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Horsetail

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 4 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  • DSLD label 307525
  • Serving 0.7 ml (1 squeeze of the dropper bulb)
  • 168 servings

Horsetail by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 670 mg of horsetail aerial parts extract, fresh, undried per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 22, 2024.

What is in Horsetail?

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).

Horsetail: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 307525, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Horsetail Aerial Parts Extract, Fresh, Undriedas Equisetum telmateia Aerial Parts Extract, Fresh, UndriedExtration rate 1,400 mg fresh herb per 0.7 ml. Fresh herb/ menstruum ratio: 2:1, Responsibly wildcrafted670 mgHorsetail in Horsetail against 519 products670 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 200 mg, the median 67 mg.670 mg

Higher than 92% of 519 products listing horsetail (median 67 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,680 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 307525 (entered February 22, 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 670 mg of horsetail is higher than 92% of the 519 horsetail products that print an amount; 40 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 307525.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cane Alcohol.

How many labels does Horsetail 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 307525 (current) Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  2. Label 250505 Entered May 22, 2021 · on the market · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  3. Label 250502 Entered May 22, 2021 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  4. Label 220188 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market April 21, 2021 · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  5. Label 199811 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market April 21, 2021 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  6. Label 76019 Entered July 25, 2017 · off the market January 27, 2020 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  7. Label 76018 Entered July 25, 2017 · off the market August 8, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  8. Label 58584 Entered April 22, 2016 · off the market March 17, 2017 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  9. Label 42965 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market March 17, 2017 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  10. Label 42737 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market March 8, 2016 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  11. Label 39767 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 17, 2015 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  12. Label 39766 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 17, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  13. Label 32746 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market November 5, 2014 · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90700 00074 5
  14. Label 24085 Entered July 25, 2013 · off the market November 5, 2014 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00169 8
  15. Label 24084 Entered July 25, 2013 · off the market April 14, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00074 5

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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