What can you say about tongkat ali in your ads and on your site?

The library gives no supported wording for tongkat ali, because no listed source supports one at a dose. Avoid wording that names or implies a disease, a drug or a treatment, such as “Treats low testosterone (hypogonadism)”.

Also called: Eurycoma longifolia

Reviewed 14 October 2026

Not legal advice. This guide shows the wording that published evidence supports at a daily dose; it is not a ruling on any claim. Your own product, its form and dose, and your own evidence still need to match the wording you use.

Supported wordings

What you can say.

Claims Facts

No supported wording yet.

None of the four listed sources gives a use or a dose for tongkat ali. Health Canada’s monograph list (checked 2026-10-14) has no tongkat ali or Eurycoma monograph, and none of the 14 Health Canada monographs read for this library mentions it. The ODS exercise and athletic performance fact sheet does not mention it; no other ODS fact sheet was checked. FDA’s lists show no health claim for it. Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 lists no claim for it. Until a listed source covers it, the library supports no wording for it.

Wordings to avoid

What to leave out.

Claims Facts

Ingredient: Tongkat ali

Wording to avoid	Reason
“Treats low testosterone (hypogonadism)”Names a medical condition.	Disease
“Treats erectile dysfunction”Names a medical condition.	Disease
“Natural Viagra, or works like erectile dysfunction drugs”Names a drug or compares the product to one.	Drug
“Cures male infertility”Promises to cure a medical condition.	Treatment

Disease: names or implies a disease. Drug: names a drug or presents the product as one. Treatment: promises to treat, cure or prevent a condition.

Sources

Where this comes from.

This guide cites no source yet; “What you can say” above explains why.

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