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Gotu Kola

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 4 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90700 00159 9
  • DSLD label 307795
  • Serving 0.7 ml (1 Squeeze of the Dropper Bulb)
  • 168 servings

Gotu Kola by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 671 mg of gotu kola aerial parts extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 21, 2024.

What is in Gotu Kola?

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).

Gotu Kola: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 307795, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Gotu Kola Aerial Parts ExtractCertified organic, Extraction rate 175 mg herb per 0.7 ml. Dry herb/menstruum ratio: 1:4671 mgGotu Kola in Gotu Kola against 393 products671 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 225 mg, the median 100 mg.671 mg

Higher than 92% of 393 products listing gotu kola (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,684 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 307795 (entered December 21, 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?

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:

  • Its 671 mg of gotu kola is higher than 92% of the 393 gotu kola products that print an amount; 31 list more.

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 2 oz. of water or juice, 2 to 4 times per day. Best taken between meals.
Warnings
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 307795.

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 Gotu Kola have?

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

  1. Label 307795 (current) Entered December 21, 2024 · on the market · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00159 9
  2. Label 307794 Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  3. Label 273151 Entered January 23, 2023 · off the market November 27, 2023 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00159 9
  4. Label 272356 Entered June 16, 2022 · off the market November 27, 2023 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  5. Label 220626 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market December 15, 2021 · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00159 9
  6. Label 210175 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market December 15, 2021 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  7. Label 76011 Entered July 25, 2017 · off the market February 24, 2020 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00159 9
  8. Label 68985 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market April 29, 2019 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  9. Label 50535 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market March 17, 2017 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00159 9
  10. Label 50534 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market December 5, 2016 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  11. Label 42731 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market August 25, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  12. Label 40029 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market December 15, 2021 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90900 00063 7
  13. Label 39662 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 17, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  14. Label 32719 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market November 3, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00063 9
  15. Label 24005 Entered July 25, 2013 · off the market August 25, 2015 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00159 9

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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