Standard Process Golden Seal 500 Mg

Golden Seal 500mg, an herbal supplement containing Golden Seal root, is a gastrointestinal support formula.*

Golden Seal is used traditionally to:

• Help maintain healthy mucous membranes*
• Relieve mild temporary digestive discomfort*
• Support healthy mucous membranes in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts*
• Work as a tonic to benefit the entire body*
• Stimulate digestion*
• Support liver function*

Golden Seal 500mg tablets contain alkaloids (especially hydrastine and berberine) and other phytochemicals.

Golden Seal (Hydrastis canadensis) is an endangered herb and as a result is very expensive and often substituted with other herbs.

The substituted herbs usually contain the substance berberine which provides the yellow color, but they do not contain hydrastine which is unique to Golden Seal. Only HPLC enables this differentiation to be made. MediHerb only buys cultivated Golden Seal to ensure long term sustainability of the herb. MediHerb tests each batch of Golden Seal raw material and finished product to ensure the claimed levels of hydrastine and berberine are present. Using HPLC, MediHerb is able to clearly differentiate true Golden Seal from other berberine-containing herbs. The table demonstrates the difference between the various berberine-containing species. The top trace is an example of substitution where a professional product being sold in Australia as Indian Golden Seal matched the trace of Coptis chinensis.

* These statement have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.