Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Monk's-rhubarb, Alpine dock, Butter dock, Munk's rhubarb |
Latin |
Rumex alpinus L. |
Plantparts | creeping rootstalks |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Adstringent, aperient, Astrigent, Astringent, catharic, Cathartic, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, laxative, movements of the bowel, purgative |
Other uses |
colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres |
Ingredients |
| | oxalic acid |
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