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Physician's Materia Medica on Yellow Dock (rumex)
YELLOW DOCK (Rumex)
The root of RUMEX CRISPUS. Lin. Laxative and astringent (like Rhubarb), tonic, alterative, hepatic stimulant; used in cutaneous diseases, scrofula and kindred dyscrasias.1
The root of RUMEX CRISPUS. Lin. Laxative and astringent (like Rhubarb), tonic, alterative, hepatic stimulant; used in cutaneous diseases, scrofula and kindred dyscrasias.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.