Yellow Dock

Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus) is a common garden weed, insisting its rightful place as human food and medicine. The root is a gentle digestion-stimulating bitter and laxative - one of the most gentle laxatives in Western herbalism - as well as a high-iron nutritive, used to make anemia-correcting syrups. The young leaves are a sour and tasty addition to salads.