Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Dancing Botanical

Power from the Gut

Yellow Dock
Rumex Crispus
I'm sure you've seen this one around on your adventures, growing in compact soils in both urban and rural settings. Yellow dock is one of those medicines we have an abundance of! It serves as both a bitter, stimulating the production of gastrointestinal fluids and enzymes, and an alterative, working to restore balance in many of the body systems. Yellow dock is commonly used in combination with other western herbs for blood building, reducing inflammation, chronic skin conditions, detox and cancer.

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