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Salvia 500 mg

by Ron Teeguarden's Dragon Herbs · capsule · 100 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 79372 00546 5
  • DSLD label 316933
  • Serving 3 capsules
  • 33 servings

Salvia 500 mg by Ron Teeguarden's Dragon Herbs lists one ingredient: 1,500 mg of chinese salvia root extract, powder per serving of 3 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in Salvia 500 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Salvia 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 316933, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Chinese Salvia Root Extract, Powder1,500 mgSage in Salvia 500 mg against 138 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 98% of 138 products listing sage (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 316933 (entered August 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 1,500 mg of chinese salvia root extract, powder (filed by NIH under sage) is higher than 98% of the 138 sage products that print an amount; 1 list more.

The NIH database records 2 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
Directions: Take 3 capsules, 2 times per day or as directed by a healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Pullulan caps - 100% natural, water-soluble polysaccharide produced through a fermentation process; vegetable origin; non-GMO; no starch, preservatives or chemical modifications; gluten free.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 316933.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Pullulan Polysaccharide, Rice, Powder, Bamboo Extract, Powder, Rice Extract Blend.

How many labels does Salvia 500 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since December 13, 2022: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 316933 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 79372 00546 5
  2. Label 279203 Entered December 13, 2022 · on the market · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 79372 00546 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Ron Teeguarden's Dragon Herbs (distributor), Los Angeles, CA. All Ron Teeguarden's Dragon Herbs products.

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