Yellow dock

Yellow dock is stated to possess gentle purgative and cholagogue properties. Traditionally, it has been used for chronic skin disease, obstructive jaundice, constipation, and specifically for psoriasis with constipation. 

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The common dock leaf, Rumex obtusifolia, and the yellow dock leaf, Rumex crispus, are in fact equally common. 

Ask the average person on the street about "natural products," and he or she is likely to mention the kinds of products found on the shelves of grocery stores and stores that specialize in "organic and "natural foods. Those items are overwhelmingly plant products, and they range from aconitum napellus (monkshood), alfalfa, allium cepa, aloe vera, angelica, and anise seed to witch hazel, yarrow, yellow dock, yohimhe hark, and yucca. 

Valerian Witch hazel Yarrow Yellow dock... 

Blue Flag Root Burdock Red Clover Yellow Dock Sarsaparilla Wild Ginger... 

Methyl-juglone Rumex crispus (yellow dock) PKC (a P) (3),... 

The axillary group represent stipules which stand in the axil of the leaf with the stem. Such may be free axillary structures, arising as distinct processes, or connate, when the two stipules unite at their margins and sheath the stem, as in many species of the Polygonacea such as Buckwheat, Rhubarb, Yellow Dock, Knot Weeds, etc. The sheath formed is called an ochrea. 

I gave Carol a formula with burdock root, yellow dock root, dandelion root, and about 20% Cascara sagrada to clear the dampness and heat. Carol took the formula for two weeks, stuck... 

We formulated an herbal tea made with dandelion root, yellow dock root, Oregon grape root, burdock root, licorice root, fennel seed, cinnamon bark, and citrus peel, of which she drank 2 to 3 cups per day. We also made a tincture formula with equal parts of Vitex, Serenoa, and Dioscorea, which was to be taken 1/2 teaspoon three times a day. 

In Brown (1875), a paste of bloodroot and zinc chloride was specified as a cauterizing agent for local cancers (p. 346). Reapplication was continued until the entire cancerous mass was dead then it would slough off. Brown noted that the juices of poke, laurel, bloodroot, and yellow dock also served the same purpose. 

Combined with yellow dock and sarsaparilla in a tea for general cancer. 

Yellow dock (Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus)... 

Tea from dried leaves. Tea also from dried leaves of violet and red clover plus yellow dock root. Also a decoction from flower, plant and root. All for general cancer. 

Yellow dock A common herb (Rumex crlspus). lu roots are stomachic, tonic and purgative. 

Compoimd Syrup of YeDow-dock. Grind and mix together 2 pounds yellow-dock root (rumex), 1 pound bark of false... 

Ayer s Sarsaparilla. Tako 3 fluid ounces each of alcohm, fluid extracts of 8arsax>arilla and of stUlingia 2 fluid ounces each fluid extracts of yellow-dock and of podophyUin X ounce sugar, 90 grains iodide of potassium, and 10 grains iodide of iron. This is from a receipt given by Dr. Ayer him-eelf. 

Rumex. Yellow dock curled dock. Dried root of Rumex crispus L., or of R. obtustfolius L, Polygonaceae. Habit. Europe, North America, Constif, Chrysophanic acid, etnodin, tannin, calcium oxalate, tapathin. 

Although yellow dock and broad-leaf dock contain small amounts of anthraquinone glycosides (0.35-4.0%), these species have, at most, a mild laxative effect (Demirezer 1994 Demirezer and Kuruuzum 1995 List and Horhammer 1973 Mills and Bone 2005). 

No information on the safety of yellow dock or broad-leaf dock in pregnancy or lactation was identified in the scientific or traditional literature. Although this review did not identify any concerns for use while pregnant or nursing, safety has not been conclusively established. 

Fatal oxalate poisoning was reported in a 53-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic man who had ingested 1 kg of yellow dock (part not specified) along with his family members. Other family members who ingested smaller amounts of yellow dock had only mild symptoms of poisoning and recovered within several days (Reig et al. 1990). 

No information on the safety of yellow dock or broad-leaf dock during pregnancy or lactation was identified. 

Anthraquinone glycosides have long been used medicinally as cathartics and laxatives. Plant-derived drugs of this type include aloes Aloe species), cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiams), frangula (Rhamnus frangula), rhubarb (Rheum officinale), rumex or yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and senna (Cassia spp.). Many of the commercial preparations (patent medicines) based on these plants are readily available. 

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