Yellow Dock Tincture
Yellow Dock, Rumex crispus, also known as Sheep Sorrel and Dock, is a member of the buckwheat family.
This plant is rich in minerals. It soaks up trace minerals from the soil and transforms them into an organic form that our bodies can easily digest.
A great and easy way to get these minerals is to put the leaf stalks into the next salad you make, like celery! And the seeds make tasty crackers!
Yellow Dock helps support:
- swollen sore throats
- allergies
- sinusitis
- respiratory infections
- syphilis
- psoriasis
- eczema
- acne
- dermatitis
- jaundice
- mild constipation
- fungal infections
- poor digestion
- shingles
- boils
I foraged this plant in central Minnesota.
I use the folk method for making all my tinctures, which uses no measurements except sizing things up with your eyes. So I put the plant material in a jar and then fill with alcohol.
Dosages -
Dosages for children are not provided in most herbals. To determine the correct dose you need to consider the size of the child, the ailment, the power of the herb you intend to use, and the adult dosage.
Young's Rule for determining dosage uses the child's age divided by twelve plus the age. The dosage for a 4 year old: 4/12+4 = 4/16 = 1/4 of the adult dose.
