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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex acetosa
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Garden Sorrel&&Common Sorrel&&Sour Dock
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)&&temperate Asia&&North America&&South Africa&&Chile
|partUsed=Herba Rumicis acetosae&&Radix Rumicis acetosae
|constituent=leaf: potassium binoxalate, acids, rumicin, sugar, vitamin C; root: rumicin, glucoside, oxymethyl-anthraquinone,
|action=leaf: depurative, purgative, febrifuge, sudorific, diuretic, antiscorbutic, styptic, toxic; root: used against cutaneous diseases
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex acetosella
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Dock&&Sheep-Sorrel&&Field-Sorrel
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)
|partUsed=Herba Rumicis acetosellae&&Radix Rumicis acetosellae
|constituent=same as Rumex acetosa,
|action=same as Rumex acetosa
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex acutus&&Rumex pratensis
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Sharp-pointed Dock
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)
|partUsed=Herba&&Radix
|constituent=rumicin, chrysophanic acid,
|action=herb: antiscrofulous, used for the same purposes as Rumex patientia; root: depurative, used against scurvy
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex alpinus
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Mountain Rhubarb
|habitat=Europe (especially in the Alps)
|partUsed=Herba Rumicis alpini&&Radix Rumicis alpini
|action=used for the same purposes as other varieties of Rumex
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex aquaticus&&Rumex domesticus&&Lapathum aquaticus
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Water Dock&&Water Bloodwort
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)
|partUsed=Radix Rumicis aquaticus&&Folia Rumicis aquaticus
|constituent=rumicin, chrysophanic acid,
|action=digestive, tonic, alterative, detergent, deobstruent, antiscorbutic, antiscrofulous, relieves congestion of blood in the arteries; it is also cooked and eaten as a vegetable
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex crispus&&Rumex vesicarius
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Curly Dock&&Yellow Dock&&Sour Dock&&Bladder Dock
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)&&North America&&India&&Northern Asia&&Mexico&&Chile&&New Zealand
|partUsed=Radix Rumicis crispi&&Folia Rumicis crispi
|constituent=root: rumicin, oxalic acid, lapathin, tannin, gum, starch, mucilage, minerals, emodin; leaf: oxalate of potash,
|action=root: laxative, tonic, alterative, astringent, sedative; leaf: depurative, tonic, antiscorbutic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex obtusifolius
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Lapathy&&Bloodwort&&Round-leaved Dock&&Wayside Rock
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)
|partUsed=Radix Lapathi acuti
|constituent=rumicin, chrysophanic acid, tannin, resin, emodin, iron,
|action=depurative, antiscrofulous, tonic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex patientia
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Patience-Dock&&Monk's Rhubarb&&Herb-Patience&&Spinach Dock
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)
|partUsed=Herba Rumicis patientiae
|constituent=rumicin, chrysophanic acid, vitamins, minerals,
|action=antiscrofulous, depurative, laxative, tonic, diuretic, antiseptic, carminative, nutritive
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex sanguineus
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=Red Dock&&Bloody-veined Dock
|habitat=Europe
|partUsed=Radix Rumicis sanguineus
|action=appetising, diuretic, astringent; used against leucorrhoea, violent purging, blood-spitting, bloody fluxes, excessive menses
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Rumex scutatus
|family=Polygonaceae
|nameE=French Sorrel
|habitat=Eastern Europe&&Southern France&&Italy&&Orient
|partUsed=Herba Rumicis scutatus
|constituent=potassium-oxalate, rumicin, lapathin, tannin, starch, mucilage,
|action=nutritive, laxative, refreshing, depurative, diuretic, antiscorbutic, dietetic, appetising, cardiac, hepatic
}}

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