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Have you been digging your roots lately? I am excited for you to get outside, put your hands in the earth, and dig a weed that you’ve probably been stepping on.
It is likely growing in your backyard, (or nearby field or garden). It's a close relative of sorrel and a cousin to buckwheat. And its roots have a long history of use for supporting blood health.
Yellow dock, a perennial of the Polygonaceae family, is scientifically called Rumex crispus. It has so many virtues, from its long luxurious leaves, to its brown husky seeds, but today we focus on digging and discussing its roots.
Please check our late summer yellow dock video to learn about identifying & using it in leaf and seed stage:
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Therapeutics & Uses
The Root-dug after a few hard frosts- is used as a blood tonic, cleanser and lymphatic stimulant; poop encourager (aperient, laxative); for skin issues; and liver support (which means it can help with a multitude of situations). It is also used to help build blood; often used for anemia.
The root is bitter, astringent & high in minerals, although the oxalic acid content may be an issue for long term use.
Roots are usually consumed as tea (infusion), decoction, tincture or syrup.
I dry roots to make infusions or syrups. To dry: cut them into small chunks and dehydrate them.
For tincture I use fresh roots using a 1:2 root to menstruum ratio; menstruum is made of 75% alcohol and 25% water. (More about tincture making in my online course Wild Food Health Boosters & Herbal Remedies.)
I often mix yellow dock tincture with the tinctures of dandelion root, burdock root, milk thistle seed, and artichoke leaf for a bitters / liver, and lymph supportive formula I call Root Tonic.
Habitat
Look for yellow dock in full sun to part shade in most soil types, although it prefers moist and rich soil.
Found in cultivated fields, waste ground, pasture, roadsides, gardens, and human-made sites (anthropogenic sites).
It is a native of Eurasia but now a weed of the world. It grows In USDA hardiness zones (USDA): 4-9.
Happy Rooting!
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