PULMONARIA EXTRACT (10:1) 500 mg

High-Concentration Lungwort Extract

Lungwort extract (10:1) 500mg from EssentialSeries is a dietary supplement based on lungwort.

In vegetable capsules, made from Pulmonaria officinalis and presented as a concentrated root extract. Enjoy a quality extract with an authentic species fingerprint, part used, ratio, and equivalence—all the info at your fingertips with the transparency and quality of HSN. Perfect when you’re after a botanical extract “with a broad spectrum” including all the natural components of native lungwort without limitations.

First: lungwort or “lungmoss”?

Lungwort (plant) vs lungmoss (lichen): why the mix-up

Online, it’s common to see confusion with common names: “lungwort” is used for the plant Pulmonaria officinalis, but you’ll also see “lungwort/lungmoss” linked to lichens of the genus Lobaria (for example, Lobaria pulmonaria, called “tree lungwort” or “lung lichen” in English).

Bottom line: if the label isn’t clear, you might be looking for lungwort and end up buying something else.

How to spot quality lungwort

You get all this info and more, totally clear and transparent, in our extract.

How concentrated is it? 10:1 extract

What does 10:1 (DER) mean

A 10:1 ratio tells you the relationship between the starting plant material and the final extract. In other words: it’s the key info that lets you compare quality between products (many companies don’t show the ratio, so the product’s concentration is questionable).

Plant equivalence: “how much root is in each capsule”

In our extracts, we also share the equivalence of the plant part in its native state. Here, 500mg of 10:1 extract equals 5000mg of root. This detail is crucial and shouldn’t be overlooked because it justifies the extract’s concentration and defines the native equivalence of traditional lungwort use.

“Full spectrum”: why it’s not standardized

A standardized extract is adjusted to always deliver the same percentage of a specific marker. A full spectrum extract, on the other hand, prioritizes maintaining a broader composition of lungwort’s characteristic constituents, without reducing it to a single compound.

Although at HSN we usually support standardized extracts, we’ve decided not to do so with our lungwort because scientific evidence for the extract’s use isn’t standardized, and interest is more focused on products with a more “global” and varied plant profile.

What kinds of compounds does lungwort naturally contain

In the literature on Pulmonaria, compound families like phenolic acids and flavonoids are described, as well as characteristic molecules in Boraginaceae such as allantoin or naphthoquinone-type pigments. The key is understanding why a full spectrum approach makes sense given the botanical complexity.

Quality in development and transparency in formulation

The importance of info in our formulas

In botanical extracts, label precision is a direct sign of quality, where you should find: species + plant part. The market has many “lungwort” extracts, and having all the info to choose makes all the difference.

A clean label formula: part of our identity

Besides the extract, our formula includes functional ingredients on a technological level: rice flour, magnesium carbonates, and a vegetable capsule (HPMC). They’re not just fillers—they keep the product stable and maintain quality throughout its shelf life.

Pulmonaria officinalis: get to know the plant

Where the name “pulmonaria” comes from

“Lungwort/pulmonaria” connects to a historical way of interpreting plants by their appearance (the so-called “doctrine of signatures”), a concept often cited in botanical history and ethnobotany. That’s why its name sounds like lungs.

Pulmonaria is a species from the Boraginaceae family, well studied in European botanical sources, with great interest for its characteristic nutritional composition.

Got questions? Don’t keep them to yourself!

Isn’t it better if it’s standardized?

No, if the exact nutritional component of interest in the plant isn’t known, and instead it’s the combination of its entire natural composition, it’s better to approach extracts as full spectrum: rather than fixing a percentage of one compound, the native composition is prioritized.

Why is this extract better than other “lungwort” products?

Because many market options just sell “lungwort extract” with no further details. Think of it as an incomplete label: without a clear description of the species Pulmonaria officinalis and the plant part used, you have no reliable way to know what you’re buying. With botanicals, identity and transparency are key.

I bought the extract months ago and now it looks different in color

Color variation is normal in non-standardized plant extracts: plant material can naturally vary (season, cultivation, processing). The best way to stay safe is to rely on quality guarantees in manufacturing and raw material selection from a reputable company like HSN, where we ensure the highest quality controls.

Scientific bibliography

• Chauhan, S., Jaiswal, V., Cho, Y.-I., & Lee, H.-J. (2022). Biological Activities and Phytochemicals of Lungworts (Genus Pulmonaria) Focusing on Pulmonaria officinalis. Applied Sciences, 12(13), 6678.
• Krzyżanowska-Kowalczyk, J., Pecio, Ł., Mołdoch, J., Ludwiczuk, A., & Kowalczyk, M. (2018). Novel Phenolic Constituents of Pulmonaria officinalis L. LC-MS/MS Comparison of Spring and Autumn Metabolite Profiles. Molecules, 23(9), 2277.
• Dresler, S., Szymczak, G., & Wójcik, M. (2017). Comparison of some secondary metabolite content in the seventeen species of the Boraginaceae family. Pharmaceutical Biology, 55(1), 691–695.
• Bennett, B. C. (2007). Doctrine of signatures: An explanation of medicinal plant discovery or dissemination of knowledge? Economic Botany, 61(3), 246–255. doi:10.1663/0013-0001
• Royal Horticultural Society. (n.d.). Pulmonaria officinalis (common lungwort). RHS Gardening.
• Kew Science. (n.d.). Pulmonaria officinalis. Plants of the World Online.
• Woodland Trust. (n.d.). Lungwort lichens – Lobaria species.