We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ”00” capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Yellow Dock – Botanical Extract 4:1 — Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Curled Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock, Curly Dock, Rumex, Garden Patience Yellow Dock is a tonic that has been used to cleanse the system of toxic wastes and help to relieve virtually all disorders associated with impurities in the blood. It promotes clear, healthy skin and alleviates eczema, pimples, psoriasis and acne. While cleansing the liver, it has helped to treat jaundice, hepatitis and other liver disorders. Its laxative effects promote good colon health, easing constipation, clearing bodily wastes and improving skin eruptions caused by constipation. Moreover, its rich iron content helps to enrich blood quality and relieve anemia. History: Yellow Dock is one species of a widespread tribe of wayside weeds that are native to Europe and now naturalized and growing wild throughout the United States and other temperate regions of the world, where it may be found growing in roadside ditches and waste places. As a matter of fact, it is often seen in disturbed soils at the edges of roads, railroad beds and parking lots. The plant has long roots that are difficult to eradicate once well established and are considered serious invasive weeds and subject to control as pests in several countries, particularly in Australia. It has even been designated an ”injurious weed” under the United Kingdom Weeds Act of 1959. Its yellow, foot-long, forking taproots send up a smooth, slender, three-foot stem, bearing lance-shaped, smooth leaves with wavy or crisped margins, and the lower leaves are larger and longer than the upper, forming a large basal rosette. This herbaceous perennial also bears numerous, pale green, drooping flowers that bloom in June and July, and the plant thrives in rich, moist, heavy soil in sun or partial shade in temperate weather (it grows poorly in hot weather). Yellow Dock’s botanical genus, Rumex, is derived from an old Latin word meaning ”lance,” referring to the shape of its leaves, but it is interesting to note that Docks were one ranked as members of the genus, Lapathum, which is derived from the Greek word, lapazein, which (more appropriately) means ”to cleanse,” an allusion to its medicinal virtues as a purifying plant. Yellow Dock has been used to treat skin complaints for centuries. The esteemed seventeenth-century herbalis
