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Yellow dock is a perennial herb, indigenous to Europe and some parts of
Africa.
Dock's numerous species are used in medication but only two of them are
widely used.
This herb is particularly used as a remedy for various venereal (STD)
diseases.
It is widely found as weed on the roadsides, and other empty waste
places in United States and parts of Canada.
Yellow dock has a long spindle like taproot which is soft, tender and
slim stem and is 1to 4 feet tall.
The leaves of this herb is lance or oblong-lanceolate and certainly has
undulating edges. The lower part of leaf is large and long petiole
compared to the tip.
The poppy flowers of yellow dock are light green in colour which forms a cluster arranged along a single peduncle.
The seeds of yellow dock are like kernel that forms the shape of heart.
Yellow dock is abundantly found as a weed in throughout the Europe and
other parts of the world.
It grows near the dump areas, waste land, streams and roadsides. Yellow
dock prefers rich, moist and heavy soils.
It is also naturalized in south southern America, northern America, New
Zealand and parts of Australia.
Roots, leaves and seeds
Yellow dock contains anthraquinone by products such as chrysophanic
acid, emodin and physcion.
Other constituents are tannins, glycosides, iron and rumicin.
Yellow dock has been used for various medical treatments including blood
ailments like:
It is also helpful in curing various other diseases such as
Yellow dock ointments are used externally for eczema, acne, psoriasis, itching and swellings etc.
