Royal Jelly: Uses, Side Effects, and Safety
Royal jelly is a secretion made by worker bees and sold as a dietary supplement, not an FDA-approved medicine for diagnosing or treating disease. People use it for conditions such as high cholesterol, allergy symptoms, and menopausal symptoms, but clinical evidence is limited and no standard treatment regimen is established.
Royal jelly has no well-established medical use or standard dose, and the strongest safety concern is allergy. Ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking it, especially if you are pregnant, have asthma, or use blood thinners or hormone-sensitive medicines.
Key facts at a glance
- RxNorm
- 35805
- Generic
- Royal Jelly
- Class
- unclassified
- Brands
- —
- Availability
- rx
- Lactation
- unknown
- Routes
- oral
- Forms
- capsule
- Regions
- US, EU, CN, JP
- Monitoring
- —
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Medically reviewed by WellAlly Editorial Team Last reviewed August 31, 2026. · Read our editorial policy