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Yellow Dock - Uses and BenefitsAlternative Names: Rumex,Narrow dock,curled dock, Narrow-leafed dock, Garden patience & Sour dock Herb DescriptionYellow dock is a small perennial that prefers full sun and average soil , growing up to about 4 feet in height.This leafy plant found in North America and Europe has a history of valuable properties on both sides of the Atlantic. Yellow dock belongs to the Polygonaceae family.It flowers in June to August & fruit are in the shape of small triangular nuts.The lender leaves characterized by wavy-curled margins are 15-25 cm long in size . Its leaves are taken for food while both roots & leaves are used as herbal medicine.Its branched stem is 0.3-0.9 m high . The root reaches to 20 to 30 cm long & about 1.27 cm thick fleshy, and generally not forked.Its root has yellowish-brown color, which accounts for its general name. Yellow dock has been used since ancient periods for many of its medicinal actions.It has a long history of use as an alterative.The Native Americans used the vast medicinal benefits of yellow dock very highly.It has nonspecific benefits on the gastrointestinal tract and the liver. Due to this , they are thought to cure skin conditions attributed to toxic metabolites from poor liver function & poor digestion . American herbalists enjoyed the various uses of this general plant during the 19th Century.In present times yellow dock tea is recommend as a treatment for the liver and gallbladder. Virtually there is no scientific report available to support the benefit of yellow dock as an effective remedy for psoriasis or acne. Properties
Uses and BenefitsYellow dock has high iron amount makes it efficacious for correcting anaemia.It is strongly recommended for the blood disorders, spring eruption, scrofula ,chronic skin diseases & scurvy. It can be taken as a tonic and laxative in rheumatism, as an astringent in piles,bilious complaints bleedings of the lungs. As it roots has laxative, alterative & mildly tonic property. The ointment is helpful for itching, sores, swellings and scabby eruptions. Yellow Dock is used to clear the blood, improving the flow of bile, improves the function of the liver, kidneys, lymph glands, and intestines .It is used externally as an antiseptic and an astringent.It is valuable in jaundice and as a tonic to the stomach and the system generally. Yellow dock has been used externally to treat the followings:
Yellow dock is also recommended in the following pathologies:
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Drug InteractionsIt should be used in addition with such other herbs as dandelion root,red clover, cleavers , and burdock to increase the action of yellow dock. |
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