Plant |
Family | knotweed family, smartweed family, buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) |
English |
Common sorrel, Broadleaf sorrel, Common english sorrel, Cow sorrel, Cuckoo sorrel, French sorrel, Garden sorrel, Green sorrel, Red sorrel, Sorrel, Sour dock |
Latin |
Rumex acetosa L., Rumex acetosa ssp. acetosa var. acetosa |
Plantparts | Dried leaves, Entire plant, foliage, Fresh leaves, Grass, Leaf, Root, Seed, Unspecified |
Diseases & Uses |
| Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative |
Plantparts | Methods of Preparation | Methods of Use |
| - | - | Not specified |
| Dried leaves | - | Not specified |
| Fresh leaves | - | Not specified |
| Grass | Boiled | Not specified |
| Roots | - | Not specified |
| Seeds | - | Not specified |
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