What the label lists and what reports show
Witch hazel side effects
Witch hazel's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 166 reports naming it through July 30, 2026; the reaction reported most often, leaving out the conditions it is used for, product-use terms and outcomes, is headache (15 reports).
- No generic listed
- Over the counter
Check it at the source: the witch hazel FDA label on DailyMed (effective September 3, 2026); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.
What does the label list?
From the label: adverse reactionsAdverse Reaction PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 †OUR PHARMACIST RECOMMENDED FOR MORE PRODUCT INFORMATION, SCAN UPC USING YOUR KROGER APP OR CALL 800-632-6900 QUALITY GUARANTEED Quality Guaranteed Kroger.com/guarantee 800-632-6900
Source: FDA drug label, The Kroger Co., effective September 3, 2026 (SPL set 48c1598d-6667-446f-ac90-10ab945d0617), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
What do FAERS reports show?
166 reports list witch hazel among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 10 are coded as a death and 58 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is. Of the 19 reactions below, none is named by the same term (in US spelling) in the label's adverse reactions, warnings or patient leaflet; a reaction the label does not name may still be there under another word, and a report does not show that the medicine caused it.
The 25 most reported reactions
Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026; reactions as MedDRA preferred terms
What next?
- Witch hazel: the full record
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- Report a side effect to the FDA
- MedWatch
- Side effects hub
- the most reported medicines and reactions