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Golden Nerves Ingredients List: All Six Extracts and the 195 mg Blend
Quick answer
The Golden Nerves ingredients list is one 195 mg proprietary blend of six extracts in each 2 ml (2 droppers) serving: grape seed, horse chestnut, motherwort, hawthorn berry, gotu kola and butcher's broom. The base is RO water and glycerin with citric acid, two preservatives and stevia leaf extract, and no alcohol is listed. Single amounts for each extract are not published. The five steps below show how to read the label.
Medical note
Golden Nerves is a dietary supplement. It is not FDA approved, and no dietary supplement is. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Tingling, numbness, burning or weakness that is new or getting worse needs a doctor, and sudden one-sided weakness is an emergency (call 911). Bring any medical question to your own doctor or pharmacist.
What does the front of the bottle actually print?
The Golden Nerves label has a front and a back, and the two tell different stories. Start with the front, then set it aside. The front carries these printed words: Golden Nerves, Full Absorption Formula, Calm Nerve Formula, Dietary Supplement and 2 fl oz (60ml). It also shows the TITAN LABS wordmark and the GN monogram.
Not one of those lines gives an amount, a test or a promise. The meaning of Full Absorption Formula is not published, and no process, comparison or study stands behind those words. The useful facts sit on the back, which is why the five steps below all start there.
How do you read the Golden Nerves supplement facts panel in 5 steps?
Step 1: serving size and servings
Serving size is 2 ml (2 droppers). Servings per container is 30. At one serving a day, a 2 fl oz (60 ml) bottle lasts 30 days.
Step 2: the blend line
One line reads Proprietary Blend 195 mg, with Daily Value not established. That single figure covers all six extracts together.
Step 3: the six names
In printed order: grape seed extract (Vitis vinifera, greater than 95% proanthocyanidins), horse chestnut extract (Aesculus hippocastanum, greater than 20% aescin), motherwort extract (Leonurus japonicus, whole herb), hawthorn berry extract (Crataegus asiatica, aerial), gotu kola extract (Centella asiatica, aerial) and butcher's broom extract (Ruscus aculeatus, leaf and stem).
Step 4: the other ingredients
Other ingredients: RO water, Glycerin, Citric acid, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (natural preservatives), stevia leaf extract. Alcohol is not among them.
Step 5: warnings and codes
The side of the bottle holds the directions and warnings. The lot is GOL-26/GO-8722 and the certificate number is GOL-8722-26-GO. No best-before date is printed.
Key facts
- Serving: 2 ml (2 droppers), once daily. Servings per container: 30.
- Active part: one 195 mg proprietary blend of six extracts.
- Two extracts print standardisation figures. The other four print none.
- Individual amounts for all six extracts are not published.
- Base: citric acid, two preservatives and stevia leaf extract sit in RO water and glycerin. Alcohol is not listed.
- No expiry date is printed. The label says to use a bottle within 60 days of opening it.
What can you work out from 195 mg shared by six names?
One piece of arithmetic is allowed. Divide 195 mg by six and you get about 33 mg. That is an average, not a disclosure. The real split is almost surely uneven, and the panel does not say how uneven.
Two printed percentages can mislead if you read them fast. Greater than 95% proanthocyanidins describes the grape seed extract itself. Greater than 20% aescin describes the horse chestnut extract itself. A percentage tells you how concentrated an extract is, not how much of it you swallow, so neither figure tells you what one serving holds.
Plant parts matter too. Motherwort prints whole herb, hawthorn and gotu kola print aerial, and butcher's broom prints leaf and stem. Grape seed and horse chestnut are the two that name no plant part. The horse chestnut research that NIH describes is on seed extract, so the missing plant part is a real gap for that line.
Which lines are printed, and which are not published?
| Line | On the label | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Serving size | 2 ml (2 droppers) | Printed |
| Servings per container | 30 | Printed |
| Proprietary blend | 195 mg | Printed |
| Amount of each extract | No figure | not published |
| Daily Value | Not established | Printed |
| Manufacturer | Distributor named, maker not | not published |
| Expiry date | None; 60 days after opening | not published |
| Certificate document | Number only | not published |
What do the printed warnings say?
The label gives its directions in one line: Shake bottle well. Take 2 ml orally once daily or as directed by your healthcare provider. Then come the cautions, in this order.
- Do not use if safety seal is broken.
- Check with your doctor before using this product if you are using medication or have any medical conditions.
- Store in a cool, dry place.
- For best results, consume within 60 days of opening bottle.
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- DO NOT USE IF SAFETY SEAL IS DAMAGED OR MISSING.
- STORE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
Two storage lines are printed, and a cool place and a room are not quite the same thing. A cupboard away from heat and damp suits both. The doctor line is the broadest on the bottle, because it covers any medication and any condition. The FDA warns that some supplements can interact with medicines or with other supplements.
How can you use this label to judge any other nerve product?
The five steps work on any bottle, so keep them. Put two panels side by side and ask the same short questions of each one.
- Is a milligram amount printed next to every active name, or only a blend total?
- Is the plant part named for each extract?
- Are standardisation figures printed, and for which names?
- Is a company named with an address, and is it a maker or only a distributor?
- Are a lot number and a certificate number printed, and can you see the certificate itself?
- Is there an expiry date, or only an instruction for after opening?
Golden Nerves answers some of these well and some not at all. That is a normal mix. The point of the exercise is to compare like with like, instead of comparing front-of-bottle slogans.
What does the label leave out?
- How much of each extract a serving holds.
- Why a product named for calm nerves rests on circulation and heart botanicals.
- What Full Absorption Formula refers to.
- The certificate of analysis document behind GOL-8722-26-GO.
- A best-before date.
- Any published human trial on the finished formula.
None of these gaps is unusual on this shelf. Each one is still a question you are allowed to ask the order desk before you buy.
Keep reading
- How Does Golden Nerves Work? A 6-Extract Checklist
- Golden Nerves Capsules, Gummies or Drops? 5 Facts About the Liquid Form
- Golden Nerves Dosage: How to Take the Drops in 5 Steps
- The six extracts, one at a time
- The label, transcribed in full
Sources named on this site
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Horse Chestnut: Usefulness and Safety. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/horse-chestnut
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Hawthorn: Usefulness and Safety. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/hawthorn
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Grape Seed Extract: Usefulness and Safety. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/grape-seed-extract
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Questions and Answers on Dietary Supplements. https://www.fda.gov/food/information-consumers-using-dietary-supplements/questions-and-answers-dietary-supplements
None of these sources tested Golden Nerves itself. They describe the named plants and conditions, which is not the same as testing this finished formula.
Frequently asked questions
How big is one Golden Nerves serving?
2 ml, printed as 2 droppers, once daily. The label gives 30 servings per container.
What is in the Golden Nerves blend?
One 195 mg proprietary blend of grape seed, horse chestnut, motherwort, hawthorn berry, gotu kola and butcher's broom extracts. The amount of each is not published.
Does Golden Nerves contain alcohol?
No alcohol appears in the printed ingredients. The base is RO water, glycerin, citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate and stevia leaf extract.
Is there an expiry date on the bottle?
No expiry date is printed. The label asks you to consume the bottle within 60 days of opening it.
Why are there two storage lines?
The side panel prints a cool, dry place in one line and room temperature in another. A cupboard away from heat and damp suits both.
Which extracts have standardisation figures?
Grape seed extract (greater than 95% proanthocyanidins) and horse chestnut extract (greater than 20% aescin). The other four print none.
Our view
The label is more candid than the front of the bottle. It names all six extracts, prints a lot and a certificate number, names a distributor and gives a plain serving. It also leaves out the one thing most buyers want, which is how much of each extract is in a serving.
Read the back before the price. If six botanical extracts in a 195 mg blend are what you want, the rest of the offer is easy to judge. If you wanted a single named nerve ingredient, this panel will not give it to you.
Last updated . Written by the Golden Nerves Editorial Desk and medically reviewed by Dr. Baldev Sandhu, MD, Physician.
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Behind this Golden Nerves page
Researched and written by the Golden Nerves Editorial Desk at Gogoldennerves, the U.S. stocking partner for Golden Nerves, from the label photographs and the sources listed on the page, then reviewed for medical accuracy by Dr. Baldev Sandhu, MD. It is information about a supplement, not a diagnosis or a treatment plan.
Tingling, numbness, burning or weakness that is new or getting worse belongs with a doctor before any supplement, and sudden one-sided weakness or a drooping face means calling 911.