Prepared (how).—Decoction, half ounce of plant to six ounces of water and boil down to three ounces. Juice of the herb is also used.
Diseases, Dose, etc.—In menorrhagia either can be used, as well as in other diseases. Tablespoonful of decoction every hour. The expressed juice in two or three tablespoonful doses may be taken three times a day.
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YELLOW DOCK. Rumex Crispus.
Internally, used for.—Skin disease, scrofula, syphilis, scurvy.
Externally, used for.—Fresh root bruised in cream is good applied to ulcers, tumors and itch.
Part used.—The root.
Gather.—Early autumn.
Flowers (when).—June and July.
Grows (where).—In pastures, dry fields, etc.