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Holy Basil

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 4 fl. Oz.

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90700 00106 3
  • DSLD label 209823
  • Serving 0.7 ml
  • 168 servings

Holy Basil by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 612 mg of holy basil herb (ocimum tenuiflorum) extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 22, 2019.

What is in Holy Basil?

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).

Holy Basil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 209823, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Holy Basil herb (Ocimum tenuiflorum) extractHoly Basil herb (Ocimum tenuiflorum) extract PlantPart: herb Genus: Ocimum Species: tenuiflorum Note: (certified organic) (Extraction rate 233 mg herb per 0.7 ml.)612 mgHoly Basil in Holy Basil against 387 products612 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 129 mg.612 mg

Higher than 88% of 387 products listing holy basil (median 129 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,448 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 209823 (entered December 22, 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 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 Add 1 full 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 209823.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: certified organic Cane Alcohol, distilled Water.

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 Holy Basil have?

12 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 209823 (current) Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00106 3
  2. Label 200959 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market February 14, 2019 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00007 3
  3. Label 204322 Entered June 24, 2019 · on the market · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00007 3
  4. Label 200961 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market April 29, 2019 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00106 3
  5. Label 200960 Entered April 25, 2019 · on the market · 2 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 03221 0
  6. Label 181287 Entered September 21, 2018 · off the market July 17, 2018 · 2 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 03221 0
  7. Label 68986 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market July 17, 2018 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00106 3
  8. Label 58569 Entered April 22, 2016 · off the market July 17, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00007 3
  9. Label 50546 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market December 5, 2016 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00106 3
  10. Label 50544 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market March 8, 2016 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00007 3
  11. Label 39677 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market August 25, 2015 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00106 3
  12. Label 32815 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market August 25, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00007 3

DSLD also links this label to: Holy Basil (Tulsi) (package size difference, same product), Holy Basil (Tulsi) (package size difference, same product).

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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