Watercress Powder Ingredients & Drug Interactions
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First and foremost: checking Watercress Powder against your medications. The heart of this page is the interaction checker and the full interaction report — how this product’s ingredients may interact with prescription and over-the-counter medicines you may be taking.
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Watercress Powder is a dietary supplement by TerraVita Premium Collection with 1 active ingredient. Its ingredients are commonly taken for source of vitamins and minerals, antioxidant support, general nutrition.Based on those ingredients, 6 medications have a known interaction with it, the most serious rated moderate. The ingredients most likely to interact are Watercress powder. Use the checker below to test your specific medication, or read the full HelloPharmacist Interaction Report.
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HelloPharmacist Scorecard of Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection
Our pharmacy team’s full take, with four database checks built into the cards below — a summary of what is known, not a grade of the product itself.
What’s inside
Full disclosure
This product is a single-ingredient powder: watercress. There are no inactive fillers or other ingredients listed.
Watercress is a leafy green vegetable often used in salads and cooking, now offered here in concentrated powder form.
Does it work?
Couldn't assess
The product facts we hold do not include effectiveness ratings for watercress powder, so we cannot tell you what it's designed to do or how well it works for any particular purpose based on our data.
How safe is it?
Well-documented data
Watercress is generally well tolerated when eaten in normal food amounts. However, this product is a concentrated powder, not a whole food, and the safety data for medicinal or concentrated doses is limited.
At high doses, watercress can cause stomach and digestive irritation. Raw watercress—especially wild-harvested—can carry parasitic flukes that cause a liver infection called fascioliasis, with symptoms like abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea; make sure any watercress powder is from a clean, verified source.
Watercress applied to skin can trigger contact dermatitis (rash, itching, swelling, or hives). The safety data advises against using watercress powder during pregnancy.
For breastfeeding, there is not enough information on file to say whether it's safe or unsafe—talk with your doctor or pharmacist before using it.
Meds to double-check
Moderate interaction found
Check before taking if you're on lithium, chlorzoxazone (Parafon Forte, Paraflex), or warfarin (Coumadin). All three show moderate-severity interactions with watercress—lithium levels may rise, chlorzoxazone may build up in your blood, and warfarin's blood-thinning effect may be reduced.
Run your medications through the search tool before starting.
The bottom line
Scorecard at a glanceFully disclosed formula with no assessable stated purpose. Moderate medication interactions have been identified, and safety information is well characterized.
Watercress powder is a concentrated form of a vegetable eaten in salads and cooking. If you take lithium, chlorzoxazone, or warfarin, you need to check with your own doctor or pharmacist before trying this product, because documented interactions could affect how these drugs work.
Pregnant people should avoid it. For anyone else considering it, start by confirming your medications with the tool on this page.
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Assessment coverage: 1 of 1 active ingredient matched to our full ingredient reviews (monographs). Based on the product label dated Apr 21, 2023.
This Scorecard evaluates available label information, ingredient evidence, and known medication-safety considerations. It does not independently verify product identity, purity, potency, contamination, or manufacturing quality. How these ratings are computed
General information
Key facts about Watercress Powder, straight from the product label.
| Brand | TerraVita Premium Collection |
|---|---|
| Barcode (UPC) | 064435114350 |
| Net contents | 4 Ounce(s) |
| Market status | On market |
| Date entered into DSLD | Apr 21, 2023 |
| DSLD ID | 289973 |
| Product type | Botanical |
| Supplement form | Powder |
| Dietary claims / uses | All Other, Structure/Function |
| Intended target group(s) | Adult (18 - 50 Years) |
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Supplement Facts
The label details for Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection, sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database.
Supplement Facts
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV |
|---|---|---|
| Watercress powder | 1000 mg | -- |
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FDA Statement of Identity
A Dietary Supplement
Brand IP Statement(s)
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Suggested/Recommended/Usage/Directions
Directions Stir 1/4 of a teaspoon into a glass of water and consume 3 times daily, with meals.
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Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection label
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View the full label (PDF)The Ingredients in Watercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection
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Serving size0.25 Teaspoon(s) Dosage formPowder Servings per container113 Amounts shown are per serving.
Watercress powder
Interacts with6 drugs
Watercress is a nutrient-rich leafy green that provides vitamins A, C, and K plus minerals and antioxidant plant compounds. Eaten as a food it is gene...
Watercress powder monograph & interactionsWatercress Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection Drug Interactions
HelloPharmacist Interaction Report
TerraVita Premium Collection Watercress Powder interacts with several medications through its watercress content.
The most serious concern is with lithium, a medication used for bipolar disorder and certain mood conditions. Watercress may have mild diuretic (water-shedding) properties that could reduce how your body clears lithium, potentially raising its level to unsafe ranges.
Read the full breakdown — every affected drug type, severity by severity
You'll also want to check if you take chlorzoxazone (a muscle relaxant sold as Parafon Forte or Paraflex). Research in healthy volunteers shows that watercress can slow how your body breaks down this drug, increasing its concentration in your blood by about 56% and extending how long it stays in your system.
This raises the risk of side effects.
If you're on warfarin (Coumadin), a blood thinner (anticoagulant), be aware that watercress contains vitamin K, which can work against warfarin's blood-thinning effect—especially at higher doses of the powder.
Use the medication checker on this page to confirm your exact drugs before you start.
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Individual Drug Interactions
The ingredients in Watercress Powder interact with 6 drugs. Click any drug to see the details.
1 of the 1 ingredient in Watercress Powder interact with drugs. Each result below shows which ingredient is responsible. Watercress powder
Acetaminophen, ChlorzoxazoneAcetazone Forte, Extra Strength Tylenol Aches & Strains, Parafon Forte
How Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderChlorzoxazone (parafon Forte, Paraflex) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone interactionAcetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone, CodeineAcetazone Forte C8, Parafon Forte C8
How Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone, Codeine interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderChlorzoxazone (parafon Forte, Paraflex) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Acetaminophen, Chlorzoxazone, Codeine interactionChlorzoxazoneParaflex, Parafon Forte DSC
How Chlorzoxazone interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderChlorzoxazone (parafon Forte, Paraflex) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Chlorzoxazone interactionLithium Carbonate (prescription Drug)Eskalith, Lithium Carbonate
How Lithium Carbonate (prescription Drug) interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderLithium Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress is thought to have diuretic properties.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Lithium Carbonate (prescription Drug) interactionWarfarinWarfarin
How Warfarin interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderWarfarin (coumadin) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress contains vitamin K.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Warfarin interactionWarfarin SodiumCoumadin, Panwarfin, Sofarin
How Warfarin Sodium interacts with Watercress Powder — through 1 ingredient. Tap an ingredient for the detail:
Watercress PowderWarfarin (coumadin) Moderate
Interaction Summary
Watercress contains vitamin K.
Read the full Watercress Powder + Warfarin Sodium interactionEach ingredient & the kinds of drugs it affects
For each ingredient in Watercress Powder with known interactions, here are the types of medications it can affect. Open any type for the detail — or search your exact drug in the checker above.
Watercress powder
Chlorzoxazone (Parafon Forte, Paraflex)
Watercress might reduce the metabolism of chlorzoxazone and increase its effects and side effects. Clinical research in healthy volunteers shows that a single ingestion of watercress 50 grams increases the chlorzoxazone plasma concentration-time curve by about 56% and increases its half-life by about 53%.
Lithium
Watercress is thought to have diuretic properties. Theoretically, due to these potential diuretic effects, watercress might reduce excretion and increase levels of lithium.
Warfarin (Coumadin)
Watercress contains vitamin K. Consuming large amounts of watercress might antagonize the anticoagulant effects of warfarin.
Brand information
Manufacturer and brand details for Watercress Powder, from the product label.
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The Full Monographs Behind Watercress Powder’s Ingredients
Every ingredient we hold a full HelloPharmacist monograph for — uses, evidence, safety, and the complete interaction list.
Sources & How We Checked
Watercress Powder's label data comes from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database; the ingredient interaction data is from the Natural Medicines database, reviewed by our pharmacists.
- NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) — The official product label on file for this supplement.
- Natural Medicines (Therapeutic Research Center) — Evidence-graded clinical reference behind the ingredient interaction data.
Content is written and reviewed by licensed HelloPharmacist pharmacists. See our data sources and editorial standards for how this information is built and checked.
The 34 references behind this product’s interaction data
Every citation that drives the interaction findings for this product’s ingredients, from the evidence-graded Natural Medicines (TRC Healthcare) database. Open an ingredient to browse its citations — links open the study on PubMed or the publisher’s site.
Watercress 34 references
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