PlainVitamins

Usnea

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 1 fluid ounce

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90800 00037 9
  • DSLD label 334558
  • Serving 0.7 ml
  • 42 servings

Usnea by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 570 mg of usnea lichen (usnea spp.) extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 24, 2025.

What is in Usnea?

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).

Usnea: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 334558, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Usnea lichen (Usnea spp.) extractDry herb / menstruum ratio: 1:4570 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 334558 (entered July 24, 2025), 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?

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 5 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 t o5 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 334558.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cane Alcohol.

How many labels does Usnea have?

9 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 334558 (current) Entered July 24, 2025 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90800 00037 9
  2. Label 203451 Entered June 24, 2019 · on the market · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00239 8
  3. Label 200294 Entered April 25, 2019 · on the market · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00037 9
  4. Label 59565 Entered May 22, 2016 · off the market August 8, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00037 9
  5. Label 50527 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market November 27, 2018 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00239 8
  6. Label 46024 Entered June 25, 2015 · off the market March 8, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00037 9
  7. Label 39844 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market August 25, 2015 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00239 8
  8. Label 32790 Entered April 25, 2014 · off the market May 19, 2015 · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90800 00037 9
  9. Label 24480 Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market April 14, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00037 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.

Where next?