1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

2 ingredients to use with caution

TAM Herbal Laxative

Name: TAM Herbal Laxative
Brand: American Health

BrandAmerican Health→Botanical Tablet or Pill 9 ingredients 2 caution DSLD #16709

Net contents: 250 Tablet(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2012-12-21

2 Ingredients (9)

IngredientGroupSafety

Cascara SagradaCascara SagradaUse with Caution

Senna extractAlexandrian senna—

contains not less than 8 mg of SennosidesSennoside—

Herbal Proprietary BlendProprietary Blend (Herb/Botanical)—

Vegetable CelluloseCellulose—

Dicalcium PhosphateCalciumConditionally Safe

SilicaSiliconGenerally Safe

Stearic AcidStearic Acid—

Vegetable Magnesium StearateMagnesium stearateUse with Caution

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets

Cascara Sagrada 🇪🇺 — Hydroxyanthracene derivatives under assessment.

Magnesium — Severe deficiency (<0.50 mmol/L) causes secondary hypocalcemia and hypokalemia that will not correct until magnesium is repleted first [1].

3 Safety cross-reference

Cascara Sagrada — Use with Caution

⚠ Stimulant laxative — same chronic abuse risk as senna

⚠ Electrolyte imbalance

Calcium — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Cardiovascular risk debated >1,000 mg/day

⚠ Kidney stones

Silicon — Generally Safe

⚠ Very low toxicity

Magnesium — Use with Caution

⚠ Diarrhea (especially oxide)

⚠ Accumulates in renal impairment

4 Label claims

• All Other

• Structure/Function

5 Data source

DSLD ID16709

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2012-12-21

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. TAM Herbal Laxative — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Jun 25]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/tam-herbal-laxative-16709/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

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PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD

Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
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