Fluid Balance Ingredients
What's Inside Fluid Balance
Fluid Balance has five active ingredients. Each one helps your body manage water. You can see the science behind it too.
French maritime pine bark extract
150 mg · 95% proanthocyanidinsThis is a plant extract from pine bark. It is standardised to 95% proanthocyanidins, also called OPCs. Scientists often study this extract under the name Pycnogenol. It is one of the most researched plants for vessel support.
What it does in the body
The proanthocyanidins bind to collagen and elastin. These are fibres in your blood vessel walls. This makes the walls stronger. This ingredient also works as an antioxidant. Studies show it helps small vessels leak less. It also improves blood flow.
Why it matters for excess fluid
Most water retention starts the same way. Fluid leaks out of weak capillaries. It moves into the tissue around them. Making vessel walls stronger stops this at the source. This is better than just flushing out fluid after it has already built up.
What you'll feel
You may feel less heavy. This is most noticeable in your legs and ankles.
Science: Review of 39 randomised controlled trials (PMC) · Clinical pharmacology review (PubMed) · Proanthocyanidin extract reduces leg swelling (PubMed) · Proanthocyanidins improve lymphatic drainage (PMC) · Pycnogenol vascular research (ScienceDirect)
Dandelion root
10:1 · 500 mgThis is a concentrated root extract, at a 10:1 ratio and 500 mg per dose. Dandelion is one of the oldest diuretic plants. It has a long history in Western and traditional herbal medicine. It is also naturally rich in potassium.
What it does in the body
Dandelion acts as a mild, natural diuretic. It gently increases how much water your kidneys clear as urine. In one human study, a dandelion extract increased how often people urinated. It also increased how much they urinated. This happened within five hours of one dose. Dandelion is also high in potassium. So it does not work against your body's mineral balance, the way some diuretics can.
Why it matters for excess fluid
Pine bark helps stop fluid from leaking out. Dandelion helps clear the extra fluid you are already holding. It is the ‘drain it’ side of the equation.
What you'll feel
You may feel lighter and less bloated. This happens as extra water is passed, instead of held onto.
Science: Diuretic effect in human subjects, Clare et al. 2009 (PubMed)
Cleavers herb
10:1 · 200 mgThis is a 10:1 extract of Galium aparine. This plant has been used for centuries. European and North American herbalists call it a ‘lymphatic tonic.’
What it does in the body
Cleavers has long been used as a gentle diuretic. It has also been used to support the lymphatic system. It contains flavonoids, iridoids, tannins and saponins. These have antioxidant activity. They may help soothe inflammation. Its role as a lymph-support herb comes from long tradition.
Why it matters for excess fluid
Your lymphatic system drains fluid from your tissue. Supporting its flow helps move extra fluid out. This works alongside the vessel and kidney actions of the other ingredients.
What you'll feel
Cleavers adds to that lighter, ‘drained’ feeling. This happens when your body is holding extra water.
Science: Cleavers monograph (Herbal Reality) · Phytochemical & antioxidant analysis (PMC)
Vitamin C
100 mgThis is 100 mg of vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid. It is a small dose. But it has a very specific job.
What it does in the body
Vitamin C helps your body build collagen. Collagen is the main structural protein in your blood vessel walls. Vitamin C is needed by two enzymes that build and link collagen together. It also supports a type of collagen in the vessel's basement layer. When vitamin C is low, capillaries become fragile. They also become more likely to leak.
Why it matters for excess fluid
Strong vessel walls need well-built collagen. Vitamin C makes the collagen-building work of pine bark possible. Together, they support vessel-wall strength from two different angles.
What you'll feel
Vitamin C supports strong, resilient vessels that keep fluid where it belongs. It also supports your immune system and skin health.
Science: Vitamin C & microvascular function (PMC)
Nearly 1 in 4 people in the uk are below the recommended daily intake for vitamin C. 31st July 2026 LINK
Ginger root extract
5:1 · 250 mgThis is a 5:1 concentrated extract, at 250 mg per dose - rich in two active compounds: gingerol and shogaol.
What it does in the body
In human studies, ginger has been shown to speed up how quickly food moves out of the stomach, and it's traditionally used to help settle queasiness. It also has a gentle, calming effect on the stomach itself.
Why it matters here
Diuretic and cleansing ingredients can sometimes upset a sensitive stomach. Ginger keeps digestion comfortable, so the formula stays gentle and easy to take every day.
What you'll feel
A settled stomach, no queasiness. The consistency that lets the rest of the formula do its job.
Science: Ginger root overview (NCBI StatPearls) · Ginger in GI disorders, systematic review (PMC)
Fluid Balance is made for everyday water retention. This is the kind that changes with daily life. It is not made for permanent or medical causes. It works best with the basics: drink water, move your body, and go easy on salt. These statements have not been evaluated by a medicines regulator, and this product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.