV 2.4 mcg400 mcg

Higher than 81% of 14,425 products listing vitamin B12 (median 36 mcg).

Calciumas Calcium D-GlucarateUSP50 mg4%Calcium in FemGuard + Balance against 17,831 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg50 mg

72% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas DiMagnesium Malate50 mg12%Magnesium in FemGuard + Balance against 14,003 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg50 mg

59% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg).

Calcium D-GlucarateUSP400 mgCalcium d-Glucarate in FemGuard + Balance against 98 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.400 mg

Higher than 69% of 98 products listing calcium d-glucarate (median 200 mg).

Chrysin200 mgChrysin in FemGuard + Balance against 78 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.200 mg

Higher than 67% of 78 products listing chrysin (median 100 mg).

Chaste Tree Fruit Extractas Agnusidestandardized to contain 0.5% agnusides200 mgChastetree in FemGuard + Balance against 386 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 240 mg, the median 100 mg.200 mg

Higher than 66% of 386 products listing chastetree (median 100 mg).

Green Tea Leaf Extractas Epigallocatechin Gallate, Polyphenolsstandardized to contain 98% polyphenols and 45% EGCG100 mgGreen Tea in FemGuard + Balance against 2,595 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

46% of 2,595 products listing green tea give more (median 100 mg).

Diindolylmethane100 mgDiindolylmethane in FemGuard + Balance against 425 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

47% of 425 products listing diindolylmethane give more (median 100 mg).

Black Cohosh Root Extractas Triterpene GlycosidesStandardized to contain 2.5% Triterpene Glycosides100 mgBlack Cohosh in FemGuard + Balance against 431 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 160 mg, the median 80 mg.100 mg

Higher than 55% of 431 products listing black cohosh (median 80 mg).

Broccoli Seed Extractas Sulforaphane GlucosinolateStandardized to contain 6% sulforaphane glucosinolate100 mgBroccoli in FemGuard + Balance against 530 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

39% of 530 products listing broccoli give more (median 100 mg).

Trans-Resveratrolas Polygonum cuspidatum20 mgResveratrol in FemGuard + Balance against 1,123 products20 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 125 mg, the median 50 mg.20 mg

72% of 1,123 products listing resveratrol give more (median 50 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 276158 (entered August 23, 2022), 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 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 FemGuard + Balance's, rare ingredients counting for more.

  • FemBalanceAdaptogen Research 13 shared, 81% alike
  • FemquilXYMOGEN 12 shared, 71% alike

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
Recommended Use: As a dietary supplement, take four capsules per day, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
For professional use only
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free formula Dairy free formula Soy free formula Non GMO Ingredients

Source: label statements in DSLD label 276158.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Sunflower Lecithin, Silicon Dioxide, Vegetable Stearate.

How many labels does FemGuard + Balance have?

2 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 276158 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 120 vegetarian capsules
  2. Label 23332 Entered September 25, 2013 · on the market · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 8 79452 00081 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Designs for Health (manufacturer). All Designs for Health products.

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