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Yellow Dock Yellow Dock

Latin Name: Rumex Crispus
Family: Polygonaceae

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Temperate, Cool
Full sun, Part sun
2'
6"
Medicinal
Perennial, Native to Kootenays
Average
Seed, Plant
Spring
6"
Throughout the season
Red-Green


COMMENTS:
Yellow Dock has narrow, pointed leaves with dense whorls of flowers. The flowers turns into a long seed stalk which readily self seeds and can become invasive.

Uses: The roots of yellow dock are harvested in Spring and Fall. The roots stimulate liver bile, clear toxins, and are used for chronic skin disorders. They treat psoriasis and constipation. The iron rich leaves soothe nettle stings. All bitter tastes help detoxify the body. Sweet and sour tastes together helps to balance the liver. You may wish to read more about the liver and what foods to eat. Liver Health





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This is Frontier's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Some Frontier packs are double wall wax-lined paper. Used as an infusion, decoction, extract, tincture, syrup and ointment. Yellow Dock can be very helpful with chronic skin conditions, both taken internally and used externally, directly on the problem area. Yellow Dock's anthraquinone glycosides promote the flow of bile, and are mildly laxative. This liver-strenghtening and purging effect can be helpful with the causes of problems such as psoriasis, acne and hives. Yellow Dock is also a gentle cure for constipation, and helpful with diarrhea. Iron-rich Yellow Dock is also used for anemia during pregnancy. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The root has laxative, alterative and mildly tonic action, and can be freely used as a tonic and laxative in rheumatism, bilious complaints and as an astringent in piles, bleedings of the lungs, etc.' 'It is largely prescribed for diseases of the blood, from a spring eruption, to scurvy, scrofula and chronic skin diseases. It is also useful in jaundice and as a tonic to the stomach and the system generally.' 'It has an action on the bowels very similar to that of Rhubarb, being perhaps a little less active, but operating without pain or uneasiness.' 'Rumicin is the active principle of the Yellow Dock, and from the root, containing Chrysarobin, a dried extract is prepared officially, of which from 1 to 4 grains may be given for a dose in a pill. This is useful for relieving a congested liver, as well as for scrofulous skin diseases.' 'A syrup can be made by boiling ½ lb. crushed root in a pint of syrup, which is taken in teaspoonful doses. The infusion administered in wineglassful doses - is made by pouring 1 pint of boiling water on 1 oz. of the powdered root.' 'A useful homoeopathic tincture is made from the plant before it flowers, which is of particular service to an irritable tickling cough of the upper air-tubes and the throat.' 'It is likewise excellent for dispelling any obstinate itching of the skin. It acts like Sarsaparilla for curing scrofulous skin affections and glandular swellings.' 'To be applied externally for cutaneous affections, an ointment may be made by boiling the root in vinegar until the fibre is softened and then mixing the pulp with lard.' 'The seeds have been given with advantage in dysentery, for their astringent action.' 'Preparations: Fluid extract, 30 to 60 drops. Solid extract, 5 to 15 grains. Rumin, 3 grains.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'The dock roots are decidedly alterative, tonic, mildly astringent, and detergent, and are eminently useful in scorbutic, cutaneous, scrofulous, scirrhous and syphilitic affections, leprosy, elephantiasis, etc.; for which purpose we prefer the Rumex crispus, which is principally employed for its alterative and tonic influences in all cases where these are desired.' 'In bad blood with skin disorders it is exceedingly efficient, acting decidedly upon


Yellow Dock Root Powder Cert. Organic (Rumex crispus) 1 lb: C Yellow Dock Root Powder Cert. Organic (Rumex crispus) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as an infusion, decoction, extract, tincture, syrup and ointment. Yellow Dock can be very helpful with chronic skin conditions, both taken internally and used externally, directly on the problem area. Yellow Dock's anthraquinone glycosides promote the flow of bile, and are mildly laxative. This liver-strenghtening and purging effect can be helpful with the causes of problems such as psoriasis, acne and hives. Yellow Dock is also a gentle cure for constipation, and helpful with diarrhea. Iron-rich Yellow Dock is also used for anemia during pregnancy. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The root has laxative, alterative and mildly tonic action, and can be freely used as a tonic and laxative in rheumatism, bilious complaints and as an astringent in piles, bleedings of the lungs, etc.' 'It is largely prescribed for diseases of the blood, from a spring eruption, to scurvy, scrofula and chronic skin diseases. It is also useful in jaundice and as a tonic to the stomach and the system generally.' 'It has an action on the bowels very similar to that of Rhubarb, being perhaps a little less active, but operating without pain or uneasiness.' 'Rumicin is the active principle of the Yellow Dock, and from the root, containing Chrysarobin, a dried extract is prepared officially, of which from 1 to 4 grains may be given for a dose in a pill. This is useful for relieving a congested liver, as well as for scrofulous skin diseases.' 'A syrup can be made by boiling ½ lb. crushed root in a pint of syrup, which is taken in teaspoonful doses. The infusion administered in wineglassful doses - is made by pouring 1 pint of boiling water on 1 oz. of the powdered root.' 'A useful homoeopathic tincture is made from the plant before it flowers, which is of particular service to an irritable tickling cough of the upper air-tubes and the throat.' 'It is likewise excellent for dispelling any obstinate itching of the skin. It acts like Sarsaparilla for curing scrofulous skin affections and glandular swellings.' 'To be applied externally for cutaneous affections, an ointment may be made by boiling the root in vinegar until the fibre is softened and then mixing the pulp with lard.' 'The seeds have been given with advantage in dysentery, for their astringent action.' 'Preparations: Fluid extract, 30 to 60 drops. Solid extract, 5 to 15 grains. Rumin, 3 grains.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'The dock roots are decidedly alterative, tonic, mildly astringent, and detergent, and are eminently useful in scorbutic, cutaneous, scrofulous, scirrhous and syphilitic affections, leprosy, elephantiasis, etc.; for which purpose we prefer the Rumex crispus, which is principally employed for its alterative and tonic influences in all cases where these are desired.' 'In bad blood with skin disorders it is exceedingly efficient, acting decidedly upon the glandular system, removing chronic lymphatic enlar


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Yellow Dock Root C/S Cert. Organic (Rumex crispus) 1 lb: C Yellow Dock Root C/S Cert. Organic (Rumex crispus) 1 lb: C

This is Starwest's nitrogen-flushed double wall silverfoil pack. Used as an infusion, decoction, extract, tincture, syrup and ointment. Yellow Dock can be very helpful with chronic skin conditions, both taken internally and used externally, directly on the problem area. Yellow Dock's anthraquinone glycosides promote the flow of bile, and are mildly laxative. This liver-strenghtening and purging effect can be helpful with the causes of problems such as psoriasis, acne and hives. Yellow Dock is also a gentle cure for constipation, and helpful with diarrhea. Iron-rich Yellow Dock is also used for anemia during pregnancy. Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': 'The root has laxative, alterative and mildly tonic action, and can be freely used as a tonic and laxative in rheumatism, bilious complaints and as an astringent in piles, bleedings of the lungs, etc.' 'It is largely prescribed for diseases of the blood, from a spring eruption, to scurvy, scrofula and chronic skin diseases. It is also useful in jaundice and as a tonic to the stomach and the system generally.' 'It has an action on the bowels very similar to that of Rhubarb, being perhaps a little less active, but operating without pain or uneasiness.' 'Rumicin is the active principle of the Yellow Dock, and from the root, containing Chrysarobin, a dried extract is prepared officially, of which from 1 to 4 grains may be given for a dose in a pill. This is useful for relieving a congested liver, as well as for scrofulous skin diseases.' 'A syrup can be made by boiling ½ lb. crushed root in a pint of syrup, which is taken in teaspoonful doses. The infusion administered in wineglassful doses - is made by pouring 1 pint of boiling water on 1 oz. of the powdered root.' 'A useful homoeopathic tincture is made from the plant before it flowers, which is of particular service to an irritable tickling cough of the upper air-tubes and the throat.' 'It is likewise excellent for dispelling any obstinate itching of the skin. It acts like Sarsaparilla for curing scrofulous skin affections and glandular swellings.' 'To be applied externally for cutaneous affections, an ointment may be made by boiling the root in vinegar until the fibre is softened and then mixing the pulp with lard.' 'The seeds have been given with advantage in dysentery, for their astringent action.' 'Preparations: Fluid extract, 30 to 60 drops. Solid extract, 5 to 15 grains. Rumin, 3 grains.' King's 1898 Dispensatory: 'The dock roots are decidedly alterative, tonic, mildly astringent, and detergent, and are eminently useful in scorbutic, cutaneous, scrofulous, scirrhous and syphilitic affections, leprosy, elephantiasis, etc.; for which purpose we prefer the Rumex crispus, which is principally employed for its alterative and tonic influences in all cases where these are desired.' 'In bad blood with skin disorders it is exceedingly efficient, acting decidedly upon the glandular system, removing chronic lymphatic enlar


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