Digging Yellow Dock: Learn to Harvest & Use this Wild Root Medicine
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Have you been digging your roots lately? I am excited for you to get outside, put your hands in the earth, and dig a weed that you’ve probably been stepping on.
It is likely growing in your backyard, (or nearby field or garden). It's a close relative of sorrel and a cousin to buckwheat. And its roots have a long history of use for supporting blood health.
Yellow dock, a perennial of the Polygonaceae family, is scientifically called Rumex crispus. It has so many virtues, from its long luxurious leaves, to its brown husky seeds, but today we focus on digging and discussing its roots.
Please check our late summer yellow dock video to learn about identifying & using it in leaf and seed stage:
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Therapeutics & Uses
The Root-dug after a few hard frosts- is used as a blood tonic, cleanser and lymphatic stimulant; poop encourager (aperient, laxative); for skin issues; and liver support (which means it can help with a multitude of situations). It is also used to help build blood; often used for anemia.
The root is bitter, astringent & high in minerals, although the oxalic acid content may be an issue for long term use.
Roots are usually consumed as tea (infusion), decoction, tincture or syrup.
I dry roots to make infusions or syrups. To dry: cut them into small chunks and dehydrate them.
For tincture I use fresh roots using a 1:2 root to menstruum ratio; menstruum is made of 75% alcohol and 25% water. (More about tincture making in my online course Wild Food Health Boosters & Herbal Remedies.)
I often mix yellow dock tincture with the tinctures of dandelion root, burdock root, milk thistle seed, and artichoke leaf for a bitters / liver, and lymph supportive formula I call Root Tonic.
Habitat
Look for yellow dock in full sun to part shade in most soil types, although it prefers moist and rich soil.
Found in cultivated fields, waste ground, pasture, roadsides, gardens, and human-made sites (anthropogenic sites).
It is a native of Eurasia but now a weed of the world. It grows In USDA hardiness zones (USDA): 4-9.
Happy Rooting!
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also for anyone interested for propagting more yellow dock in their yards.. i discovered once after harvesting the roots and keeping them a plastic bag in the fridge ( my intention was to add the fresh root while cooking my dogs food because she has various health issues) many of the root pieces sprouted. i simply replanted these small pieces back in the soil and boom, more dock is growing!
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you, yellow dock is such a prolific grower!
Wow! That root is huge!
@DinaFalconi
2 ай бұрын
Thanks, yes!
I thank the Most High for all he created! Food and medicine everywhere! HalleluYAH! 😊
@DinaFalconi
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@dcfromthev
2 ай бұрын
Woah what an amazing knowledgeable video this is ! I LOVE your scientific presenting style! Thanks so much I am a huge fan now!
Ive just started this Wonderful road and im making this tea for family whom have iron issues thank u for sharing your knowledge
@DinaFalconi
Жыл бұрын
Nice, enjoy the foraging road!
Thank you Dina. I have some of this close.
@DinaFalconi
2 ай бұрын
Glad!
Thank you so much for all these wonder so useful videos. I have Yellow Dock all over my yard! lol.
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome! Enjoy your yellow dock!
Omg! I just started making my own medicine, mostly mullin and plantain. But God dropped in some yellow Dock and prickly lettuce in my garden boxes this year! When is the best time to harvest the Yellow Dock?
@DinaFalconi
Жыл бұрын
Best to dig yellow dock after the aerial parts have died back in the fall. I usually wait for 3 hard frosts and then dig. Still one could harvest in the spring before any new growth appears.
@TOBSTER_2012
Жыл бұрын
@@DinaFalconi 3 hard frosts meaning 3 years or?
@DinaFalconi
Жыл бұрын
Dig after three hard frosts that all happen after each other in the fall.
@TOBSTER_2012
Жыл бұрын
@@DinaFalconi ok! Thank you! Are the roots different colors? Like some are light orange and dark orange?
@DinaFalconi
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the roots can vary in color.
I love how you get right in there in the dirt! Thank you for this and your other yellow dock video, both, as are all of your videos, so informative!
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, dirt time is so good! Thanks for watching and appreciating.
Thank you for the information sis ❤ I had no idea this grew in NY
@DinaFalconi
Жыл бұрын
Hello Verra, glad to share this info! Enjoy the channel.
@Lordcouture.design
Жыл бұрын
@@DinaFalconi yes I already did
I live in south Louisiana and I pretty sure I’ve seen this growing here. I will check it out Thank you
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Great! Welcome.
Do you stop and thank the plant for what you intend to use it for? Question from a Norse Pagan.
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@danielk8149
Жыл бұрын
I pray before I eat that should work
@maragrace820
Жыл бұрын
Get a life!
You mention alcohol should be 75% for a menstrum or decoction.I use 40% ,which would be 80 proof.Also Yellow dock is one of the few plants that treats shingles. Cheers from sunny Alberta!
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, when tincturing fresh yellow dock root I like to use 75% alcohol for the menstruum. Thanks!
This may be the most common plant in Anchorage next to lawn grass. I had no idea there were so many types though. I don't think its yellow dock. Seeds are a deep bronze/red. I'll get a better ID next summer.
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Ha, good to know it's so prolific in Anchorage! Check our id video here too: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpau0ryaorCfcrw.html to help id. Keep us posted what species you have there.
I was wondering what part of the country you where in it looks so much like my western Virginia Appalachian home But a whole lot colder lol
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
In the NY (Hudson Valley).
Yep, while all the other plant people are holed up , she's out there cranking away, ONWARD....
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Can it only be dug in the fall? what about late winter early spring?
@DinaFalconi
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, although I was taught to dig it in late fall / early winter. I think, yes, we can dig it late winter / early spring, but best before leaf shows.
my bunny loves the leaves! where i live in extremely high altitude clay soil, yellow dock tends to pop up where we channel the water. i find it all along the river sides here, by the water outlets, in the garden where im watering a lot, etc, etc. i feel it might be good for my dog's condition.. but very difficult to get her to eat anything cooked with the root as the taste is quite bitter.
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment. Curious, where in the world are you?
@abejitasqueaks
2 жыл бұрын
@@DinaFalconi i live high up in the mountains 2,500m+ (over 8,000ft) in oaxaca, mexico growing conditions are difficult, but i am determined. the locals grow corn. it's like living between the tropics and the desert
Has anyone made ink from the root ? I would love to incorporate it into my printmaking and art 🖼️
@DinaFalconi
13 күн бұрын
Cool, idea! Keep us posted.
Do you think there is a difference in the varieties and their properties? I have at least 3 seperate varieties on my property. None as big as this, but AI said curly dock. I have bloody dock too. Would love to get some input. Texas region
@DinaFalconi
6 ай бұрын
Thanks, curly dock is another common name for Rumex crispus, aka yellow dock. I don't know bloody dock...? Best to use scientific names since only one scientific name is given for a plant; but with common names, there can be dozens. Still, thinking you are good with the curly dock. Broad leaf dock, scientifically called Rumex obtusifolius is another close cousin that is used similarly.
@exhaustus7437
6 ай бұрын
@@DinaFalconi rumex sanguineus it is basically the same leaves but the stems are red.
There’s so much yellow dock off the beaten path at my local park. Sadly it’s all too close to the railroad tracks 😭
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for you comment. It does love RR tracks. Hoping you'll find some in a better area for harvesting.
Hi ma'am is yellow dock is the same as yellow root.
@DinaFalconi
11 ай бұрын
Typically, yellow dock is not called yellow root. Do you know the scientific name of the plant you are speaking of? In this video I am featuring Rumex crispus.
@user-mb9pe2go1g
10 ай бұрын
Yellow root is Xanthorhiza simplicissima. Indigenous Americans have long used this plant for it's healing properties.
I have multiple myeloma it is a blood cancer would this work to help clean my blood cells?
@DinaFalconi
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Adelina, I do not know the answer to your specific question. Yellow dock may be helpful, but this information is not meant to replace medical advice. With any new food or herb, go slowly, research it, and discuss using it with your healthcare provider. Thank you for your question.
It looks like a s lettuce.
@DinaFalconi
2 ай бұрын
When in basal rosette, it can resemble a lettuce, but not if you look closely at the leaves.