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Pau D'Arco

by Nature's Sunshine · powder · 7 ozs

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 278197
  • Serving 7 g (1 Tablespoon); amounts per 1 g
  • 28 servings

Pau D'Arco by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 7 g of pau d'Arco per serving of 1 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 21, 2023.

What is in Pau D'Arco?

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

Pau D'Arco: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 278197, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Pau d'Arco7 gPau d'Arco in Pau D'Arco against 149 products7,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 704 mg, the median 210 mg.7,000 mg

Higher than 99% of 149 products listing pau d'Arco (median 210 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278197 (entered February 21, 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:

  • Its 7,000 mg of pau d'Arco is higher than 99% of the 149 pau d'Arco products that print an amount.

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?

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
Recommended use: Add 1 tablespoon (7 grams) to 8-12 ounces of boiling water and remove from heat. Steep for 20 minutes and strain before enjoying.
Warnings
This bag has been sealed for your protection. Do not use if the seal is open or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 278197.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Pareve (Kosher).

How many labels does Pau D'Arco have?

6 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 278197 (current) Entered February 21, 2023 · on the market · 7 ozs
  2. Label 278198 Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 2 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 99904 01774 0
  3. Label 278196 Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00504 4
  4. Label 207068 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 7 ozs · UPC 0 99904 01372 8
  5. Label 205660 Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00504 4
  6. Label 4565 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market January 1, 2012 · 7 oz. · UPC 0 99904 01372 8

DSLD also links this label to: Pau D' Arco (image difference, same product), Pau D' Arco (package size difference, same product), Pau D' Arco Extract (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 Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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