Yellow Dock
Botanical Name: Rumex crispus
Common Names and Synonyms: Curled Dock, Narrow-leaffed Dock
Background: Native to Europe and now widely distributed in North
American, yellow dock has traditionally been used as a mild laxative and
liver cleanser. It was also used externally to relieve insect stings.
Today, herbalists use yellow dock as a blood cleanser, tonic and builder.
It is also used to stimulate the liver and gallbladder and aid in digestion.
The characteristic of this plant is the light green narrow leaves, curled
at the long edges, a stem 2 or 3 feet high, and a deep root which is bright
yellow when the outer bark is scraped away. The roots are gathered in the
fall, thoroughly cleaned, split lengthwise, and dried. A tea
made from yellow dock root is mildly cathartic and promotes the flow of
bile.
Yellow Dock in the Cayce Readings
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Edgar Cayce recommended yellow dock root as a digestive aid and blood purifier,
working especially with the liver and pancreas.
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Various amounts of yellow dock root were recommended with the following
frequency:
| 2 ounces |
124 readings |
| 1 ounce |
43 readings |
| 1/2 ounce |
30 readings |
| 1/4 ounce |
3 readings |
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Various forms of yellow dock root were also recommended:
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Fluid extract of yellow dock root
| 1/2 ounce |
17 readings |
| 1/4 ounce |
3 readings |
| 1 ounce |
1 reading |
| 2 ounces |
1 reading |
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Tincture of yellow dock root:
| 1/2 ounce |
7 readings |
| 1/4 ounce |
3 readings |
| 20 minims |
1 reading |
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Essence of yellow dock root:
| 1/4 ounce |
9 readings |
| 1/2 ounce |
4 readings |
| 30 minims |
1 reading |
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Syrup of yellow dock root: 1/2 ounce (1 reading), 1/4 ounce (1 reading).
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Elixir of yellow dock root: 1 ounce (1 reading).
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Yellow dock root was always recommended with other substances in a compound,
never by itself. Although a wide diversity of formulas were
given, the most common substances in mentioned in the same readings as
yellow dock root are as follows:
| Tolu |
209 readings |
| Wild Cherry |
175 readings |
| Sarsaparilla |
174 readings |
| Burdock Root |
142 readings |
| Elder Flower |
116 readings |
| Buchu Leaves |
102 readings |
| Calisaya |
88 readings |
| Mandrake |
87 readings |
| Prickly Ash |
73 readings |
| Stillingia |
54 readings |
Cayce Quotes on Yellow Dock
1012-1
The Yellow Dock acts with the DIGESTIVE fluids themselves.
643-1
The yellow dock root is an emit and blood purifier,
an active principle with the secretions of the liver.
4650-1
We find these conditions, for the condition to produce
the proper secretions to the pancreas and to give the correct functioning
of the liver these elements are added in those of the Burdock and Yellow
Dock root, you see; for that of the liver and to reduce the high hepatic
condition is given the Black root and Yellow root ...
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