Yellow Dock

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Family: Polygonaceae

Latin Name: Rumex crispus

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Description

Yellow dock is a common weed, found nearly world-wide. It quickly inhabits cultivated ground and grows along road sides producing copious quantities of seed each fall.

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Common Uses

Yellow dock has the reputation of being a liver tonic, gall bladder tonic, and the best organic source of iron available. The root has diuretic properties, increasing urine production and elimination of toxins via the urinary system. It can be used for gout, cystitis, water retention, and urinary stones and gravel.

Onion

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Family: Liliaceae

Latin Name: Allium cepa

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Description

Biennial or perennial that grows from a bulb. The erect stem carries an umbel of pink, white, or purple flowers, along with four to six narrow, hollow, blue-green leaves. Its fruit is a capsule containing black seeds. Height: 4 feet. Blooms: June-August.

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Common Uses

Onion is used for its diuretic and stomachic properties. It helps promote urine flow, thus eliminating wastes from the body. The World Health Organization recognizes onion's ability to treat coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, and atherosclerosis. Onions also contain oligomers, which help protect the colon from the growth of harmful bacteria.

Sage

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Family: Labiatae

Latin Name: Salvia officinalis

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Description

Hardy perennial subshrub with square, woody, wiry stems. Flowers can be pink, purple, blue, or white and grow in whorls of four to eight axils. Leaves look pebbly and wrinkled, are grayish-green, long-stalked and hairy to velvety. Height: 12-30 inches.

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Common Uses

Sage contains powerful antioxidants. Its volatile oils make an effective digestive remedy. It encourages flow of digestive enzymes, settles the stomach, relieves colic, indigestion, nausea, diarrhea, liver complaints, colitis, and worms. It is a nervous system tonic, being used to restore strength and vitality.