Yellow Dock can be used in works for prosperity, fertility, and growth. This is especially true in works to bring luck, attract customers, or grow your business. It is also commonly used as an herb for healing and used in works for healing and fertility.
Scientific Name - Rumex crispus
Other Name - Dock, Sour Dock
Origin - Western Asia and Europe
Magical Power - Prosperity, Healing, Business
Used in Making - Baths, Conditioning Oils, Dressings, Hands, Floorwash, Incense, Tea
Planet - Jupiter
Element - Air
Energy Archetype - Masculine
Parts Used - Leaf, Root
Medicinal Uses - Yellow dock promotes the flow of bile to keep the liver clean, aids in digesting fats, and can normalize bowel function. Yellow dock is most commonly used for the blood and skin and can be used as an astringent and mixed with burdock as a relief for chronic hot, itchy skin issues. Yellow dock is a wonderful laxative and can be used for stomach issues like IBS and constipation. The root can also be used to treat food poisoning and intestinal infections.
The owners of Wildheart Botanica are not licensed physicians. Please see your personal practitioner before using any product.
CAUTION - Do not use yellow dock if pregnant, breastfeeding, or think you might become pregnant. Do not use if you have kidney dysfunction or kidney failure, diabetes, liver disease or electrolyte abnormalities. Do not use if taking antiviral medications to treat HIV or herpes. Beware of boiling root for too long as it reduces the chemical activity. Use with caution if you have experience heart failure, malnutrition or diseases related to alcoholism, thyroid or parathyroid surgery. Watch for symptopmd of low blood calcium including fatigue, confusion, seizures, muscle spasms, numbness or tingling around the mouth.